Why this ride
From Nimigea de Sus it runs 308 km to Nimigea de Sus; allow about 6 h 02 of riding. The stops in between: Ileanda - La Căsoi, Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei and back through Ileanda - La Căsoi.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Perisor - Corobana and Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 308 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 02
- 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. Perisor - Corobana
Țara Năsăudului, the Land of Năsăud, is a hilly corner of Bistrița-Năsăud county in northern Romania, and it has a strong sense of its own identity. In the eighteenth century the Habsburgs organised the villages here into a military frontier district, with a Romanian border regiment that defended the empire's eastern edge in return for freedom from serfdom. The people of the area were proud of that status, and the schools and institutions founded with the regiment's funds helped create a remarkable tradition of learning. Two of Romania's best-loved writers grew up nearby: the poet George Coșbuc, born in the village that now bears his name, and the novelist Liviu Rebreanu, whose books describe the lives of Transylvanian peasants.
Read the complete Perisor - Corobana write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Perisor - Corobana is where the day begins. Next is Ileanda - La Căsoi.
2. Ileanda - La Căsoi
Ileanda is a village on the Someș, the big river of north-western Transylvania, at a point where the valley narrows between wooded hills on its way from Dej towards Jibou. The railway runs alongside the water, the road keeps company with both, and the hills on either side rise in long slopes of beech, hornbeam and pasture. La Căsoi is a local name for a spot among those hills; you will not find a monument here, just the landscape and whatever the season is doing to it.
Read the complete Ileanda - La Căsoi write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Ileanda - La Căsoi comes up about 84 km into the recorded legs. Next is Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei.
3. Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei
The Meseș mountains rise to the west of Zalău like a long green wall, and they formed the natural western boundary of Roman Dacia in this region. Along their crest and on the slopes above the plains, the Romans built a line of watchtowers, and the site above the fields with the evocative name of Șesurile Tâlhăroasei, roughly the robbers' flats, near the villages of Treznea and Aghireș, is one of them. It is part of the Dacian frontier on the World Heritage list. Up in the forest the remains are modest, but the position, high on a slope with a view over the valley, shows how the frontier used every advantage of the terrain.
Read the complete Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 153 km into the recorded legs you reach Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei. Next is back through Ileanda - La Căsoi.
4. back through Ileanda - La Căsoi
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ileanda - La Căsoi write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Ileanda - La Căsoi, late in the day. Next is Perisor - Corobana.
5. Perisor - Corobana
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Perisor - Corobana write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Perisor - Corobana. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Perisor - Corobana to Ileanda - La Căsoi
Perisor - Corobana → Ileanda - La Căsoi is 84 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ileanda - La Căsoi to Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei
Ileanda - La Căsoi → Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei is 69 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei to back through Ileanda - La Căsoi
Zalău - Deasupra Șesurilor Tâlhăroasei → back through Ileanda - La Căsoi is 71 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Ileanda - La Căsoi to Perisor - Corobana
back through Ileanda - La Căsoi → Perisor - Corobana is 84 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.