CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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343 km from Negrilești to Negrilești, about 8 h 37 of riding. It goes by way of Church of the Nativity of the Virgin, Chornohora and back through Church of the Nativity of the Virgin. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,150 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It crosses from Romania into Ukraine - carry ID and check vignette or toll rules. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Negrilești is a small village in Bistrița-Năsăud county, in the hills of northern Transylvania, near the valley of the Someș Mare. The name of the site, Negru Vodă, recalls the legendary founder of Wallachia, a figure from the Romanian chronicles who is said to have crossed the Carpathians in the thirteenth century to found the principality; whether he existed at all is still debated, and many places in Romania bear his name. The site itself is part of the UNESCO listing of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia, probably a watchtower or a small fortification on a hill, part of the northern frontier of the province. Little is visible, but the hills offer good views over the surrounding countryside.
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Negrilești - Negru Vodă is where the day begins. Next is Church of the Nativity of the Virgin.
Ieud is a long village strung along a side valley of the Iza river in Maramureș, in Romania's far north, and it has not one but two wooden churches. The one on the hill, the Church of the Nativity of the Virgin, is one of the eight Wooden Churches of Maramureș listed by UNESCO, and it is one of the oldest, with a tall, slender bell tower and a double roof of wooden shingles that reaches almost to the ground. Inside, the walls are covered with eighteenth-century paintings on wood and cloth, with scenes from the Last Judgement in which the damned are dressed in the clothes of the local enemies of the time. The church is also known for the Ieud Codex, a manuscript found here, one of the oldest texts written in the Romanian language.
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Church of the Nativity of the Virgin comes up 66 km in. Next is Chornohora.
Chornohora, the Black Mountain, is the highest range of the Ukrainian Carpathians, a long ridge of rounded summits above the forests on the border between the Zakarpattia and Ivano-Frankivsk regions. Its highest peak, Hoverla, rises to 2,061 metres, the highest point in Ukraine, and on summer weekends it can be busy with hikers. Along the ridge to the southeast stands Pip Ivan, crowned by the ruins of an astronomical and meteorological observatory built by Poland in the 1930s, when this was the border with Czechoslovakia. Locals call it the White Elephant, and seeing it loom out of the mist is unforgettable.
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132 km in you reach Chornohora. Next is back through Church of the Nativity of the Virgin.
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Read the complete Church of the Nativity of the Virgin write-up.
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back through Church of the Nativity of the Virgin, late in the day. Next is Negrilești - Negru Vodă.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Negrilești - Negru Vodă write-up.
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Back at Negrilești - Negru Vodă. That is the ride.
Negrilești - Negru Vodă → Church of the Nativity of the Virgin is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Church of the Nativity of the Virgin → Chornohora is 70 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Chornohora → back through Church of the Nativity of the Virgin is 70 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Church of the Nativity of the Virgin → Negrilești - Negru Vodă is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.