8 Day Cycling Trip from Alps to Adriatic: Bled – Ljubljana

Škofja Loka with the best preserved medieval town center in Slovenia

8 Day Cycling Trip from Alps to Adriatic: Bled – Ljubljana – Istria

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Overview

The starting point of this bike tour is Bled, the Pearl of Slovenia. The image of Bled with the castle, the lake and the island in the middle of the lake with its church is known worldwide. The route leads through idyllic, medieval towns and their picturesque landscapes with a stopover in Ljubljana, Slovenia’s capital, which has in recent years become one of the most popular city destinations in Europe. Continue to the Notranjska region, where we recommended a visit the world-famous Postojna Cave and Predjama Castle. Entering the Karst area, you will cycle on quiet, easy and scenic paved roads through vineyards and ancient villages, where you can taste the famous Teran red wine and Karst ham. After the Lipica stud farm with its famous Lipizaner white horses and Škocjan caves with Europe’s largest underground canyon, you will reach the Slovenian part of the Istrian peninsula. In picturesque Piran you will finally relax your muscles after an unforgettable journey.

Activity location

Lake Bled
- Cesta svobode 10,
- 4260, Bled, Slovenia

Meeting/Redemption Point

Bled
- 4260, Bled, Radovljica, Slovenia

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8 Day Cycling Trip from Alps to Adriatic: Bled – Ljubljana – Istria in Multilingual

8d
Opening hours: Fri 08:00-20:00
English

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Price details

£609.07 x 1 Adult£609.07

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What's included, what's not

Detailed documents, one per booking (map, road book - route description & places to visit...)
Welcome meeting with representative of local agency
All Fees and Taxes
Service & emergency hotline in case of problems or questions, 24/7 agency support
One person travelling: 30 EUR (payable in addition to the single room surcharge).
Airfare to and from the trip
Insurance
Rental touring bike: 75 EUR, hybrid bike: 130 EUR, electric bike: 180 EUR
Transfer costs to/from (airport/train or bus station) hotel
Additional charge for single room use: 60 EUR.
Tips and service charge, personal expences, additional activities.

Know before you book

Not recommended for travellers with spinal injuries
Not recommended for travellers with poor cardiovascular health
Not recommended for pregnant travellers
Public transport options are available nearby
Travellers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
In accordance with UK consumer law, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

Activity itinerary

Day 1: Arrival in Bled

3 stops
Meals: Not included
Accommodation: Overnight in B&B or hotel (3*or 4*)

Lake Bled

Individual arrival to the starting hotel in Bled.

Bled Castle (Blejski Grad)

30m
Admission ticket not included

Perched atop a steep cliff rising 130 metres above the glacial Lake Bled is a symbol of Bled and Slovenia

Bled Island

2h
Admission ticket not included

Explore the charming island, count the stairs and make a wish by pulling the wishing bell.

Day 2: Bled - Škofja Loka

4 stops
Meals: breakfast
Accommodation: Overnight in B&B or hotel (3*or 4*)

Radovljica Old Town

From Bled you cycle along the river Sava to old town of Radovljica, where you can visit the uniqe beekeeping museum.

Begunje na Gorenjskem

You will cycling through Begunje, a hometown of Slavko Avsenik and Polka music, Tržič with its shoe making tradition and Kranj

Kranj

The capital of Gorenjska region

Skofja Loka

The stage ends in Škofja Loka with the best preserved medieval town centre in Slovenia. With a transfer you can avoid the ascent and shorten the stage for about 20km (not in the price). Route detail: ca. 63 km, + 725 m / – 810 m.

Day 3: Škofja Loka - Ljubljana

2 stops
Meals: breakfast
Accommodation: Overnight in B&B or hotel (3*or 4*)

Lake Zbilje

Škofja Loka live you fascinated with its storey and many legends, but there is another highlite on this tour, that it waiting for you…Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia and one of the most prefered tourist destination in Europa. To reach it you will cycle over the Devils bridge to Sora field, where you cross the river Sora and continue to Zbilje lake. The Sava river will acompaign you mostly on your way to the capital .

