CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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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A 209 km round trip from Poieni - roughly 4 h 29 in the saddle. The stops in between: Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii, Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2, Lozna - Curmăturița 1 and back through Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2. The line favours views over speed.
Beyond Ciucea the mountains of Apuseni begin to close in. The Vlădeasa massif, which rises to nearly eighteen hundred metres to the south, is the high point of the range and a place of bare ridges, beech forest and deep valleys, with a mountain lake and cabins for hikers. The road from Cluj to Oradea runs through the valley of the Crișul Repede below it, and the hills on either side are cut with side valleys where small villages cling to the slopes.
Read the complete Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2 write-up.
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Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2 is where the day begins. Next is 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.
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Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii comes up about 42 km into the recorded legs. Next is Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2.
The Roman province of Dacia had a northern frontier that ran along the hills of what is now Sălaj county, in north-western Romania, around the great fortress of Porolissum. Here the Limes was not a continuous wall but a network of watchtowers, small forts and earthworks set on hilltops with views over the valleys. Vârful Cigleanului, a hilltop near the village of Ciglean, close to Jibou, held one of these watchtowers, and the number in the name marks it as one of several in the area.
Read the complete Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 write-up.
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about 74 km into the recorded legs you reach Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2. Next is Lozna - Curmăturița 1.
Lozna is a village in the northern hills of Sălaj county, close to the Someș river, a place of small farms, orchards and wooden houses, and Curmăturița is a saddle in the hills above it, where a Roman watchtower is thought to have stood. The northern frontier of Roman Dacia ran through this area, following ridges and river valleys, and small towers and forts were placed to watch over the approaches. Today there is little to see, but the view from the saddle, over the rolling hills and the Someș valley, is lovely, and it explains why the Romans chose the spot.
Read the complete Lozna - Curmăturița 1 write-up.
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Lozna - Curmăturița 1, about halfway. Next is back through Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2.
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Read the complete Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 write-up.
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back through Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 sits at 107 km, about halfway. Next is back through Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii write-up.
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back through Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii comes up about 166 km into the recorded legs. Next is Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2 write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2 closes the day.
Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2 → Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii → Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 → Lozna - Curmăturița 1 is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Lozna - Curmăturița 1 → back through Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 → back through Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii → Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2 is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.