The logogram of the Drăgănești Cyclo-Tourism Center
Those three wooden churches in the logo (representing the wooden churches of the Sebiș, Belejeni and Talpe village) are located in this graphic-logo at the buttom of the mountain, showing that way the positioning of the Drăgănești commune on a lowland area.
On the horizont, there are Bihor-Vlădeasa Mountains, where from the sun is rising, indicating eastern cardinal direction.
The represented road in the logo-paint is the European Highway (E 79), and the same time an national road (DN 76) which connect Oradea with Deva.
The river ilustrated on the logo as intersecting the road is actually the Crișul Pietros river which is crossing the Drăgănești Commune
Those three green bikes that appears in the foreground of the logo want to suggest the future development of the rural cycle tourism in the village as a way of how the rural tourism can be expanded in a eco-friendly way of travel-in.
Drăgăneşti village has no cycling tourism center although it’s location can gives it enormous benefits. The development of circuits that include both, natural and anthropic, can develop enormous this area as a way of expanding rural tourism in the village.
Building a cycling tourism center in Drăgăneşti can be a very successful rural business. The center offer the possibility of hiring bikes and also information about the possibility of cycling in the area by providing a rich promotional materials consisting of leaflets and guides with all of the attractive things from Drăgănești and it’s neighborhood, and also by creating various types of cycling routes with particular themes. For example, considering that on Drăgănești territory and the neighbouring villages there is 15 wodden churches, which 4 of them are nationally recognized, there can be configured a cycling route entitled – Wodden Churches Road – a route that includes historical monuments from this area. Another attractions that can be included on tour circuites are Pestera Ursilor, Muzeul Etnografic „Flutur Aurel” din Chiscau. Boga Village, or Padis, wich is a place, part of Apuseni Natural Park, with very beautiful landscapes.
In fact, cycling tourism center can operate even complementary with a tourist reception unit that can provide a local guide specialized in cycling tourism for organized circuites performed within the village. So that, cycling tourism adjoining with the tourist reception unit, can be considered an animation program made for the tourists to discover the attractiveness of the area through a more enviromentally friendly means of transports and also relaxing, bike.
The circuit on the map
The entire route is approximately 16 km following route: Păntășești ( where is the Cyclo Tourism Center) > Păntășești > exit from the village road and crossing Crișul Pietros on a small bridge > then turn left (west) on DJ 764| bypassing through the north-east side of Drăgănești Village> the road entering on village road dc 229 going to Livada Beiușului > at the exit of Livada Beiușului the route turn right(north-east), entering the vilage road dc228 > at the entrance of Talpe there is a wooden church > then the road is turning back to the intersection with DJ764, where is going to the left(east) to reach Belejeni, where is another wooden church on north-west of this village > the road return to DJ 764| on Sebiș direction, but only to the intersection with dc247 village road, where at the outskirts of Sebiș is another wooden church > continuing on the same country road and where is E 79 it turns right(west direction) to reach the intersection with the country road dc223 where is the entry of Păntășești Village, Cyclo Tourism Center, also from where the road started.
(source: Google Earth, with amendments)
The circuit in pictures
