Why this ride
A 162 km round trip from Zalău - roughly 3 h 57 in the saddle. It goes by way of Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2, Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură and back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Porolissum and Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 162 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 57
- 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.
Scenic road chapters
Porolissum → Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2
38 km on Porolissum → Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 38 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Porolissum
On a hill above the village of Moigrad, the Roman town of Porolissum guarded a key pass through the Meseș mountains, the gateway to Roman Dacia from the north-west. Founded as a military camp after the conquest in 106, it grew into a town of thousands, with a large fort, an amphitheatre, temples, baths and a customs post, and it became a municipium, a self-governing city, under the emperor Septimius Severus. The ruins are among the most impressive Roman remains in Romania, with a reconstructed fort gate, walls and parts of the town, and they are part of the frontier sites of Roman Dacia.
Read the complete Porolissum write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Porolissum is where the day begins. Next is Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2.
2. Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2
Treznea is a small village in the hills of Sălaj county, eleven kilometres east of Zalău, and its name carries a heavy weight in Romanian history. In September 1940, after northern Transylvania was transferred to Hungary by the Second Vienna Award, Hungarian troops entering the region killed scores of villagers here, Romanians and Jews, in one of the worst atrocities of that time. A memorial in the village remembers the victims. It is a sobering reminder that these quiet hills have seen terrible violence, and a short, respectful stop at the memorial is worth more than any viewpoint on the ride.
Read the complete Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 comes up about 38 km into the recorded legs. Next is Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură.
3. Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură
Somewhere between Dealul Mare and Arsură, two wooded hills above the village of Hurez in Sălaj county, the Roman frontier of Dacia ran along the heights, marked by watchtowers and small earthworks that are now almost hidden by forest. Together with the towers further north on the Meseș ridge, they formed a line that looked west towards the lands beyond the empire, and they were included in the World Heritage listing of the Dacian frontier in 2024. Finding the remains requires a map and some determination; the reward is a sense of how thinly Rome stretched its soldiers across these hills.
Read the complete Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 81 km into the recorded legs you reach Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură. Next is back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2.
4. back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2, late in the day. Next is Porolissum.
5. Porolissum
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Porolissum write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Porolissum. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Porolissum to Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2
Porolissum → Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 is 38 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 to Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură
Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 → Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură to back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2
Hurez - Între Dealul Mare și Arsură → back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 is 39 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 to Porolissum
back through Treznea-Coasta Ciungii 2 → Porolissum is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.