Ljubljana Old Town

The finish is at Zmajski most-in English Dragon Bridge, which is one of the symbols of Ljubljana. Route detail: ca. 39 km, + 320 m / – 390 m.

Day 4: Ljubljana - Postojna

3 stops
Meals: breakfast
Accommodation: Overnight in B&B or hotel (3*or 4*)

Cerknica Lake

Today you drive first through theTivoli Park and by Ljubljana zoo, two very popular places of cityzens of Ljubljana. But the best ist coming later, the magical disappearing lake of Cerknica and gorge Rakov Škocjan.

Rakov Skocjan Valley

Slovenia’s oldest landscape park with amazing natural bridges and other landscape formations. A perfect place for picnic in nature. With a transfer you can abbreviate the stage for about 20km (not in the price). Route detail: ca. 61 km, + 700 m / – 410 m.

Postojna

Your goal for this day is Postojna where you can find famous Postojna cave and Predjama castle. Route detail: ca. 61 km, + 700 m / – 410 m.

Day 5: Postojna - Kodreti / Karst

4 stops
Meals: breakfast
Accommodation: Overnight in B&B or hotel (3*or 4*)

Postojna Cave

2h
Admission ticket not included

Today you can visit the Postojna caves, the most extensive cave system in Slovenia with stalagmites, stalactites and famous “human fish”.

Predjama Castle

1h
Admission ticket not included

After that you meat another attraction, the Predjama Castle, an unice castle with its unique position below the 123-metre cliff. A storey tells about a robber knight Erasmus, which kept a whole army at bay by utilising the caves underneath the castle to sneak out for supplies.

Vipava

After a spectacular descent to Vipava Valley, one of the most famous wine regions in Slovenia you finish your day in a family guesthouse, where you can enjoy your dinner with a tipical karst cusine. Route detail: ca. 48 km, + 530 m / – 880 m.

Kodreti

End goal for this day. Route detail: ca. 48 km, + 530 m / – 880 m.

Day 6: Kodreti / Karst - Divača / Škocjan

2 stops
Meals: breakfast
Accommodation: Overnight in B&B or hotel (3*or 4*)

Stanjel

The first stop on today’s stage is Štanjel, an idyllic karst settlement built mostly from stones. on the top of the hill.

Lipica

Through picturesque karst villages, vineyards with numerous wine cellars, which invite you for a stop and a tasting of first-class teran wines and karst ham you drive to the stud farm of Lipica, home of beautiful white Lipizzaner horses, famous worldwide. If you have time, you can also visit “War Museum” set in a Venetian tower. Route detail: ca. 49 km, + 630 m / – 365 m.

Day 7: Divača / Škocjan - Izola - Piran (about 50 km, to Piran about 61 km)

3 stops
Meals: breakfast
Accommodation: Overnight in B&B or hotel (3*or 4*)

Skocjan Caves Park

2h
Admission ticket not included

Today you can visit Škocjan Caves, UNESCO World Heritage and the protected area.

Parenzana

The Karst Plain accompanies you on the way to the Adriatic Sea, you will follow the route of the old railway lines Val Rosandra and Parenzana. For your last part you’ll cycle along the coastal road on a new cycling path enjoying great vistas of Slovenia’s lovely coast.

Piran

The tour ends in the gorgeous little Venetian town of Piran, where you can watch the sunset from the church bell tower or swimming in a blue Adriatic Sea. Route detail: to Izola ca. 49 km, + 375 m / – 845 m; to Piran ca. 60 km, + 548 m / – 1018 m

Day 8: Departure

1 stop
Meals: breakfast
Accommodation: Not included

Piran

Individual departure or possibility to extend your stay in Istria.

Location

Activity location

Lake Bled
- Cesta svobode 10,
- 4260, Bled, Slovenia

Meeting/Redemption Point

Bled
- 4260, Bled, Radovljica, Slovenia

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