CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Negrilești it runs 226 km to Negrilești; allow about 4 h 41 of riding. On the way it passes Muncel - Cărămidă, Negreni - Poiana la Arbore, Tihău - Dealul Cucului and back through Negreni - Poiana la Arbore. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Dumbrăveni sits in the quiet hill country above the Someş Mare, where the river curves west towards Dej and the land folds into low ridges, orchards and small woods of oak and hornbeam. Like several places on these rides, it marks a point on the old northern edge of Roman Dacia, one of the scattered watchtower and earthwork sites listed in 2024 as part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire. Expect a hill and a view rather than masonry, and enjoy the feeling of being somewhere few travellers bother to stop.
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Dumbrăveni is where the day begins. Next is Muncel - Cărămidă.
In northern Transylvania, where the Someș river winds through low hills between Dej and Beclean, the Roman Empire once ran out of land and patience. The province of Dacia, conquered by Trajan in the early second century, had a long and complicated frontier, and in 2024 parts of it were added to the UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire. Muncel–Cărămidă is one of those components, a small military site above the valley near Poiana Blenchii, part of a network of watchtowers and forts that guarded the northern edge of the province. The big fort of Porolissum, near Zalău to the west, with its reconstructed gate, gives you a sense of what the bigger garrisons looked like.
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Muncel - Cărămidă comes up about 41 km into the recorded legs. Next is Negreni - Poiana la Arbore.
Somewhere in the hills of Sălaj county, between the villages of Lozna, Rus and Letca, a meadow called Poiana la Arbore, the clearing by the tree, marks one of the small Roman sites on the north-western frontier of Dacia. The name alone tells you what to expect: a glade, a ridge, perhaps a lone tree, and the faint traces of a watch post that once looked out over the Someş valley. The Frontiers of the Roman Empire listing in 2024 included many such places, and their value lies in the chain they form rather than in any single ruin.
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about 82 km into the recorded legs you reach Negreni - Poiana la Arbore. Next is Tihău - Dealul Cucului.
Dealul Cucului means cuckoo hill, and the name fits the place: a low, wooded rise above the village of Tihău, close to the town of Jibou in the Someș valley of Sălaj county, where in spring the cuckoo's call echoes across the meadows. The point belongs to the network of archaeological sites along the Roman frontier of Dacia in the northwest of the province, near the confluence of the Almaș and Someș rivers, a strategic spot where valleys meet and roads cross. As with many of these sites, there may be little to see on the surface, but the location makes sense once you look at the map.
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Tihău - Dealul Cucului, about halfway. Next is back through Negreni - Poiana la Arbore.
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back through Negreni - Poiana la Arbore sits at 105 km, about halfway. Next is back through Muncel - Cărămidă.
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back through Muncel - Cărămidă comes up about 184 km into the recorded legs. Next is Dumbrăveni.
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Dumbrăveni closes the day.
Dumbrăveni → Muncel - Cărămidă is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Muncel - Cărămidă → Negreni - Poiana la Arbore is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Negreni - Poiana la Arbore → Tihău - Dealul Cucului is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Tihău - Dealul Cucului → back through Negreni - Poiana la Arbore is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Negreni - Poiana la Arbore → back through Muncel - Cărămidă is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Muncel - Cărămidă → Dumbrăveni is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.