Why this ride
A 172 km round trip from Cizer - roughly 3 h 35 in the saddle. On the way it passes Românași - Largiana / Cetate, Tihău - Grădiște, Rogna - La Bontauă and back through Tihău - Grădiște. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Hurez - La Frasin 1 and Rogna - La Bontauă
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 172 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 35
- 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 - La Frasin 1
This corner of Sălaj sits along the Roman frontier of Dacia, which makes it a more serious place than its gentle hills suggest. West of Zalău the Meseș mountains rise in a long wooded ridge, and through them runs a natural gate, the Meseș Pass, which the Romans fortified as part of their northern defences. The great site of Porolissum, with its fort, civil settlement and amphitheatre, stands on a ridge nearby, and the watchtowers and small works scattered across the hills belong to the same system.
Read the complete Hurez - La Frasin 1 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Hurez - La Frasin 1 is where the day begins. Next is Românași - Largiana / Cetate.
2. 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
Românași - Largiana / Cetate comes up about 25 km into the recorded legs. Next is Tihău - Grădiște.
3. Tihău - Grădiște
The Someș river makes its way through the hills of north-western Romania between Cluj and Baia Mare, and near the small town of Jibou, in Sălaj county, it passes through a narrow valley guarded on its slopes by the remains of a Roman fort. The site, known locally as Grădiște, which simply means old fort, lies above the village of Tihău, close to Surduc and Gâlgău Almașului.
Read the complete Tihău - Grădiște write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 52 km into the recorded legs you reach Tihău - Grădiște. Next is Rogna - La Bontauă.
4. Rogna - La Bontauă
Rogna is a scatter of farms in the hills of northern Sălaj, close to the Someș valley and the border with Maramureș, and La Bontauă is the name the locals give to a piece of high ground where a Roman frontier site has been recorded. The northern edge of Roman Dacia ran through these hills, and the Romans placed watchtowers and small forts on high points to keep an eye on the river valleys and the free Dacians to the north. Today there is little to see apart from the shape of the land, but the view over the rolling hills makes it easy to imagine a sentry looking out across the valley.
Read the complete Rogna - La Bontauă write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Rogna - La Bontauă, about halfway. Next is back through Tihău - Grădiște.
5. back through Tihău - Grădiște
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Tihău - Grădiște write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Tihău - Grădiște sits at 105 km, about halfway. Next is back through Românași - Largiana / Cetate.
6. back through Românași - Largiana / Cetate
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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
back through Românași - Largiana / Cetate comes up about 147 km into the recorded legs. Next is Hurez - La Frasin 1.
7. Hurez - La Frasin 1
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hurez - La Frasin 1 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Hurez - La Frasin 1 closes the day.
Leg by leg
Hurez - La Frasin 1 to Românași - Largiana / Cetate
Hurez - La Frasin 1 → Românași - Largiana / Cetate is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Românași - Largiana / Cetate to Tihău - Grădiște
Românași - Largiana / Cetate → Tihău - Grădiște is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Tihău - Grădiște to Rogna - La Bontauă
Tihău - Grădiște → Rogna - La Bontauă is 37 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Rogna - La Bontauă to back through Tihău - Grădiște
Rogna - La Bontauă → back through Tihău - Grădiște is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Tihău - Grădiște to back through Românași - Largiana / Cetate
back through Tihău - Grădiște → back through Românași - Largiana / Cetate is 27 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Românași - Largiana / Cetate to Hurez - La Frasin 1
back through Românași - Largiana / Cetate → Hurez - La Frasin 1 is 25 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.