Why this ride
A 179 km round trip from Ciucea - roughly 3 h 50 in the saddle. It goes by way of Agrij - Coasta Lată, Românași - Largiana / Cetate, Buciumi - Grădiște and Românași - Dealul Hențeșu.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Hurez - Poic and Românași - Dealul Hențeșu
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 179 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 50
- 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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Scenic road chapters
Hurez - Poic → Agrij - Coasta Lată
This part of the ride is 29 km of Hurez - Poic → Agrij - Coasta Lată.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 29 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Hurez - Poic
Ciucea is the first place to know before you ride into Hurez, because the road from Cluj to Oradea passes through it and the poet Octavian Goga lived and died there. Goga, one of the voices of Transylvanian Romanian nationalism, served briefly as prime minister in 1937 and 1938, and the castle at Ciucea, where he spent his later years, is now a memorial museum. It sits in a small park above the road, with a view of the green hills of the Apuseni mountains, and Goga's grave is nearby.
Read the complete Hurez - Poic write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Hurez - Poic is where the day begins. Next is Agrij - Coasta Lată.
2. Agrij - Coasta Lată
The Meseș mountains are a modest ridge by Carpathian standards, but for the Romans they were a natural wall, and they built their frontier along it. The north-western edge of Dacia ran along these hills, with forts, watchtowers and walls guarding the passes from the plains of the Barbaricum beyond. Agrij - Coasta Lată, near the villages of Stârciu, Buciumi and Meseșenii de Jos, is one of the watchtower sites named in the World Heritage inscription of 2024. Nearby, at Buciumi, are the remains of a fort, and a little further north, at Moigrad, lies Porolissum, the largest Roman site in the region, with a reconstructed gate.
Read the complete Agrij - Coasta Lată write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Agrij - Coasta Lată comes up about 29 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 51 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 69 km, about halfway. Next is back through Buciumi - Grădiște.
6. back through Buciumi - Grădiște
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Buciumi - Grădiște write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Buciumi - Grădiște comes up about 108 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 131 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Românași - Largiana / Cetate. Next is back through Agrij - Coasta Lată.
8. back through Agrij - Coasta Lată
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Agrij - Coasta Lată write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Agrij - Coasta Lată, late in the day. Next is Hurez - Poic.
9. Hurez - Poic
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hurez - Poic write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 179 km.
Leg by leg
Hurez - Poic to Agrij - Coasta Lată
Hurez - Poic → Agrij - Coasta Lată is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Agrij - Coasta Lată to Românași - Largiana / Cetate
Agrij - Coasta Lată → Românași - Largiana / Cetate is 22 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 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Românași - Largiana / Cetate to back through Agrij - Coasta Lată
back through Românași - Largiana / Cetate → back through Agrij - Coasta Lată is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Agrij - Coasta Lată to Hurez - Poic
back through Agrij - Coasta Lată → Hurez - Poic is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.