Why this ride
From Lozna it runs 318 km to Lozna; allow about 6 h 44 of riding. It goes by way of Guga - Vârful Țâglii, Church of the Holy Archangels, Spermezeu - Lazuri and Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci. The line favours views over speed.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Valea Leșului - Țiclău and Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 318 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 44
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
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Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Valea Leșului - Țiclău
The Someș river does most of the work here. Flowing west and then north out of Transylvania, it has carved a valley through the hills of Sălaj county, and near the villages of Lozna and Letca the slopes close in, wooded and steep, with small clearings and hay meadows. On the ridges above, the Romans built watchtowers to guard the northern edge of Dacia, and the remains near Valea Leșului and Țiclău are among the sites included in the UNESCO frontier listing. Today they are little more than grassy hollows and stone scatters, visited by archaeologists and the occasional curious walker.
Read the complete Valea Leșului - Țiclău write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Valea Leșului - Țiclău is where the day begins. Next is Guga - Vârful Țâglii.
2. Guga - Vârful Țâglii
Rugășești, Vad and Poiana Blenchii are the kind of villages most people drive past on the way to somewhere else, and that is precisely the charm of the hills that rise between them. The point marked as Guga, Vârful Țâglii, lies on this rolling country north of the Someș, roughly a dozen kilometres from Dej, in the band of land where Rome drew the northern edge of Dacia. A summit called Țâglii is the sort of place where a watchtower would have looked out across the Someș corridor toward the free tribes beyond, and the archaeological lists record a frontier site here.
Read the complete Guga - Vârful Țâglii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Guga - Vârful Țâglii comes up 35 km in. Next is Church of the Holy Archangels.
3. Church of the Holy Archangels
The wooden church at Rogoz stands in the Lăpuș country, a quieter, lesser-known corner of Maramureș, south of the mountains and away from the main tourist circuits. Built in the seventeenth century and dedicated to the Holy Archangels Michael and Gabriel, it is unusual in shape: the roof is asymmetric and overhangs deeply on one side, and the eaves are supported by carved wooden brackets shaped like horse heads, a detail that seems to come straight out of folk tradition. Inside, the walls are painted with scenes from the Bible, including a vivid Last Judgement. It is one of the eight churches in the UNESCO listing of the Wooden Churches of Maramureș.
Read the complete Church of the Holy Archangels write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
70 km in you reach Church of the Holy Archangels. Next is Spermezeu - Lazuri.
4. Spermezeu - Lazuri
Spermezeu is a village in the hilly country of western Bistriţa-Năsăud county, in northern Transylvania, where low ridges covered with orchards, hayfields and beech woods roll between the Someş valley and the Ţibleş mountains. The site called Spermezeu - Lazuri belongs to the series of places along the northern edge of the Roman province of Dacia, part of the Frontiers of the Roman Empire listed in Romania in 2024. Here the Romans watched the border with watchtowers and small fortifications on hilltops, and though little remains above ground, the commanding views explain why these spots were chosen.
Read the complete Spermezeu - Lazuri write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Spermezeu - Lazuri, about halfway. Next is Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci.
5. Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci
The Țibleș massif rises like a dark green wall between Maramureș and the Bistrița country of northern Romania, an old volcanic range topped by the Țibleș peak at around eighteen hundred metres. On its southern flanks, above the village of Groșii Țibleșului, lie the forests of Preluci, part of the Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe that UNESCO has protected as one sprawling, multi-country site. These are woods left largely to themselves, where old beeches grow huge, fall, rot and feed the next generation without a forester in sight.
Read the complete Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci sits at 139 km, about halfway. Next is back through Spermezeu - Lazuri.
6. back through Spermezeu - Lazuri
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Read the complete Spermezeu - Lazuri write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Spermezeu - Lazuri comes up 174 km in. Next is back through Church of the Holy Archangels.
7. back through Church of the Holy Archangels
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Church of the Holy Archangels write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
209 km in you reach back through Church of the Holy Archangels. Next is back through Guga - Vârful Țâglii.
8. back through Guga - Vârful Țâglii
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Guga - Vârful Țâglii write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
back through Guga - Vârful Țâglii, late in the day. Next is Valea Leșului - Țiclău.
9. Valea Leșului - Țiclău
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Valea Leșului - Țiclău write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
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Planning note
The route ends here after 318 km.
Leg by leg
Valea Leșului - Țiclău to Guga - Vârful Țâglii
Valea Leșului - Țiclău → Guga - Vârful Țâglii is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Guga - Vârful Țâglii to Church of the Holy Archangels
Guga - Vârful Țâglii → Church of the Holy Archangels is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Church of the Holy Archangels to Spermezeu - Lazuri
Church of the Holy Archangels → Spermezeu - Lazuri is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Spermezeu - Lazuri to Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci
Spermezeu - Lazuri → Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci to back through Spermezeu - Lazuri
Groșii Țibleșului - Preluci → back through Spermezeu - Lazuri is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Spermezeu - Lazuri to back through Church of the Holy Archangels
back through Spermezeu - Lazuri → back through Church of the Holy Archangels is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Church of the Holy Archangels to back through Guga - Vârful Țâglii
back through Church of the Holy Archangels → back through Guga - Vârful Țâglii is 36 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Guga - Vârful Țâglii to Valea Leșului - Țiclău
back through Guga - Vârful Țâglii → Valea Leșului - Țiclău is 34 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.