Why this ride
From Poieni it runs 244 km to Poieni; allow about 5 h 04 of riding. On the way it passes Agrij - Coasta Lată, Brebi - Dealul Mare 4, Buciumi - Groapa Mare and back through Brebi - Dealul Mare 4.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Fildu de Sus - Grebăn and Buciumi - Groapa Mare
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 244 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 04
- 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.
Scenic road chapters
Fildu de Sus - Grebăn → Agrij - Coasta Lată
The ride follows Fildu de Sus - Grebăn → Agrij - Coasta Lată for 42 km.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 42 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Fildu de Sus - Grebăn
Fildu de Sus is strung along a valley in the hills between Ciucea and the Crasna country, where the Apuseni mountains soften into rounded, grassy ridges, and Greban, the hill in the label, is one of those ridges. The valley is small and green, with a stream, a line of houses, and orchards climbing the slopes, and it feels a long way from the main road that carries the traffic between Cluj and Oradea. Poieni and Ciucea are the nearest villages, and Negreni lies a short distance to the east.
Read the complete Fildu de Sus - Grebăn write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Fildu de Sus - Grebăn is where the day begins. Next is Agrij - Coasta Lată.
2. Agrij - Coasta Lată
The Meseș mountains are a modest ridge by Carpathian standards, but for the Romans they were a natural wall, and they built their frontier along it. The north-western edge of Dacia ran along these hills, with forts, watchtowers and walls guarding the passes from the plains of the Barbaricum beyond. Agrij - Coasta Lată, near the villages of Stârciu, Buciumi and Meseșenii de Jos, is one of the watchtower sites named in the World Heritage inscription of 2024. Nearby, at Buciumi, are the remains of a fort, and a little further north, at Moigrad, lies Porolissum, the largest Roman site in the region, with a reconstructed gate.
Read the complete Agrij - Coasta Lată write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Agrij - Coasta Lată comes up about 42 km into the recorded legs. Next is Brebi - Dealul Mare 4.
3. Brebi - Dealul Mare 4
The Meseș mountains are not high, but they once marked the edge of an empire. In the early second century the Romans conquered Dacia and built a line of defences along the ridge, with a chain of watchtowers, small forts and earthworks, to guard the north-western frontier of the new province. The big fortress at Porolissum, at Moigrad, was the headquarters, and in between were dozens of small posts on hilltops, each in sight of the next. Brebi, a village in Sălaj county, lies on this frontier, and Dealul Mare, the Big Hill, is the kind of name given to the high ground where such a tower would stand.
Read the complete Brebi - Dealul Mare 4 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 79 km into the recorded legs you reach Brebi - Dealul Mare 4. Next is Buciumi - Groapa Mare.
4. Buciumi - Groapa Mare
At Buciumi the Romans built a proper fort, not just a tower. It was an auxiliary fort on the frontier of Dacia Porolissensis, a rectangle of earth and stone walls with corner towers and gates, big enough to house a unit of a few hundred men, and it stood on a spur overlooking the approaches from the north. Excavations in the twentieth century found barracks, a headquarters building and a bathhouse. The fort was part of the chain of installations along the Mes ridge, and in 2024 it was recognised by UNESCO as one of the sites of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire in Romania.
Read the complete Buciumi - Groapa Mare write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Buciumi - Groapa Mare, about halfway. Next is back through Brebi - Dealul Mare 4.
5. back through Brebi - Dealul Mare 4
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Brebi - Dealul Mare 4 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Brebi - Dealul Mare 4 sits at 99 km, about halfway. Next is back through Agrij - Coasta Lată.
6. back through Agrij - Coasta Lată
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Agrij - Coasta Lată write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Agrij - Coasta Lată comes up about 202 km into the recorded legs. Next is Fildu de Sus - Grebăn.
7. Fildu de Sus - Grebăn
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fildu de Sus - Grebăn write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Fildu de Sus - Grebăn closes the day.
Leg by leg
Fildu de Sus - Grebăn to Agrij - Coasta Lată
Fildu de Sus - Grebăn → Agrij - Coasta Lată is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Agrij - Coasta Lată to Brebi - Dealul Mare 4
Agrij - Coasta Lată → Brebi - Dealul Mare 4 is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Brebi - Dealul Mare 4 to Buciumi - Groapa Mare
Brebi - Dealul Mare 4 → Buciumi - Groapa Mare is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Buciumi - Groapa Mare to back through Brebi - Dealul Mare 4
Buciumi - Groapa Mare → back through Brebi - Dealul Mare 4 is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Brebi - Dealul Mare 4 to back through Agrij - Coasta Lată
back through Brebi - Dealul Mare 4 → back through Agrij - Coasta Lată is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Agrij - Coasta Lată to Fildu de Sus - Grebăn
back through Agrij - Coasta Lată → Fildu de Sus - Grebăn is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.