Why this ride
From Chiuiești it runs 70 km to Chiuiești; allow about 1 h 40 of riding. It goes by way of Ilișua - Țibleș, Spermezeu - Lazuri and back through Ilișua - Țibleș. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Dumbrăveni - Măgura and Spermezeu - Lazuri
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 70 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 40
- 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 - Măgura
In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, a fortress on a hill above the Someș valley near Ciceu belonged not to the rulers of Transylvania but to the princes of Moldavia, on the far side of the Carpathians. Stephen the Great received the castle of Ciceu and its estates as compensation from the Hungarian king, and the Moldavian princes held it for decades, a curious enclave in the middle of Transylvania. The castle was later destroyed, and only ruins remain on the hill above Ciceu-Corabia, but the story gives a sense of how fluid borders and loyalties were in this part of Europe.
Read the complete Dumbrăveni - Măgura write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Dumbrăveni - Măgura is where the day begins. Next is Ilișua - Țibleș.
2. Ilișua - Țibleș
Ilișua is a small village near Uriu in the valley of the Someș Mare, and in Roman times it was the site of a fort guarding the northern frontier of Dacia. The fort, known in antiquity as Arcobara, housed a cavalry unit, and archaeologists have uncovered its walls, gates and buildings, along with inscriptions and finds now displayed in museums in the region. Like the other sites of the Roman frontier in Romania, it is part of a nomination for UNESCO world heritage, and like most of them, it is now largely fields and grassy banks, with little to see above ground but a great deal of history beneath.
Read the complete Ilișua - Țibleș write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Ilișua - Țibleș comes up about 17 km into the recorded legs. Next is Spermezeu - Lazuri.
3. Spermezeu - Lazuri
Spermezeu is a village in the hilly country of western Bistriţa-Năsăud county, in northern Transylvania, where low ridges covered with orchards, hayfields and beech woods roll between the Someş valley and the Ţibleş mountains. The site called Spermezeu - Lazuri belongs to the series of places along the northern edge of the Roman province of Dacia, part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire listed in Romania in 2024. Here the Romans watched the border with watchtowers and small fortifications on hilltops, and though little remains above ground, the commanding views explain why these spots were chosen.
Read the complete Spermezeu - Lazuri write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 35 km into the recorded legs you reach Spermezeu - Lazuri. Next is back through Ilișua - Țibleș.
4. back through Ilișua - Țibleș
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ilișua - Țibleș write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Ilișua - Țibleș, late in the day. Next is Dumbrăveni - Măgura.
5. Dumbrăveni - Măgura
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Dumbrăveni - Măgura write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Dumbrăveni - Măgura. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Dumbrăveni - Măgura to Ilișua - Țibleș
Dumbrăveni - Măgura → Ilișua - Țibleș is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ilișua - Țibleș to Spermezeu - Lazuri
Ilișua - Țibleș → Spermezeu - Lazuri is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Spermezeu - Lazuri to back through Ilișua - Țibleș
Spermezeu - Lazuri → back through Ilișua - Țibleș is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Ilișua - Țibleș to Dumbrăveni - Măgura
back through Ilișua - Țibleș → Dumbrăveni - Măgura is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.