Mediterranean to the Balkans

 

Day 1: Your venice airport transfer will take you directly to our joining hotel, ready for an early start tomorrow. Today you will meet your crew for your tour briefing and welcome dinner.
Day 2: Leaving the city of marble palaces we enter renowned Tuscany on our way to the amazing Leaning Tower of Pisa
Day 3: A short ride today as we catch the ferry across to the French controlled island of Corsica, and birthplace of Napoleon, that rises from the Mediterranean
Day 4: We spend the day exploring Europe’s most mountainous region, Corsica, exploring its stunning coast road and narrow winding mountains roads, it’s thrilling stuff.
Day 5: Another day exploring the breathtaking coastal scenery and the endless twisties of the incredibly mountainous island of Corsica
Day 6: Crossing back into Italy, it's a short ride to our 5 star hotel in Livorno, spectacularly located on the shores of the Ligurian Sea
Day 7: Heading south we ride the ancient Roman road, the Via Cassia, through the UNESCO listed Val d’Orcia . We enjoy lunch at the stunning hilltop village of Montalcino, offering iconic views of Tuscany, before arriving into the legendary Rome
Day 8: We spend a day exploring this mighty city, visiting the incomparable St Peter's Basilica, Pantheon, Colosseum and much more, it’s a walk through history today
Day 9: Back on the road we continue south passing through Naples, via Pompeii, where we have a guided tour, before entering the UNESCO listed Amalfi Coast, a storied landscape of breathtaking coastal scenery and pastel coloured villages
Day 10: We swap the bikes for a boat as we explore this stunning region the best way possible, from the water with a visit to the superb Isle of Capri. The Amalfi Coast is an otherworldly landscape of villages cascading from the mountains to the water's edge and houses on the edge of towering cliffs
Day 11: This morning ride is one you will never forget as we ride the breathtaking Amalfi Coast and its extraordinary scenery. Leaving the coast we ride east visiting the stunningly located hilltop village of Castelmezzano in the Dolomiti Lucane Mountains before reaching the port city of Bari and catching the overnight ferry to Dubrovnik, Croatia
Day 12: We awake early as we disembark in Dubrovnik, Croatia and spend the day exploring this fabled old town.
Day 13: Another full day to explore the awe-inspiring Dubrovnik, perhaps take the cable car for epic views of the city and Adriatic or visit Fort Lovrijenac, where the Game of Thrones was filmed
Day 14: We cross into Montenegro and ride the magnificent coastal road, stopping for lunch at beautiful Perast then onto the stunning switchbacks of the Kotor Serpentine Road before overnighting at a remote ski lodge high in the Lovcen National Park
Day 15: A shorter riding day today and another country, Bosnia-Herzegovina. We again take the road less travelled, through empty narrow back roads before arriving early into beautiful Mostar, famous for its 16th Century bridge built by the Ottomans and still bearing the scars from the recent conflict
Day 16: Turning west we return to Croatia, via beautiful Konjic and the incredible Tito's Bunker, through the epic Blidinje National Park, and then ride the Adriatic Coast road to the UNESCO listed old town of Trogir, spectacularly located on the Adriatic coast
Day 17: Today we catch a bus into Split, 20ks from Trogir, for a guided tour of this magnificent old town before returning to the peace of Trogir
Day 18: We follow the stunning coast along the Adriatic today passing through endless coastal villages before ascending into the spectacular twisties of the Ucka Nature Park. We cross onto the Istria Peninsula town of Porec, site of the amazing 6th century Euphrasian Basilica not to mention some fine dining and a wine bar located in 14th century towers!
Day 19: Leaving the Istria Peninsula we ride northeast and into the stunning mountains that border Austria, a landscape of epic alpine valleys and peaks. We see the day off at the awe-inspiring Lake Bled perfectly located in the Julian Alps
Day 20: Our final day will see us exploring the beauty of this alpine region, crossing into Austria for 30 minutes, and enjoy one of the most epic rides of the entire trip, the Solcava Panorama Route, before reaching the Slovakian capital of Ljubljana late afternoon
Departure day: Spend some time in the wonderful Ljubljana or fly home.