Why this ride
From Poieni it runs 308 km to Poieni; allow about 6 h 19 of riding. It goes by way of Tihău - Grădiște, Dumbrăveni - Măgura and back through Tihău - Grădiște.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Poieni - Cornu Sonului and Dumbrăveni - Măgura
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 308 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 19
- 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. Poieni - Cornu Sonului
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.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Poieni - Cornu Sonului is where the day begins. Next is Tihău - Grădiște.
2. Tihău - Grădiște
The Someș river makes its way through the hills of north-western Romania between Cluj and Baia Mare, and near the small town of Jibou, in Sălaj county, it passes through a narrow valley guarded on its slopes by the remains of a Roman fort. The site, known locally as Grădiște, which simply means old fort, lies above the village of Tihău, close to Surduc and Gâlgău Almașului.
Read the complete Tihău - Grădiște write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Tihău - Grădiște comes up about 84 km into the recorded legs. Next is Dumbrăveni - Măgura.
3. Dumbrăveni - Măgura
In the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries, a fortress on a hill above the Someș valley near Ciceu belonged not to the rulers of Transylvania but to the princes of Moldavia, on the far side of the Carpathians. Stephen the Great received the castle of Ciceu and its estates as compensation from the Hungarian king, and the Moldavian princes held it for decades, a curious enclave in the middle of Transylvania. The castle was later destroyed, and only ruins remain on the hill above Ciceu-Corabia, but the story gives a sense of how fluid borders and loyalties were in this part of Europe.
Read the complete Dumbrăveni - Măgura write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 159 km into the recorded legs you reach Dumbrăveni - Măgura. Next is back through Tihău - Grădiște.
4. back through Tihău - Grădiște
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Tihău - Grădiște write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Tihău - Grădiște, late in the day. Next is Poieni - Cornu Sonului.
5. Poieni - Cornu Sonului
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Poieni - Cornu Sonului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Poieni - Cornu Sonului. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Poieni - Cornu Sonului to Tihău - Grădiște
Poieni - Cornu Sonului → Tihău - Grădiște is 84 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Tihău - Grădiște to Dumbrăveni - Măgura
Tihău - Grădiște → Dumbrăveni - Măgura is 75 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Dumbrăveni - Măgura to back through Tihău - Grădiște
Dumbrăveni - Măgura → back through Tihău - Grădiște is 75 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Tihău - Grădiște to Poieni - Cornu Sonului
back through Tihău - Grădiște → Poieni - Cornu Sonului is 73 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.