Why this ride
From Ileanda it runs 306 km to Ileanda; allow about 6 h 17 of riding. It goes by way of Perișor - Păltiniș, Sântioana - Vârful Mortila and back through Perișor - Păltiniș.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha and Sântioana - Vârful Mortila
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 306 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 17
- 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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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha
Ileanda is a village in the north of Sălaj county, where the river Someș swings north-west out of the Transylvanian basin through a valley flanked by wooded hills. On the hill called Ciuha, above the village, the Romans had a post on the northern edge of their province of Dacia, one of the watchtowers and forts that guarded the frontier from the second to the third century. The site belongs to the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia, inscribed by UNESCO in 2024. Do not expect a ruin with walls to wander through: what survives is mostly earthwork and traces in the ground, and the joy lies in the climb and the view rather than the remains.
Read the complete Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha is where the day begins. Next is Perișor - Păltiniș.
2. Perișor - Păltiniș
The hills of northern Transylvania, in Bistrita-Nasaud county, are quieter than the better-known Saxon towns further south, a country of wooded ridges, narrow valleys and farming villages where hay is still cut by hand and stacked on wooden poles. The Perisor to Paltinis label sits in this landscape, about four kilometres from the village of Spermezeu and not far from Zagra, in the foothills below the Rodna mountains.
Read the complete Perișor - Păltiniș write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Perișor - Păltiniș comes up about 77 km into the recorded legs. Next is Sântioana - Vârful Mortila.
3. Sântioana - Vârful Mortila
Sântioana sits in rolling country on the edge of the Transylvanian Plain, in Bistrița-Năsăud county, a gentle landscape of low hills, fields, orchards and scattered woods. The hilltop of Vârful Mortila, above the village, is one of the many archaeological places recorded in this part of Transylvania, a high point that would have made a natural lookout or settlement site for earlier peoples. There is little to see on the surface, but the view from the top gives a fine sense of the landscape, with the Transylvanian hills rolling away in every direction and the mountains rising on the horizon.
Read the complete Sântioana - Vârful Mortila write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 153 km into the recorded legs you reach Sântioana - Vârful Mortila. Next is back through Perișor - Păltiniș.
4. back through Perișor - Păltiniș
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Perișor - Păltiniș write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Perișor - Păltiniș, late in the day. Next is Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha.
5. Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha to Perișor - Păltiniș
Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha → Perișor - Păltiniș is 77 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Perișor - Păltiniș to Sântioana - Vârful Mortila
Perișor - Păltiniș → Sântioana - Vârful Mortila is 76 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Sântioana - Vârful Mortila to back through Perișor - Păltiniș
Sântioana - Vârful Mortila → back through Perișor - Păltiniș is 75 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Perișor - Păltiniș to Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha
back through Perișor - Păltiniș → Ileanda - Dealul Ciuha is 78 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.