Why this ride
From Livezile it runs 100 km to Livezile; allow about 2 h 08 of riding. It goes by way of Domnești, Lunca - La Bolovani and back through Domnești.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Livezile - Poderei and Lunca - La Bolovani
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 100 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 08
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. 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. Livezile - Poderei
Leave Bistriţa eastwards on the DN17 and within minutes you are in Livezile, a long village strung out along the valley of the Bistriţa river where the Transylvanian hills start to bunch up towards the Eastern Carpathians. Poderei is the name of a hillside here where the Romans kept watch over the northern edge of their province of Dacia, and the site is one of the many small components of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire listed in Romania in 2024. There is nothing to visit in the sense of ruins; what you get is the hill, the view up the valley and the knowledge that legionaries stared at the same ridges.
Read the complete Livezile - Poderei write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Livezile - Poderei is where the day begins. Next is Domnești.
2. Domnești
Domnești sits in the hills just south of Bistrița, the old Saxon town in northeastern Transylvania, and like several places in this region it marks a point on the Roman frontier of Dacia, where watchtowers once looked out from the ridgetops over the province's edge. Nothing dramatic remains here, but the location is perfect for exploring a corner of Romania that mixes Roman, Saxon, Hungarian and Romanian history in a single valley.
Read the complete Domnești write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Domnești comes up 22 km in. Next is Lunca - La Bolovani.
3. Lunca - La Bolovani
La Bolovani means at the boulders, which tells you most of what a local would have said about this spot on the hills near the village of Lunca, between Monor and Șieuț on the eastern edge of the Transylvanian basin. Archaeologists know it as one of the sites along the Roman frontier of Dacia, a small watch post on a ridge commanding views east towards the Călimani and Gurghiu mountains, beyond which lay lands Rome never controlled. In 2024 it joined the World Heritage listing of the Dacian limes, though in the field you will find a quiet hill, sheep and very few signs.
Read the complete Lunca - La Bolovani write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
44 km in you reach Lunca - La Bolovani. Next is back through Domnești.
4. back through Domnești
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Domnești write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Domnești, late in the day. Next is Livezile - Poderei.
5. Livezile - Poderei
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Livezile - Poderei write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Livezile - Poderei. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Livezile - Poderei to Domnești
Livezile - Poderei → Domnești is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Domnești to Lunca - La Bolovani
Domnești → Lunca - La Bolovani is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Lunca - La Bolovani to back through Domnești
Lunca - La Bolovani → back through Domnești is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Domnești to Livezile - Poderei
back through Domnești → Livezile - Poderei is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.