Why this ride
A 139 km round trip from Zalău - roughly 3 h 31 in the saddle. It goes by way of Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2, Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură and back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Frontiers of the Roman Empire - Dacia and Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 139 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 31
- 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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Scenic road chapters
Frontiers of the Roman Empire - Dacia → Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2
The ride follows Frontiers of the Roman Empire - Dacia → Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 for 28 km.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 28 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Frontiers of the Roman Empire - Dacia
Above the town of Zalau, where the Meses mountains form a long, wooded ridge across northern Transylvania, the Roman Empire built one of its most remote defences. The mountains separated the province of Dacia from the free tribes to the north, and the ridge was fortified with a line of watchtowers and forts, the western part of what is now called the Frontiers of the Roman Empire in Dacia. The greatest of them was Porolissum, a garrison town and customs post on the Meses Gate, the pass through the ridge, near the village of Moigrad.
Read the complete Frontiers of the Roman Empire - Dacia write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Frontiers of the Roman Empire - Dacia is where the day begins. Next is Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2.
2. Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2
Treznea is a small village in the hills of Sălaj county, eleven kilometres east of Zalău, and its name carries a heavy weight in Romanian history. In September 1940, after northern Transylvania was transferred to Hungary by the Second Vienna Award, Hungarian troops entering the region killed scores of villagers here, Romanians and Jews, in one of the worst atrocities of that time. A memorial in the village remembers the victims. It is a sobering reminder that these quiet hills have seen terrible violence, and a short, respectful stop at the memorial is worth more than any viewpoint on the ride.
Read the complete Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 comes up about 28 km into the recorded legs. Next is Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură.
3. Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură
Somewhere between Dealul Mare and Arsură, two wooded hills above the village of Hurez in Sălaj county, the Roman frontier of Dacia ran along the heights, marked by watchtowers and small earthworks that are now almost hidden by forest. Together with the towers further north on the Meseș ridge, they formed a line that looked west towards the lands beyond the empire, and they were included in the World Heritage listing of the Dacian frontier in 2024. Finding the remains requires a map and some determination; the reward is a sense of how thinly Rome stretched its soldiers across these hills.
Read the complete Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 71 km into the recorded legs you reach Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură. Next is back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2.
4. back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2, late in the day. Next is Frontiers of the Roman Empire - Dacia.
5. Frontiers of the Roman Empire - Dacia
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Frontiers of the Roman Empire - Dacia write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Frontiers of the Roman Empire - Dacia. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Frontiers of the Roman Empire - Dacia to Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2
Frontiers of the Roman Empire - Dacia → Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 to Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură
Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 → Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură to back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2
Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură → back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 to Frontiers of the Roman Empire - Dacia
back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 → Frontiers of the Roman Empire - Dacia is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.