Why this ride
From Ciceu-Giurgeşti it runs 245 km to Ciceu-Giurgeşti; allow about 4 h 57 of riding. The stops in between: Căpâlna - Hotroapă, Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor, Muncel - Dâmbul lui Golaș and back through Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Dumbrăveni - Dealul Sflederului 1 and Muncel - Dâmbul lui Golaș
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 245 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 57
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Dumbrăveni - Dealul Sflederului 1
The Năsăud country in northern Transylvania has a history that the rest of Europe barely noticed. In 1762 the Habsburg authorities set up a military frontier here, enrolling local Romanian peasants as border guards in return for land and privileges, and for nearly a century the villages of the region lived under a mix of farm work and army discipline. The result was a surprisingly literate, organised society, with schools and a strong sense of identity, which produced a number of poets and writers. The novelist Liviu Rebreanu was born in the nearby village of Târlișua, and the poet George Coșbuc grew up not far from here.
Read the complete Dumbrăveni - Dealul Sflederului 1 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Dumbrăveni - Dealul Sflederului 1 is where the day begins. Next is Căpâlna - Hotroapă.
2. Căpâlna - Hotroapă
Căpâlna sits in the Someș country northwest of Dej, in a landscape of long, rounded hills that the Transylvanian plateau does so well. Orchards, hayfields and small woods climb the slopes, villages sit where streams meet, and the horizon always seems to hold another soft ridge.
Read the complete Căpâlna - Hotroapă write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Căpâlna - Hotroapă comes up about 41 km into the recorded legs. Next is Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor.
3. Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor
A ridge called Dealul Hoancelor does not make it onto many maps, and the place is better understood from the landscape around it. This is the country of the Someș river in the north of Transylvania, between the Meseș mountains in the west and the hills of the Transylvanian plain to the east, and the valleys are broad, green and thickly farmed. The nearest places on our list are tiny villages, Lozna and Letca, and the closest town, Jibou, is about twenty kilometres away.
Read the complete Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 82 km into the recorded legs you reach Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor. Next is Muncel - Dâmbul lui Golaș.
4. Muncel - Dâmbul lui Golaș
Muncel is a village in the hills north-east of Dej, and the thing to know about Dej is salt. The town, with about thirty-eight thousand people, stands at the confluence of the Somesul Mare and the Somesul Mic, the two rivers that together form the Somes, and for centuries it was one of the centres of salt production in Transylvania, with a mine at Ocna Dej whose old galleries and ponds are now used for swimming and health cures. Salt was the white gold of the Middle Ages, and the Hungarian kings, and the Romans before them, took good care to control it.
Read the complete Muncel - Dâmbul lui Golaș write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Muncel - Dâmbul lui Golaș, about halfway. Next is back through Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor.
5. back through Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor sits at 101 km, about halfway. Next is back through Căpâlna - Hotroapă.
6. back through Căpâlna - Hotroapă
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Căpâlna - Hotroapă write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Căpâlna - Hotroapă comes up about 205 km into the recorded legs. Next is Dumbrăveni - Dealul Sflederului 1.
7. Dumbrăveni - Dealul Sflederului 1
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Dumbrăveni - Dealul Sflederului 1 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Dumbrăveni - Dealul Sflederului 1 closes the day.
Leg by leg
Dumbrăveni - Dealul Sflederului 1 to Căpâlna - Hotroapă
Dumbrăveni - Dealul Sflederului 1 → Căpâlna - Hotroapă is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Căpâlna - Hotroapă to Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor
Căpâlna - Hotroapă → Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor to Muncel - Dâmbul lui Golaș
Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor → Muncel - Dâmbul lui Golaș is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Muncel - Dâmbul lui Golaș to back through Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor
Muncel - Dâmbul lui Golaș → back through Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor to back through Căpâlna - Hotroapă
back through Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor → back through Căpâlna - Hotroapă is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Căpâlna - Hotroapă to Dumbrăveni - Dealul Sflederului 1
back through Căpâlna - Hotroapă → Dumbrăveni - Dealul Sflederului 1 is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.