Why this ride
A 300 km round trip from Zalău - roughly 5 h 54 in the saddle. It goes by way of Căpâlna - Hotroapă, Salva - Roata lui Todoran and back through Căpâlna - Hotroapă.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Frontiers of the Roman Empire - Dacia and Salva - Roata lui Todoran
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 300 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 54
- 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. 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 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 85 km into the recorded legs. Next is Salva - Roata lui Todoran.
3. Salva - Roata lui Todoran
Salva is a railway village. Trains for the Maramureș line split off here from the route along the Someșul Mare, and the place has a slightly busy, crossroads feel for a commune of a little over four thousand people. The site called Roata lui Todoran, Todoran's wheel, sits right by the village in the Năsăud country of Bistrița-Năsăud, a region that marked the northern edge of Roman Dacia and later formed part of a Habsburg border regiment. Few places in Transylvania have been a frontier for quite so long.
Read the complete Salva - Roata lui Todoran write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 150 km into the recorded legs you reach Salva - Roata lui Todoran. Next is back through Căpâlna - Hotroapă.
4. 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, 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 Căpâlna - Hotroapă
Frontiers of the Roman Empire - Dacia → Căpâlna - Hotroapă is 85 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Căpâlna - Hotroapă to Salva - Roata lui Todoran
Căpâlna - Hotroapă → Salva - Roata lui Todoran is 65 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Salva - Roata lui Todoran to back through Căpâlna - Hotroapă
Salva - Roata lui Todoran → back through Căpâlna - Hotroapă is 64 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Căpâlna - Hotroapă to Frontiers of the Roman Empire - Dacia
back through Căpâlna - Hotroapă → Frontiers of the Roman Empire - Dacia is 86 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.