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Neither the rugged Carpathians nor the sea plains of the Great Plain. This is Szilágyság, rising between the Great Plain and the Szamos Mente. The land of transitions. The Transylvanian gate of Partium on the road of wars, on which Romanian and then Saxon settlers appeared after the Tatar-Turkish devastation. Szilágy county was formed in 1876 from the counties of Kraszna and Közép-Szolnok in the area of the hills inhabited by Hungarians for at least a thousand years. Our first tour leads right into its heart, to Tövishát, which encompasses the watershed of the Mázsa and Szilágy streams. The tradition-loving people of the small noble villages of the Árpád era, hidden among the hills of the small region, await their returning visitors with boundless hospitality. Our bicycle tour starts west from Szilágycseh, the capital of Tövishát. We turn onto Bogdánd by touching Hadad, then turn south onto Szilágysámson, from where we cross onto Diósad, and then turning northwards, touching Menyő, we enter our final destination, Désháza. Sights / Partium / Szilágyság Szilágycseh and Cseh castle Hadad Bogdánd Szilágysámson Diósad Menyő Déháza