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 95 km to Aghireș; allow about 1 h 59 of riding. The stops in between: Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine, Tihău - Grădiște and back through Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine. The line favours views over speed.
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 Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine.
Zalău is the county town of Sălaj, a modern small city of about sixty thousand people that grew fast in the communist period, and the countryside around it is far more interesting than the blocks of flats. Brusturi, a few kilometres off, sits in the hills that lead up toward the Meseş mountains, and the name on our list points to a Roman fort called Certiae, one of the line of military posts that kept watch on the northern edge of Dacia, along with a ruin the locals link with an old legend of robbers.
Read the complete Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine write-up.
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Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine comes up about 29 km into the recorded legs. Next is 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.
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about 49 km into the recorded legs you reach Tihău - Grădiște. Next is back through Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine write-up.
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back through Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine, late in the day. 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.
Back at Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii. That is the ride.
Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii → Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine → Tihău - Grădiște is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Tihău - Grădiște → back through Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine is 20 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Brusturi - Certiae / LaTâlhăroasei Ruine → Treznea-Dealul Mănăstirii is 26 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.