Why this ride
From Poieni it runs 69 km to Poieni; allow about 1 h 48 of riding. It goes by way of Buciumi - Grădiște, Românași - Largiana / Cetate and back through Buciumi - Grădiște.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2 and Românași - Largiana / Cetate
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 69 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 h 48
- 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 - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2
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.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2 is where the day begins. Next is Buciumi - Grădiște.
2. Buciumi - Grădiște
Buciumi has a Roman fort, and a proper one. On a low hill above the village, the outline of a rectangular auxiliary fort has been excavated, with walls, gates and the foundations of the buildings inside, laid out to the standard Roman pattern with the headquarters in the middle and barracks to either side. It was one of the forts guarding the road and the passes of the Meseş mountains, a few kilometres from the larger fortress and town at Porolissum, and it held a unit of auxiliary troops, soldiers recruited from the provinces rather than citizen legionaries.
Read the complete Buciumi - Grădiște write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Buciumi - Grădiște comes up about 17 km into the recorded legs. Next is Românași - Largiana / Cetate.
3. Românași - Largiana / Cetate
At Românași, in the valley of the Agrij in Sălaj county, the outline of a Roman fort called Largiana can still be traced on a low rise above the village, its rectangle of ramparts and ditches softened by centuries of ploughing. It stood on the road that ran from Porolissum, the great frontier stronghold to the north, down towards Napoca, today's Cluj, and it housed an auxiliary unit guarding the approach to the Meseș mountains. Archaeologists have found inscriptions, coins and pottery here, and the site is part of the Dacian frontier listed by UNESCO in 2024.
Read the complete Românași - Largiana / Cetate write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 35 km into the recorded legs you reach Românași - Largiana / Cetate. Next is back through Buciumi - Grădiște.
4. back through Buciumi - Grădiște
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Buciumi - Grădiște write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Buciumi - Grădiște, late in the day. Next is Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2.
5. Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 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 - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2 to Buciumi - Grădiște
Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2 → Buciumi - Grădiște is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Buciumi - Grădiște to Românași - Largiana / Cetate
Buciumi - Grădiște → Românași - Largiana / Cetate is 18 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Românași - Largiana / Cetate to back through Buciumi - Grădiște
Românași - Largiana / Cetate → back through Buciumi - Grădiște is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Buciumi - Grădiște to Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2
back through Buciumi - Grădiște → Hurez - Cornul Vlașinului 1 & 2 is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.