Why this ride
From Cizer it runs 343 km to Cizer; allow about 6 h 59 of riding. On the way it passes Porolissum, Cliț - Fața Chicerii, Muncel - Cărămidă and Church of the Holy Archangels. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Huta - Salhiger and Church of the Holy Archangels
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 343 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 59
- 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. Huta - Salhiger
Huta is a Romanian word for a glassworks or ironworks, and the name usually points to an old forest industry: a place where charcoal burners and glassblowers once worked in clearings in the beech woods. The village of this name lies in the hills between Ciucea, in Cluj county, and the villages of Cizer and Stârciu in the neighbouring county of Sălaj, in the broken country where the Meseș and Plopiș mountains meet.
Read the complete Huta - Salhiger write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Huta - Salhiger is where the day begins. Next is Porolissum.
2. Porolissum
On a hill above the village of Moigrad, the Roman town of Porolissum guarded a key pass through the Meseș mountains, the gateway to Roman Dacia from the north-west. Founded as a military camp after the conquest in 106, it grew into a town of thousands, with a large fort, an amphitheatre, temples, baths and a customs post, and it became a municipium, a self-governing city, under the emperor Septimius Severus. The ruins are among the most impressive Roman remains in Romania, with a reconstructed fort gate, walls and parts of the town, and they are part of the frontier sites of Roman Dacia.
Read the complete Porolissum write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Porolissum comes up about 39 km into the recorded legs. Next is Cliț - Fața Chicerii.
3. Cliț - Fața Chicerii
Northern Sălaj is quiet country: low wooded hills, hay meadows, plum orchards and villages strung along the Someș river and its side valleys, with wooden churches and haystacks built around poles in the fields. Cliț is a small village near Băbeni, and the point named Fața Chicerii lies in the hills above it. Names in this list follow the pattern of the Romanian archaeological record, a village and then the local name of a hillside, and in this part of Sălaj many such points belong to the line of watchtowers and small forts of the Roman frontier of Dacia, which UNESCO recognised in 2024.
Read the complete Cliț - Fața Chicerii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 71 km into the recorded legs you reach Cliț - Fața Chicerii. Next is Muncel - Cărămidă.
4. Muncel - Cărămidă
In northern Transylvania, where the Someș river winds through low hills between Dej and Beclean, the Roman Empire once ran out of land and patience. The province of Dacia, conquered by Trajan in the early second century, had a long and complicated frontier, and in 2024 parts of it were added to the UNESCO Frontiers of the Roman Empire. Muncel–Cărămidă is one of those components, a small military site above the valley near Poiana Blenchii, part of a network of watchtowers and forts that guarded the northern edge of the province. The big fort of Porolissum, near Zalău to the west, with its reconstructed gate, gives you a sense of what the bigger garrisons looked like.
Read the complete Muncel - Cărămidă write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Muncel - Cărămidă, 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 137 km, about halfway. Next is back through Muncel - Cărămidă.
6. back through Muncel - Cărămidă
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Muncel - Cărămidă write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Muncel - Cărămidă comes up about 218 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii.
7. back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cliț - Fața Chicerii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
about 270 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii. Next is back through Porolissum.
8. back through Porolissum
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Porolissum write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Porolissum, late in the day. Next is Huta - Salhiger.
9. Huta - Salhiger
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Huta - Salhiger 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 343 km.
Leg by leg
Huta - Salhiger to Porolissum
Huta - Salhiger → Porolissum is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Porolissum to Cliț - Fața Chicerii
Porolissum → Cliț - Fața Chicerii is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cliț - Fața Chicerii to Muncel - Cărămidă
Cliț - Fața Chicerii → Muncel - Cărămidă is 51 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Muncel - Cărămidă to Church of the Holy Archangels
Muncel - Cărămidă → Church of the Holy Archangels is 47 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Church of the Holy Archangels to back through Muncel - Cărămidă
Church of the Holy Archangels → back through Muncel - Cărămidă is 49 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Muncel - Cărămidă to back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii
back through Muncel - Cărămidă → back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii is 52 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii to back through Porolissum
back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii → back through Porolissum is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Porolissum to Huta - Salhiger
back through Porolissum → Huta - Salhiger is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.