CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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167 km from Spermezeu to Spermezeu, about 3 h 46 of riding. On the way it passes Șintereag - Dealul Oului, Budacu de Jos - Dealul Cetății 1, Vătava - Cetățele and back through Budacu de Jos - Dealul Cetății 1. The line favours views over speed.
Spermezeu is the kind of place a road atlas barely notices: a commune of scattered villages in the hills of Bistrița-Năsăud, in northern Transylvania, between the upper Someș valley and the Țibleș mountains. The site of Dobricel, on the hilltop known as Vârful Lazului, is one of the many archaeological places recorded in the area, a high point above the valleys where traces of earlier inhabitants have been noted. There is not much to see without an archaeologist's eye, but the hilltop and the country around it are a good excuse for a ride through a region few foreigners ever visit.
Read the complete Dobricel - Vârful Lazului write-up.
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Dobricel - Vârful Lazului is where the day begins. Next is Șintereag - Dealul Oului.
Egg Hill, Dealul Oului, is a gentle rise near the village of Șintereag in Bistrița-Năsăud, and the Romans used it as a watch post on the north-eastern frontier of Dacia. Like the other sites in this area, it is part of the frontier listed by UNESCO in 2024, and like many of them, it is more a place to imagine than to see: a low hill, a few traces in the ground, a wide view over the valley of the Șieu and the hills toward Bistrița. Șintereag, a village of a few thousand, lies close by, with Șieu-Odorhei and Cociu as neighbours.
Read the complete Șintereag - Dealul Oului write-up.
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Șintereag - Dealul Oului comes up 27 km in. Next is Budacu de Jos - Dealul Cetății 1.
Bram Stoker sent Jonathan Harker to Bistritz, and the town of Bistrița, just a few kilometres from here, has never quite escaped the vampire. In the novel, Harker spends a night at the Golden Krone hotel before setting off towards the Borgo Pass and Count Dracula's castle, and today the town has a hotel of that name and the pass a hotel built to look like a castle. The real history is more interesting. Bistrița was one of the seven Saxon cities that gave Transylvania its German name, Siebenbürgen, a rich trading town with a big Gothic church, arcaded merchants' houses and a ring of walls, much of which has been lost.
Read the complete Budacu de Jos - Dealul Cetății 1 write-up.
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54 km in you reach Budacu de Jos - Dealul Cetății 1. Next is Vătava - Cetățele.
For about a century and a half, the Roman province of Dacia was a wedge of empire pushed north of the Danube, and its eastern edge ran along the curve of the Carpathians through what is now central Romania. In 2024, UNESCO added the frontiers of the Roman Empire in Dacia to its list, a long chain of forts, watchtowers and earthworks. Vătava, in the upper Mureș valley, is one of the sites, with traces of a Roman fortification on a hill called Cetățele, the little fortresses. Not much is visible to the casual eye: earthworks, a few stones, the outline of a position chosen for its view along the valley.
Read the complete Vătava - Cetățele write-up.
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Vătava - Cetățele, about halfway. Next is back through Budacu de Jos - Dealul Cetății 1.
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Read the complete Budacu de Jos - Dealul Cetății 1 write-up.
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back through Budacu de Jos - Dealul Cetății 1 sits at 108 km, about halfway. Next is back through Șintereag - Dealul Oului.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Șintereag - Dealul Oului write-up.
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back through Șintereag - Dealul Oului comes up 135 km in. Next is Dobricel - Vârful Lazului.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Dobricel - Vârful Lazului write-up.
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Dobricel - Vârful Lazului closes the day.
Dobricel - Vârful Lazului → Șintereag - Dealul Oului is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Șintereag - Dealul Oului → Budacu de Jos - Dealul Cetății 1 is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Budacu de Jos - Dealul Cetății 1 → Vătava - Cetățele is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Vătava - Cetățele → back through Budacu de Jos - Dealul Cetății 1 is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Budacu de Jos - Dealul Cetății 1 → back through Șintereag - Dealul Oului is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Șintereag - Dealul Oului → Dobricel - Vârful Lazului is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.