Why this ride
103 km from Jibou to Jibou, about 2 h 05 of riding. On the way it passes Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus, Agrij - Coasta Lată and back through Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus. The coast is the point of it.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Var - Dealul Tărăvăilor and Agrij - Coasta Lată
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 103 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 05
- 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.
Scenic road chapters
Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus → Agrij - Coasta Lată
The ride follows Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus → Agrij - Coasta Lată for 28 km.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 28 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Var - Dealul Tărăvăilor
Dealul Tărăvăilor is a hill above the village of Var, near Creaca and Jibou, in Sălaj county, north-western Romania, and like many hilltops in this part of the country, it held a Roman watchtower on the frontier of the province of Dacia. The Limes Porolissensis, as the northern frontier is known, was a system of towers, forts and earthworks guarding the roads leading to the great fortress of Porolissum, and the towers were placed on hills with views over the valleys, so that signals could pass quickly along the line.
Read the complete Var - Dealul Tărăvăilor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Var - Dealul Tărăvăilor is where the day begins. Next is Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus.
2. Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus
The Romans did not build their frontier in Dacia as a single wall. They built it as a chain of forts, watchtowers and signal posts along the crest of the Meseș mountains in what is now north-western Romania, and Moigrad is where the chain had its main fortress. The ancient town was called Porolissum, and it controlled the Meseș Gate, a natural pass through the ridge, where merchants paid customs and soldiers watched for raiders from the north. Walk the site today and you find an amphitheatre, a forum, a temple, stretches of the fort wall and long grassy slopes, all overlooking the green valley below.
Read the complete Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus comes up about 17 km into the recorded legs. Next is Agrij - Coasta Lată.
3. Agrij - Coasta Lată
The Meseș mountains are a modest ridge by Carpathian standards, but for the Romans they were a natural wall, and they built their frontier along it. The north-western edge of Dacia ran along these hills, with forts, watchtowers and walls guarding the passes from the plains of the Barbaricum beyond. Agrij - Coasta Lată, near the villages of Stârciu, Buciumi and Meseșenii de Jos, is one of the watchtower sites named in the World Heritage inscription of 2024. Nearby, at Buciumi, are the remains of a fort, and a little further north, at Moigrad, lies Porolissum, the largest Roman site in the region, with a reconstructed gate.
Read the complete Agrij - Coasta Lată write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 45 km into the recorded legs you reach Agrij - Coasta Lată. Next is back through Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus.
4. back through Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus, late in the day. Next is Var - Dealul Tărăvăilor.
5. Var - Dealul Tărăvăilor
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Var - Dealul Tărăvăilor write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back at Var - Dealul Tărăvăilor. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Var - Dealul Tărăvăilor to Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus
Var - Dealul Tărăvăilor → Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus to Agrij - Coasta Lată
Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus → Agrij - Coasta Lată is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Agrij - Coasta Lată to back through Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus
Agrij - Coasta Lată → back through Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus is 41 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus to Var - Dealul Tărăvăilor
back through Moigrad - La Poiana de Sus → Var - Dealul Tărăvăilor is 17 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.