CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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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A 392 km round trip from Poieni - roughly 7 h 25 in the saddle. The stops in between: Treznea, Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii, Gâlgău - Valea Strâmturei and Church of the Holy Archangels. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Poieni, which means clearings or glades in Romanian, is a small village in the hills of Cluj county, on the edge of the Apuseni mountains, and the point called Cornu Sonului lies a few kilometres from it. The landscape is that of western Transylvania as it begins to climb: rolling green hills, patches of beech and oak forest, meadows and farms with steep tiled roofs. To the east and south the land rises toward the great limestone country of the Apuseni, with its caves, gorges and high pastures, while to the west the road drops toward Oradea and the Hungarian border.
Read the complete Poieni - Cornu Sonului write-up.
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Poieni - Cornu Sonului is where the day begins. Next is Treznea.
The northern frontier of Roman Dacia ran through the hills of Sălaj county, near Zalău, and Treznea is one of the places where its watchtowers, ramparts and forts left traces. The Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia, were listed as a World Heritage Site in 2024, covering hundreds of sites across Romania. Nearby, on a ridge above the valley, Porolissum was the largest Roman town and military complex on this frontier, with a reconstructed gate, an amphitheatre and walls, and it is one of the most impressive Roman sites in Romania.
Read the complete Treznea write-up.
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Treznea comes up about 72 km into the recorded legs. Next is Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii.
Surduc is a village in the Someș valley in Sălaj county, north-western Romania, where the river cuts a narrow path through hills on its way toward Baia Mare. Above the village, on a ridge overlooking the valley of the Hrăii stream, there are traces of a Roman watchtower, part of the frontier of the province of Dacia. The nearby villages of Tihău and Băbeni, and the town of Jibou, are all close by.
Read the complete Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii write-up.
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about 113 km into the recorded legs you reach Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii. Next is Gâlgău - Valea Strâmturei.
Strâmtură means a narrowing, and the name fits. Just outside Gâlgău, a small Sălaj village on the Someș, the valley pinches between wooded slopes, and the Roman frontier made use of exactly such pinch points to control movement along the river. The site listed as Valea Strâmturei belongs to that northern Dacian line, and like most of its neighbours it is earthwork and setting rather than standing masonry. You come for the geography and the sense of a border that ran through these quiet hills nearly two thousand years ago.
Read the complete Gâlgău - Valea Strâmturei write-up.
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Gâlgău - Valea Strâmturei, about halfway. Next is Church of the Holy Archangels.
The wooden church at Rogoz stands in the Lăpuș country, a quieter, lesser-known corner of Maramureș, south of the mountains and away from the main tourist circuits. Built in the seventeenth century and dedicated to the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel, it is unusual in shape: the roof is asymmetric and overhangs deeply on one side, and the eaves are supported by carved wooden brackets shaped like horse heads, a detail that seems to come straight out of folk tradition. Inside, the walls are painted with scenes from the Bible, including a vivid Last Judgement. It is one of the eight churches in the UNESCO listing of the Wooden Churches of Maramureș.
Read the complete Church of the Holy Archangels write-up.
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Church of the Holy Archangels sits at 143 km, about halfway. Next is back through Gâlgău - Valea Strâmturei.
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Read the complete Gâlgău - Valea Strâmturei write-up.
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back through Gâlgău - Valea Strâmturei comes up about 234 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii.
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Read the complete Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii write-up.
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about 282 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii. Next is back through Treznea.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Treznea write-up.
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back through Treznea, late in the day. Next is Poieni - Cornu Sonului.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Poieni - Cornu Sonului write-up.
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The route ends here after 392 km.
Poieni - Cornu Sonului → Treznea is 72 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Treznea → Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii → Gâlgău - Valea Strâmturei is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Gâlgău - Valea Strâmturei → Church of the Holy Archangels is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Church of the Holy Archangels → back through Gâlgău - Valea Strâmturei is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Gâlgău - Valea Strâmturei → back through Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii is 48 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Surduc - Deasupra Văii Hrăii → back through Treznea is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Treznea → Poieni - Cornu Sonului is 73 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.