CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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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From Aghireș it runs 192 km to Aghireș; allow about 3 h 53 of riding. The stops in between: Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2, Lozna - Curmăturița 1, Gâlgău - Valea Strâmturei and back through Lozna - Curmăturița 1. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
The Meseș mountains, a low, wooded range in north-western Romania, formed a natural barrier for the Roman province of Dacia, and the Romans fortified it with a line of watchtowers, walls and fortlets. Near the village of Treznea, on a hill known as Dealul Mănăstirii, the Monastery Hill, the remains of one of these defences overlook the valleys. It is part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia, listed by UNESCO in 2024, and a short distance away lies Porolissum, one of the largest Roman settlements in Dacia, with a reconstructed gate and an amphitheatre.
Read the complete Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii write-up.
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Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii is where the day begins. Next is Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2.
The Roman province of Dacia had a northern frontier that ran along the hills of what is now Sălaj county, in north-western Romania, around the great fortress of Porolissum. Here the Limes was not a continuous wall but a network of watchtowers, small forts and earthworks set on hilltops with views over the valleys. Vârful Cigleanului, a hilltop near the village of Ciglean, close to Jibou, held one of these watchtowers, and the number in the name marks it as one of several in the area.
Read the complete Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 write-up.
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Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 comes up about 32 km into the recorded legs. Next is Lozna - Curmăturița 1.
Lozna is a village in the northern hills of Sălaj county, close to the Someș river, a place of small farms, orchards and wooden houses, and Curmăturița is a saddle in the hills above it, where a Roman watchtower is thought to have stood. The northern frontier of Roman Dacia ran through this area, following ridges and river valleys, and small towers and forts were placed to watch over the approaches. Today there is little to see, but the view from the saddle, over the rolling hills and the Someș valley, is lovely, and it explains why the Romans chose the spot.
Read the complete Lozna - Curmăturița 1 write-up.
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about 62 km into the recorded legs you reach Lozna - Curmăturița 1. Next is Gâlgău - Valea Strâmturei.
Strâmtură means a narrowing, and the name fits. Just outside Gâlgău, a small Sălaj village on the Someș, the valley pinches between wooded slopes, and the Roman frontier made use of exactly such pinch points to control movement along the river. The site listed as Valea Strâmturei belongs to that northern Dacian line, and like most of its neighbours it is earthwork and setting rather than standing masonry. You come for the geography and the sense of a border that ran through these quiet hills nearly two thousand years ago.
Read the complete Gâlgău - Valea Strâmturei write-up.
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Gâlgău - Valea Strâmturei, about halfway. Next is back through Lozna - Curmăturița 1.
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Read the complete Lozna - Curmăturița 1 write-up.
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back through Lozna - Curmăturița 1 sits at 106 km, about halfway. Next is back through Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 write-up.
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back through Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 comes up about 160 km into the recorded legs. Next is Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii closes the day.
Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii → Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 → Lozna - Curmăturița 1 is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Lozna - Curmăturița 1 → Gâlgău - Valea Strâmturei is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Gâlgău - Valea Strâmturei → back through Lozna - Curmăturița 1 is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Lozna - Curmăturița 1 → back through Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 is 30 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Ciglean - Vârful Cigleanului 2 → Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii is 32 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.