Why this ride
From Negrilești it runs 146 km to Negrilești; allow about 3 h 25 of riding. On the way it passes Perișor - Păltiniș, Salva - Dealul Dumbravă and back through Perișor - Păltiniș.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Negrilești - Dealul Muncelului and Salva - Dealul Dumbravă
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 146 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 25
- 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. Negrilești - Dealul Muncelului
Bram Stoker never came to Transylvania, but he sent Jonathan Harker through Bistrița, and the town still enjoys the connection. Dealul Muncelului, a hill above the village of Negrilești, sits west of Bistrița in the Someș valley, and from here the road east leads through the Saxon town to the Tihuța pass, the Borgo Pass of the novel, where Count Dracula's carriage is supposed to have met his English visitor. It is a fine excuse for a ride, even if the vampire is fiction and the real history more interesting.
Read the complete Negrilești - Dealul Muncelului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Negrilești - Dealul Muncelului 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 38 km into the recorded legs. Next is Salva - Dealul Dumbravă.
3. Salva - Dealul Dumbravă
The Someșul Mare valley around Năsăud was a frontier long before the Habsburgs made it one again. The Romans built watchtowers on the hills here to guard the northern edge of Dacia, and Salva - Dealul Dumbravă, the hill of the oak grove near the village of Salva, is one of the sites included in the UNESCO listing of the Dacian frontier in 2024. Sixteen centuries later, the Habsburg empire turned the region into a military border district, and the Năsăud border regiment, made up of local Romanian peasants, guarded the Carpathian passes in return for privileges and education.
Read the complete Salva - Dealul Dumbravă write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 72 km into the recorded legs you reach Salva - Dealul Dumbravă. 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 Negrilești - Dealul Muncelului.
5. Negrilești - Dealul Muncelului
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Negrilești - Dealul Muncelului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Negrilești - Dealul Muncelului. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Negrilești - Dealul Muncelului to Perișor - Păltiniș
Negrilești - Dealul Muncelului → Perișor - Păltiniș is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Perișor - Păltiniș to Salva - Dealul Dumbravă
Perișor - Păltiniș → Salva - Dealul Dumbravă is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Salva - Dealul Dumbravă to back through Perișor - Păltiniș
Salva - Dealul Dumbravă → back through Perișor - Păltiniș is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Perișor - Păltiniș to Negrilești - Dealul Muncelului
back through Perișor - Păltiniș → Negrilești - Dealul Muncelului is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.