Why this ride
From Stârciu it runs 333 km to Stârciu; allow about 6 h 34 of riding. It goes by way of Brebi - Comorâște, Valea Leșului - Țiclău, Guga - Vârful Țâglii and Church of the Holy Archangels. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Hurez - Sub Cornet and Church of the Holy Archangels
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 333 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 34
- 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 - Sub Cornet
The hills of Sălaj between Buciumi, Stârciu and Cizer are a landscape of small villages, orchards, pastures and woods, and like much of this county, they were part of the northwestern frontier of Roman Dacia. Hurez, Sub Cornet, is one of the sites of that frontier listed by UNESCO in 2024, probably a watchtower or a stretch of defensive earthwork on a ridge, part of the chain of military posts that linked the forts. Little is visible on the ground today, and the site is better appreciated as part of a wider landscape of Roman frontier archaeology.
Read the complete Hurez - Sub Cornet write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Hurez - Sub Cornet is where the day begins. Next is Brebi - Comorâște.
2. Brebi - Comorâște
The hill of Comorâște, above the village of Brebi in Sălaj county, overlooks the Someș valley as it turns north towards Jibou, and its name hints at buried treasure, comoară, which is how villagers often explained odd mounds and old stones on their land. Archaeologists explain it more prosaically as a Roman watch site on the north-western frontier of Dacia, part of the line of towers and forts strung along the Meseș hills and inscribed by UNESCO in 2024. From the top you can see across the valley to the forested ridges that once marked the edge of the empire.
Read the complete Brebi - Comorâște write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Brebi - Comorâște comes up about 39 km into the recorded legs. Next is Valea Leșului - Țiclău.
3. Valea Leșului - Țiclău
The Someș river does most of the work here. Flowing west and then north out of Transylvania, it has carved a valley through the hills of Sălaj county, and near the villages of Lozna and Letca the slopes close in, wooded and steep, with small clearings and hay meadows. On the ridges above, the Romans built watchtowers to guard the northern edge of Dacia, and the remains near Valea Leșului and Țiclău are among the sites included in the UNESCO frontier listing. Today they are little more than grassy hollows and stone scatters, visited by archaeologists and the occasional curious walker.
Read the complete Valea Leșului - Țiclău write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 77 km into the recorded legs you reach Valea Leșului - Țiclău. Next is Guga - Vârful Țâglii.
4. Guga - Vârful Țâglii
Rugășești, Vad and Poiana Blenchii are the kind of villages most people drive past on the way to somewhere else, and that is precisely the charm of the hills that rise between them. The point marked as Guga, Vârful Țâglii, lies on this rolling country north of the Someș, roughly a dozen kilometres from Dej, in the band of land where Rome drew the northern edge of Dacia. A summit called Țâglii is the sort of place where a watchtower would have looked out across the Someș corridor toward the free tribes beyond, and the archaeological lists record a frontier site here.
Read the complete Guga - Vârful Țâglii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Guga - Vârful Țâglii, about halfway. Next is Church of the Holy Archangels.
5. 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.
Read the complete Church of the Holy Archangels write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Church of the Holy Archangels sits at 138 km, about halfway. Next is back through Guga - Vârful Țâglii.
6. back through Guga - Vârful Țâglii
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Guga - Vârful Țâglii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Guga - Vârful Țâglii comes up about 214 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Valea Leșului - Țiclău.
7. back through Valea Leșului - Țiclău
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Valea Leșului - Țiclău write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 257 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Valea Leșului - Țiclău. Next is back through Brebi - Comorâște.
8. back through Brebi - Comorâște
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Brebi - Comorâște write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Brebi - Comorâște, late in the day. Next is Hurez - Sub Cornet.
9. Hurez - Sub Cornet
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Hurez - Sub Cornet write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
The route ends here after 333 km.
Leg by leg
Hurez - Sub Cornet to Brebi - Comorâște
Hurez - Sub Cornet → Brebi - Comorâște is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Brebi - Comorâște to Valea Leșului - Țiclău
Brebi - Comorâște → Valea Leșului - Țiclău is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Valea Leșului - Țiclău to Guga - Vârful Țâglii
Valea Leșului - Țiclău → Guga - Vârful Țâglii is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Guga - Vârful Țâglii to Church of the Holy Archangels
Guga - Vârful Țâglii → 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 to back through Guga - Vârful Țâglii
Church of the Holy Archangels → back through Guga - Vârful Țâglii is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Guga - Vârful Țâglii to back through Valea Leșului - Țiclău
back through Guga - Vârful Țâglii → back through Valea Leșului - Țiclău is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Valea Leșului - Țiclău to back through Brebi - Comorâște
back through Valea Leșului - Țiclău → back through Brebi - Comorâște is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Brebi - Comorâște to Hurez - Sub Cornet
back through Brebi - Comorâște → Hurez - Sub Cornet is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.