Why this ride
229 km from Cizer to Cizer, about 5 h 08 of riding. It goes by way of Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2, Românași - Largiana / Cetate, Buciumi - Grădiște and Românași - Dealul Hențeșu.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură and Românași - Dealul Hențeșu
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 229 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 08
- 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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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 Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2.
2. Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2
The Meseș hills are a long, wooded ridge in northwestern Romania, and for the Romans they were the edge of the world. Beyond them lay the free Dacians and the peoples of the great plain; on this side lay the province of Dacia, conquered by Trajan in the early second century. The valley of the Agrij river, which runs along the southern side of the ridge in Sălaj county, is dotted with archaeological sites, and Osoiul Ciontului is one of many places in the area where traces of ancient settlement have been recorded. There may be little to see at the spot itself, but the landscape around it is rich in history and quiet beauty.
Read the complete Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2 comes up about 43 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
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Planning note
about 75 km into the recorded legs you reach Românași - Largiana / Cetate. Next is Buciumi - Grădiște.
4. 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
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Planning note
Buciumi - Grădiște, about halfway. Next is Românași - Dealul Hențeșu.
5. Românași - Dealul Hențeșu
Hentesu is the name of a hill near the village of Romanasi, in the Salaj hills of north-western Romania, and Dealul Hentesu is simply Hentesu Hill. It is a modest rise, but in this country of broad rounded ridges it commands good views.
Read the complete Românași - Dealul Hențeșu write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Românași - Dealul Hențeșu sits at 68 km, about halfway. Next is back through Buciumi - Grădiște.
6. back through Buciumi - Grădiște
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Read the complete Buciumi - Grădiște write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Buciumi - Grădiște comes up about 132 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Românași - Largiana / Cetate.
7. back through Românași - Largiana / Cetate
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Românași - Largiana / Cetate write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 154 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Românași - Largiana / Cetate. Next is back through Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2.
8. back through Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2, late in the day. Next is Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură.
9. 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
The route ends here after 229 km.
Leg by leg
Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură to Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2
Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură → Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2 is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2 to Românași - Largiana / Cetate
Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2 → Românași - Largiana / Cetate is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Românași - Largiana / Cetate to Buciumi - Grădiște
Românași - Largiana / Cetate → Buciumi - Grădiște is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Buciumi - Grădiște to Românași - Dealul Hențeșu
Buciumi - Grădiște → Românași - Dealul Hențeșu is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Românași - Dealul Hențeșu to back through Buciumi - Grădiște
Românași - Dealul Hențeșu → 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 back through Românași - Largiana / Cetate
back through Buciumi - Grădiște → back through Românași - Largiana / Cetate is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Românași - Largiana / Cetate to back through Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2
back through Românași - Largiana / Cetate → back through Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2 is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2 to Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură
back through Agrij - Osoiul Ciontului 2 → Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.