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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From Cizer it runs 320 km to Cizer; allow about 6 h 22 of riding. The stops in between: Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine, Lozna - Curmăturița 1, Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului and Church of the Holy Archangels. The line favours views over speed.
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.
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Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură is where the day begins. Next is 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.
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Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine comes up about 31 km into the recorded legs. 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.
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about 70 km into the recorded legs you reach Lozna - Curmăturița 1. Next is Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului.
The name is a mouthful, and a good one: the Ridge of the Wolf's Clearing, on the hill of Muncel, above the Someș valley north-east of Dej. Somewhere along this wooded crest the Romans kept a lookout on the northern border of Dacia, watching the valleys for movement from the free tribes beyond. Watchtowers like this one were the eyes of the frontier, signalling to the forts below, and the site is part of the Dacian frontier inscribed by UNESCO in 2024. On the ground, expect very little: perhaps a low mound, a ditch or scattered stones under the trees. It is a place for imagination and a walk rather than a monument.
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Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului, about halfway. Next is Church of the Holy Archangels.
The wooden church at Rogoz stands in the Lăpuș country, a quieter, lesser-known corner of Maramureș, south of the mountains and away from the main tourist circuits. Built in the seventeenth century and dedicated to the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel, it is unusual in shape: the roof is asymmetric and overhangs deeply on one side, and the eaves are supported by carved wooden brackets shaped like horse heads, a detail that seems to come straight out of folk tradition. Inside, the walls are painted with scenes from the Bible, including a vivid Last Judgement. It is one of the eight churches in the UNESCO listing of the Wooden Churches of Maramureș.
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Church of the Holy Archangels sits at 142 km, about halfway. Next is back through Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului.
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back through Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului comes up about 207 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Lozna - Curmăturița 1.
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about 250 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Lozna - Curmăturița 1. Next is back through Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine.
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back through Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine, late in the day. Next is Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură.
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The route ends here after 320 km.
Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură → Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine → Lozna - Curmăturița 1 is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Lozna - Curmăturița 1 → Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului → Church of the Holy Archangels is 46 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Church of the Holy Archangels → back through Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Muncel - Muchia Poienii Lupului → back through Lozna - Curmăturița 1 is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Lozna - Curmăturița 1 → back through Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine → Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.