Why this ride
A 349 km round trip from Câţcău - roughly 7 h 26 in the saddle. It goes by way of Cliț - Fața Chicerii, Porolissum, Huta - Salhiger and Mirșid - Poguior. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Muncel - Comorița and Mirșid - Poguior
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 349 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 7 h 26
- 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. Muncel - Comorița
On the hills between the valley of the Someș and the Meseș mountains, in the north-west of Transylvania, the ground rises in gentle ridges, and this is the highest point in a small stretch of country near the villages of Vad, Gâlgău and Poiana Blenchii. The label is Muncel, meaning little hill, and Comorița, which carries the sense of a small treasure, and both names tell you about the country: low, open, rounded hills, used for generations as pasture and orchard land. A lot of local folklore has treasure buried in hills like this, and many an old shepherd has a tale of a hoard or a lost mine.
Read the complete Muncel - Comorița write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Muncel - Comorița is where the day begins. Next is Cliț - Fața Chicerii.
2. 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
Cliț - Fața Chicerii comes up about 50 km into the recorded legs. Next is Porolissum.
3. 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
about 82 km into the recorded legs you reach Porolissum. Next is Huta - Salhiger.
4. 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, about halfway. Next is Mirșid - Poguior.
5. Mirșid - Poguior
Mirșid sits on the southern flank of the Meseș Mountains, in the county of Sălaj, a few kilometres from Zalău, and it is almost within sight of one of the best Roman sites in Romania. Porolissum, on the ridge above the village of Moigrad, was the capital of the Roman province of Dacia Porolissensis and a great frontier post on the northern edge of the empire, with large military forts, an amphitheatre, a customs post and a town with temples and baths, built after Trajan's conquest of Dacia in the early second century AD. The site is now an archaeological park, with the outline of the fort on a spur and, below, an amphitheatre cut into the hillside, and from the walls you can look over the Meseș Gate, the pass the Romans were guarding.
Read the complete Mirșid - Poguior write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Mirșid - Poguior sits at 139 km, about halfway. Next is back through Huta - Salhiger.
6. back through Huta - Salhiger
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Huta - Salhiger write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Huta - Salhiger comes up about 227 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Porolissum.
7. 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
about 266 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Porolissum. Next is back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii.
8. back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Cliț - Fața Chicerii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii, late in the day. Next is Muncel - Comorița.
9. Muncel - Comorița
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Muncel - Comorița 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 349 km.
Leg by leg
Muncel - Comorița to Cliț - Fața Chicerii
Muncel - Comorița → Cliț - Fața Chicerii is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Cliț - Fața Chicerii to Porolissum
Cliț - Fața Chicerii → Porolissum is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Porolissum to Huta - Salhiger
Porolissum → Huta - Salhiger is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Huta - Salhiger to Mirșid - Poguior
Huta - Salhiger → Mirșid - Poguior is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Mirșid - Poguior to back through Huta - Salhiger
Mirșid - Poguior → back through Huta - Salhiger is 53 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Huta - Salhiger to back through Porolissum
back through Huta - Salhiger → back through Porolissum is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Porolissum to back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii
back through Porolissum → back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii to Muncel - Comorița
back through Cliț - Fața Chicerii → Muncel - Comorița is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.