Why this ride
195 km from Şintereag to Şintereag, about 4 h 16 of riding. It goes by way of Dobricel - Vârful Lazului, Salva - Dealul Dumbravă, Livezile - Poderei and back through Salva - Dealul Dumbravă.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Șintereag - Dealul Oului and Livezile - Poderei
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 195 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 4 h 16
- 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. Șintereag - Dealul Oului
Egg Hill, Dealul Oului, is a gentle rise near the village of Șintereag in Bistrița-Năsăud, and the Romans used it as a watch post on the north-eastern frontier of Dacia. Like the other sites in this area, it is part of the frontier listed by UNESCO in 2024, and like many of them, it is more a place to imagine than to see: a low hill, a few traces in the ground, a wide view over the valley of the Șieu and the hills toward Bistrița. Șintereag, a village of a few thousand, lies close by, with Șieu-Odorhei and Cociu as neighbours.
Read the complete Șintereag - Dealul Oului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Șintereag - Dealul Oului is where the day begins. Next is Dobricel - Vârful Lazului.
2. Dobricel - Vârful Lazului
Spermezeu is the kind of place a road atlas barely notices: a commune of scattered villages in the hills of Bistrița-Năsăud, in northern Transylvania, between the upper Someș valley and the Țibleș mountains. The site of Dobricel, on the hilltop known as Vârful Lazului, is one of the many archaeological places recorded in the area, a high point above the valleys where traces of earlier inhabitants have been noted. There is not much to see without an archaeologist's eye, but the hilltop and the country around it are a good excuse for a ride through a region few foreigners ever visit.
Read the complete Dobricel - Vârful Lazului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Dobricel - Vârful Lazului comes up about 35 km into the recorded legs. Next is Salva - Dealul Dumbravă.
3. Salva - Dealul Dumbravă
The Someșul Mare valley around Năsăud was a frontier long before the Habsburgs made it one again. The Romans built watchtowers on the hills here to guard the northern edge of Dacia, and Salva - Dealul Dumbravă, the hill of the oak grove near the village of Salva, is one of the sites included in the UNESCO listing of the Dacian frontier in 2024. Sixteen centuries later, the Habsburg empire turned the region into a military border district, and the Năsăud border regiment, made up of local Romanian peasants, guarded the Carpathian passes in return for privileges and education.
Read the complete Salva - Dealul Dumbravă write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 67 km into the recorded legs you reach Salva - Dealul Dumbravă. Next is Livezile - Poderei.
4. Livezile - Poderei
Leave Bistriţa eastwards on the DN17 and within minutes you are in Livezile, a long village strung out along the valley of the Bistriţa river where the Transylvanian hills start to bunch up towards the Eastern Carpathians. Poderei is the name of a hillside here where the Romans kept watch over the northern edge of their province of Dacia, and the site is one of the many small components of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire listed in Romania in 2024. There is nothing to visit in the sense of ruins; what you get is the hill, the view up the valley and the knowledge that legionaries stared at the same ridges.
Read the complete Livezile - Poderei write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Livezile - Poderei, about halfway. Next is back through Salva - Dealul Dumbravă.
5. back through Salva - Dealul Dumbravă
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Salva - Dealul Dumbravă write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Salva - Dealul Dumbravă sits at 105 km, about halfway. Next is back through Dobricel - Vârful Lazului.
6. back through Dobricel - Vârful Lazului
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Dobricel - Vârful Lazului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Dobricel - Vârful Lazului comes up about 162 km into the recorded legs. Next is Șintereag - Dealul Oului.
7. Șintereag - Dealul Oului
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Șintereag - Dealul Oului write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Șintereag - Dealul Oului closes the day.
Leg by leg
Șintereag - Dealul Oului to Dobricel - Vârful Lazului
Șintereag - Dealul Oului → Dobricel - Vârful Lazului is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Dobricel - Vârful Lazului to Salva - Dealul Dumbravă
Dobricel - Vârful Lazului → Salva - Dealul Dumbravă is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Salva - Dealul Dumbravă to Livezile - Poderei
Salva - Dealul Dumbravă → Livezile - Poderei is 31 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Livezile - Poderei to back through Salva - Dealul Dumbravă
Livezile - Poderei → back through Salva - Dealul Dumbravă is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Salva - Dealul Dumbravă to back through Dobricel - Vârful Lazului
back through Salva - Dealul Dumbravă → back through Dobricel - Vârful Lazului is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Dobricel - Vârful Lazului to Șintereag - Dealul Oului
back through Dobricel - Vârful Lazului → Șintereag - Dealul Oului is 35 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.