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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A 76 km round trip from Zalău - roughly 1 h 43 in the saddle. The stops in between: Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor, Tihău - Dealul Cucului and back through Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
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.
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Treznea is where the day begins. Next is Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor.
Roman Dacia's north-western frontier ran along the crest of the Meseș mountains, and the hill country around Mirșid, east of Zalău, is laced with its traces: watchtowers, earthworks and small forts placed so that each could see the next. In 2024 these remains became part of the World Heritage listing for the Frontiers of the Roman Empire in Dacia. The name of the spot, La Strâmtură by the wolves' brook, gives a fair idea of its character: a narrow place in the hills, wooded and quiet, where the eye has to work to pick out a low mound or a ditch in the grass.
Read the complete Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor write-up.
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Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor comes up about 17 km into the recorded legs. Next is Tihău - Dealul Cucului.
Dealul Cucului means cuckoo hill, and the name fits the place: a low, wooded rise above the village of Tihău, close to the town of Jibou in the Someș valley of Sălaj county, where in spring the cuckoo's call echoes across the meadows. The point belongs to the network of archaeological sites along the Roman frontier of Dacia in the northwest of the province, near the confluence of the Almaș and Someș rivers, a strategic spot where valleys meet and roads cross. As with many of these sites, there may be little to see on the surface, but the location makes sense once you look at the map.
Read the complete Tihău - Dealul Cucului write-up.
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about 38 km into the recorded legs you reach Tihău - Dealul Cucului. Next is back through Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor write-up.
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back through Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor, late in the day. Next is Treznea.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Treznea write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Treznea. That is the ride.
Treznea → Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor → Tihău - Dealul Cucului is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Tihău - Dealul Cucului → back through Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor is 21 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Mirșid - La Strâmtură 2-Pârâul Lupilor → Treznea is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.