Why this ride
142 km from Cizer to Cizer, about 3 h 05 of riding. On the way it passes Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii, Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine and back through Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Hurez - Arsură 1 & 2 and Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 142 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 05
- 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. Hurez - Arsură 1 & 2
Arsura is Romanian for a burn, a scorch, or a heat rash, and it turns up on rural maps wherever a hillside was cleared by fire. The name, though, tells a small story of its own, since a clearing burned for pasture or for planting is exactly the sort of place where people leave pottery, charcoal and traces of a settlement.
Read the complete Hurez - Arsură 1 & 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Hurez - Arsură 1 & 2 is where the day begins. Next is Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii.
2. Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii
The Meseș mountains, a low, wooded range in north-western Romania, formed a natural barrier for the Roman province of Dacia, and the Romans fortified it with a line of watchtowers, walls and fortlets. Near the village of Treznea, on a hill known as Dealul Mănăstirii, the Monastery Hill, the remains of one of these defences overlook the valleys. It is part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia, listed by UNESCO in 2024, and a short distance away lies Porolissum, one of the largest Roman settlements in Dacia, with a reconstructed gate and an amphitheatre.
Read the complete Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii comes up about 41 km into the recorded legs. Next is Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine.
3. Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine
Zalău is the county town of Sălaj, a modern small city of about sixty thousand people that grew fast in the communist period, and the countryside around it is far more interesting than the blocks of flats. Brusturi, a few kilometres off, sits in the hills that lead up toward the Meseş mountains, and the name on our list points to a Roman fort called Certiae, one of the line of military posts that kept watch on the northern edge of Dacia, along with a ruin the locals link with an old legend of robbers.
Read the complete Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 70 km into the recorded legs you reach Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine. Next is back through Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii.
4. back through Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii, late in the day. Next is Hurez - Arsură 1 & 2.
5. Hurez - Arsură 1 & 2
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hurez - Arsură 1 & 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Hurez - Arsură 1 & 2. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Hurez - Arsură 1 & 2 to Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii
Hurez - Arsură 1 & 2 → Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii to Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine
Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii → Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine to back through Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii
Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine → back through Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii to Hurez - Arsură 1 & 2
back through Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii → Hurez - Arsură 1 & 2 is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.