Why this ride
From Tihău it runs 91 km to Tihău; allow about 2 h 00 of riding. The stops in between: Brebi - Dealul Mare 3, Românași - Largiana / Cetate and back through Brebi - Dealul Mare 3. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Tihău - Grădiște and Românași - Largiana / Cetate
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 91 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 00
- 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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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. 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 is where the day begins. Next is Brebi - Dealul Mare 3.
2. Brebi - Dealul Mare 3
Most people who know the Roman Empire think of Hadrian's Wall or the Rhine, but there was also a Roman frontier in the hills of north-western Transylvania, and this is part of it. The province of Dacia Porolissensis was guarded by a line of forts and wooden watchtowers on ridge tops, and the great fort and customs station at Porolissum, at Moigrad, was its centre. UNESCO added the Dacia Porolissensis frontier to its listing of Roman frontiers in 2024. Brebi lies close to Porolissum, and the ridge called Dealul Mare gives a sense of why the Romans chose these hills: wide views over the valleys and the approaches from the north.
Read the complete Brebi - Dealul Mare 3 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Brebi - Dealul Mare 3 comes up about 23 km into the recorded legs. Next is Românași - Largiana / Cetate.
3. Românași - Largiana / Cetate
At Românași, in the valley of the Agrij in Sălaj county, the outline of a Roman fort called Largiana can still be traced on a low rise above the village, its rectangle of ramparts and ditches softened by centuries of ploughing. It stood on the road that ran from Porolissum, the great frontier stronghold to the north, down towards Napoca, today's Cluj, and it housed an auxiliary unit guarding the approach to the Meseș mountains. Archaeologists have found inscriptions, coins and pottery here, and the site is part of the Dacian frontier listed by UNESCO in 2024.
Read the complete Românași - Largiana / Cetate write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 42 km into the recorded legs you reach Românași - Largiana / Cetate. Next is back through Brebi - Dealul Mare 3.
4. back through Brebi - Dealul Mare 3
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Brebi - Dealul Mare 3 write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Brebi - Dealul Mare 3, late in the day. Next is Tihău - Grădiște.
5. 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 at Tihău - Grădiște. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Tihău - Grădiște to Brebi - Dealul Mare 3
Tihău - Grădiște → Brebi - Dealul Mare 3 is 23 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Brebi - Dealul Mare 3 to Românași - Largiana / Cetate
Brebi - Dealul Mare 3 → Românași - Largiana / Cetate is 19 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Românași - Largiana / Cetate to back through Brebi - Dealul Mare 3
Românași - Largiana / Cetate → back through Brebi - Dealul Mare 3 is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Brebi - Dealul Mare 3 to Tihău - Grădiște
back through Brebi - Dealul Mare 3 → Tihău - Grădiște is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.