Why this ride
A 305 km round trip from Nimigea de Sus - roughly 8 h 21 in the saddle. It goes by way of Purcărete - Fața Carpenului 1 & 2, Guga - Vârful Țâglii, Negrilești - Negru Vodă and back through Guga - Vârful Țâglii.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Salva - Modruț and Negrilești - Negru Vodă
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 305 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 8 h 21
- 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. Salva - Modruț
Salva lies where the Someșul Mare valley opens into a broad bowl in Bistrița-Năsăud county, with the Rodna mountains standing to the northeast and a ring of low wooded hills closer in. The town is a railway junction, a lorry stop on the road through the valley, and the kind of place that looks ordinary until you ask about its past.
Read the complete Salva - Modruț write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Salva - Modruț is where the day begins. Next is Purcărete - Fața Carpenului 1 & 2.
2. Purcărete - Fața Carpenului 1 & 2
Transylvania's northern hills look like a landscape painted by someone who liked orchards and haystacks. Purcărete lies in the folds of the country between the Someș valleys and the Bistrița river, a region that was colonised in the Middle Ages by German-speaking Saxons, who built fortified churches and walled towns, and by Hungarians and Romanians who farmed the slopes. The Saxon town of Bistrița, not far away, still has a tall Lutheran church with a spire that can be seen from miles, and a handsome old centre of arcaded houses.
Read the complete Purcărete - Fața Carpenului 1 & 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Purcărete - Fața Carpenului 1 & 2 comes up about 62 km into the recorded legs. Next is Guga - Vârful Țâglii.
3. Guga - Vârful Țâglii
Rugășești, Vad and Poiana Blenchii are the kind of villages most people drive past on the way to somewhere else, and that is precisely the charm of the hills that rise between them. The point marked as Guga, Vârful Țâglii, lies on this rolling country north of the Someș, roughly a dozen kilometres from Dej, in the band of land where Rome drew the northern edge of Dacia. A summit called Țâglii is the sort of place where a watchtower would have looked out across the Someș corridor toward the free tribes beyond, and the archaeological lists record a frontier site here.
Read the complete Guga - Vârful Țâglii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 104 km into the recorded legs you reach Guga - Vârful Țâglii. Next is Negrilești - Negru Vodă.
4. Negrilești - Negru Vodă
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.
Read the complete Negrilești - Negru Vodă write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Negrilești - Negru Vodă, about halfway. Next is back through Guga - Vârful Țâglii.
5. back through Guga - Vârful Țâglii
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Guga - Vârful Țâglii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Guga - Vârful Țâglii sits at 104 km, about halfway. Next is back through Purcărete - Fața Carpenului 1 & 2.
6. back through Purcărete - Fața Carpenului 1 & 2
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Purcărete - Fața Carpenului 1 & 2 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Purcărete - Fața Carpenului 1 & 2 comes up about 242 km into the recorded legs. Next is Salva - Modruț.
7. Salva - Modruț
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Salva - Modruț write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Salva - Modruț closes the day.
Leg by leg
Salva - Modruț to Purcărete - Fața Carpenului 1 & 2
Salva - Modruț → Purcărete - Fața Carpenului 1 & 2 is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Purcărete - Fața Carpenului 1 & 2 to Guga - Vârful Țâglii
Purcărete - Fața Carpenului 1 & 2 → Guga - Vârful Țâglii is 42 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Guga - Vârful Țâglii to Negrilești - Negru Vodă
Guga - Vârful Țâglii → Negrilești - Negru Vodă is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Negrilești - Negru Vodă to back through Guga - Vârful Țâglii
Negrilești - Negru Vodă → back through Guga - Vârful Țâglii is 54 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Guga - Vârful Țâglii to back through Purcărete - Fața Carpenului 1 & 2
back through Guga - Vârful Țâglii → back through Purcărete - Fața Carpenului 1 & 2 is 43 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Purcărete - Fața Carpenului 1 & 2 to Salva - Modruț
back through Purcărete - Fața Carpenului 1 & 2 → Salva - Modruț is 62 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.