Why this ride
From Lozna it runs 246 km to Lozna; allow about 5 h 11 of riding. It goes by way of Muncel - Cărămidă, Dumbrăveni, Muncel - Comorița and back through Dumbrăveni.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Negreni - Poiana la Arbore and Muncel - Comorița
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 246 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 11
- 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. Negreni - Poiana la Arbore
Somewhere in the hills of Sălaj county, between the villages of Lozna, Rus and Letca, a meadow called Poiana la Arbore, the clearing by the tree, marks one of the small Roman sites on the north-western frontier of Dacia. The name alone tells you what to expect: a glade, a ridge, perhaps a lone tree, and the faint traces of a watch post that once looked out over the Someş valley. The Frontiers of the Roman Empire listing in 2024 included many such places, and their value lies in the chain they form rather than in any single ruin.
Read the complete Negreni - Poiana la Arbore write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Negreni - Poiana la Arbore is where the day begins. Next is Muncel - Cărămidă.
2. 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Muncel - Cărămidă comes up about 40 km into the recorded legs. Next is Dumbrăveni.
3. Dumbrăveni
Dumbrăveni sits in the quiet hill country above the Someş Mare, where the river curves west towards Dej and the land folds into low ridges, orchards and small woods of oak and hornbeam. Like several places on these rides, it marks a point on the old northern edge of Roman Dacia, one of the scattered watchtower and earthwork sites listed in 2024 as part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire. Expect a hill and a view rather than masonry, and enjoy the feeling of being somewhere few travellers bother to stop.
Read the complete Dumbrăveni write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 82 km into the recorded legs you reach Dumbrăveni. Next is Muncel - Comorița.
4. 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
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Planning note
Muncel - Comorița, about halfway. Next is back through Dumbrăveni.
5. back through Dumbrăveni
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Dumbrăveni write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Dumbrăveni sits at 102 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
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Muncel - Cărămidă comes up about 204 km into the recorded legs. Next is Negreni - Poiana la Arbore.
7. Negreni - Poiana la Arbore
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Negreni - Poiana la Arbore write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Negreni - Poiana la Arbore closes the day.
Leg by leg
Negreni - Poiana la Arbore to Muncel - Cărămidă
Negreni - Poiana la Arbore → Muncel - Cărămidă is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Muncel - Cărămidă to Dumbrăveni
Muncel - Cărămidă → Dumbrăveni is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Dumbrăveni to Muncel - Comorița
Dumbrăveni → Muncel - Comorița is 40 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Muncel - Comorița to back through Dumbrăveni
Muncel - Comorița → back through Dumbrăveni is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Dumbrăveni to back through Muncel - Cărămidă
back through Dumbrăveni → back through Muncel - Cărămidă is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Muncel - Cărămidă to Negreni - Poiana la Arbore
back through Muncel - Cărămidă → Negreni - Poiana la Arbore is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.