Why this ride
From Cizer it runs 182 km to Cizer; allow about 3 h 49 of riding. It goes by way of Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei, Tihău - Dealul Cucului, Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor and back through Tihău - Dealul Cucului.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură and Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 182 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 49
- 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 - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură
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.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură is where the day begins. Next is Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei.
2. Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei
The Meseș mountains rise to the west of Zalău like a long green wall, and they formed the natural western boundary of Roman Dacia in this region. Along their crest and on the slopes above the plains, the Romans built a line of watchtowers, and the site above the fields with the evocative name of Șesurile Tâlhăroasei, roughly the robbers' flats, near the villages of Treznea and Aghireș, is one of them. It is part of the Dacian frontier on the World Heritage list. Up in the forest the remains are modest, but the position, high on a slope with a view over the valley, shows how the frontier used every advantage of the terrain.
Read the complete Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei comes up about 27 km into the recorded legs. Next is Tihău - Dealul Cucului.
3. Tihău - Dealul Cucului
Dealul Cucului means cuckoo hill, and the name fits the place: a low, wooded rise above the village of Tihău, close to the town of Jibou in the Someș valley of Sălaj county, where in spring the cuckoo's call echoes across the meadows. The point belongs to the network of archaeological sites along the Roman frontier of Dacia in the northwest of the province, near the confluence of the Almaș and Someș rivers, a strategic spot where valleys meet and roads cross. As with many of these sites, there may be little to see on the surface, but the location makes sense once you look at the map.
Read the complete Tihău - Dealul Cucului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 61 km into the recorded legs you reach Tihău - Dealul Cucului. Next is Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor.
4. Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor
A ridge called Dealul Hoancelor does not make it onto many maps, and the place is better understood from the landscape around it. This is the country of the Someș river in the north of Transylvania, between the Meseș mountains in the west and the hills of the Transylvanian plain to the east, and the valleys are broad, green and thickly farmed. The nearest places on our list are tiny villages, Lozna and Letca, and the closest town, Jibou, is about twenty kilometres away.
Read the complete Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor, about halfway. Next is back through Tihău - Dealul Cucului.
5. back through Tihău - Dealul Cucului
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Tihău - Dealul Cucului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Tihău - Dealul Cucului sits at 103 km, about halfway. Next is back through Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei.
6. back through Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei comes up about 154 km into the recorded legs. Next is Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură.
7. Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură closes the day.
Leg by leg
Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură to Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei
Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură → Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei to Tihău - Dealul Cucului
Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei → Tihău - Dealul Cucului is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Tihău - Dealul Cucului to Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor
Tihău - Dealul Cucului → Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor to back through Tihău - Dealul Cucului
Negreni - Dealul Hoancelor → back through Tihău - Dealul Cucului is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Tihău - Dealul Cucului to back through Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei
back through Tihău - Dealul Cucului → back through Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei to Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură
back through Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei → Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.