Why this ride
A 286 km round trip from Zalău - roughly 5 h 44 in the saddle. The stops in between: Rogna - La Bontauă, Sita - Vârful Sitii and back through Rogna - La Bontauă. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Treznea and Sita - Vârful Sitii
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 286 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 5 h 44
- 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. Treznea
The northern frontier of Roman Dacia ran through the hills of Sălaj county, near Zalău, and Treznea is one of the places where its watchtowers, ramparts and forts left traces. The Frontiers of the Roman Empire, Dacia, were listed as a World Heritage Site in 2024, covering hundreds of sites across Romania. Nearby, on a ridge above the valley, Porolissum was the largest Roman town and military complex on this frontier, with a reconstructed gate, an amphitheatre and walls, and it is one of the most impressive Roman sites in Romania.
Read the complete Treznea write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Treznea is where the day begins. Next is Rogna - La Bontauă.
2. Rogna - La Bontauă
Rogna is a scatter of farms in the hills of northern Sălaj, close to the Someș valley and the border with Maramureș, and La Bontauă is the name the locals give to a piece of high ground where a Roman frontier site has been recorded. The northern edge of Roman Dacia ran through these hills, and the Romans placed watchtowers and small forts on high points to keep an eye on the river valleys and the free Dacians to the north. Today there is little to see apart from the shape of the land, but the view over the rolling hills makes it easy to imagine a sentry looking out across the valley.
Read the complete Rogna - La Bontauă write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Rogna - La Bontauă comes up about 67 km into the recorded legs. Next is Sita - Vârful Sitii.
3. Sita - Vârful Sitii
On a hilltop near the village of Spermezeu, in the Someș hills of Bistrița-Năsăud county in northern Romania, a small watchtower once stood guard over the northern edge of the Roman Empire. When the emperor Trajan conquered Dacia in the early second century, the Romans built a frontier around their new province, the Dacian limes, a chain of forts, watchtowers and earthworks running along the Carpathians and through the hills. Vârful Sitii, the summit of Sita, was one of the observation points, chosen because from here soldiers could watch the valleys to the north and send signals to the forts behind them.
Read the complete Sita - Vârful Sitii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 144 km into the recorded legs you reach Sita - Vârful Sitii. Next is back through Rogna - La Bontauă.
4. back through Rogna - La Bontauă
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Rogna - La Bontauă write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Rogna - La Bontauă, late in the day. Next is Treznea.
5. Treznea
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Treznea write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Treznea. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Treznea to Rogna - La Bontauă
Treznea → Rogna - La Bontauă is 67 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Rogna - La Bontauă to Sita - Vârful Sitii
Rogna - La Bontauă → Sita - Vârful Sitii is 77 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Sita - Vârful Sitii to back through Rogna - La Bontauă
Sita - Vârful Sitii → back through Rogna - La Bontauă is 78 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Rogna - La Bontauă to Treznea
back through Rogna - La Bontauă → Treznea is 64 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.