Why this ride
From Monor it runs 91 km to Monor; allow about 2 h 21 of riding. On the way it passes Orheiu Bistriței - Vatra Satului, Sărățel - Cetate 1 and back through Orheiu Bistriței - Vatra Satului.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Lunca - La Bolovani and Sărățel - Cetate 1
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 91 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 21
- 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. 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
Lunca - La Bolovani is where the day begins. Next is Orheiu Bistriței - Vatra Satului.
2. Orheiu Bistriței - Vatra Satului
Bistrița is the town where Jonathan Harker spends his last comfortable night before heading into the mountains in Bram Stoker's Dracula, and the village of Orheiu Bistriței lies just eight kilometres to the south-east, in the hills above the valley of the Bistrița river. In Roman times, this was the site of an auxiliary fort on the north-eastern frontier of Dacia, and the remains lie beneath the village itself, which the locals know as the vatra satului, the village hearth. Excavations have revealed the outline of the fort, and finds are displayed in the county museum in Bistrița.
Read the complete Orheiu Bistriței - Vatra Satului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Orheiu Bistriței - Vatra Satului comes up about 26 km into the recorded legs. Next is Sărățel - Cetate 1.
3. Sărățel - Cetate 1
The name Sărățel means the little salty place, and this corner of Bistrița-Năsăud has salt underground: springs of brine rise here and there in the hills, and for centuries people used them for cooking, curing meat and treating animals. Salt was one of the reasons the Romans wanted Dacia, along with gold, and on a hill near the village they placed a fort, Cetate, meaning the citadel, at the north-eastern corner of their province. Behind it lay the valley of the Șieu and the road towards the interior; in front, the hills where the free Dacians lived. The site is now part of the Roman frontier of Dacia on the World Heritage list, though, like most of these places, it is visible mainly as an outline of banks and ditches.
Read the complete Sărățel - Cetate 1 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 45 km into the recorded legs you reach Sărățel - Cetate 1. Next is back through Orheiu Bistriței - Vatra Satului.
4. back through Orheiu Bistriței - Vatra Satului
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Orheiu Bistriței - Vatra Satului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Orheiu Bistriței - Vatra Satului, late in the day. Next is Lunca - La Bolovani.
5. Lunca - La Bolovani
Return visit. Read the place description above.
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
Back at Lunca - La Bolovani. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Lunca - La Bolovani to Orheiu Bistriței - Vatra Satului
Lunca - La Bolovani → Orheiu Bistriței - Vatra Satului is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Orheiu Bistriței - Vatra Satului to Sărățel - Cetate 1
Orheiu Bistriței - Vatra Satului → Sărățel - Cetate 1 is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Sărățel - Cetate 1 to back through Orheiu Bistriței - Vatra Satului
Sărățel - Cetate 1 → back through Orheiu Bistriței - Vatra Satului is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Orheiu Bistriței - Vatra Satului to Lunca - La Bolovani
back through Orheiu Bistriței - Vatra Satului → Lunca - La Bolovani is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.