THE EMERALD ROUTE

Included 
Hire of hybrid cycles and equipment
B&B accommodation in 3/4star hotels and country inns in twin/double rooms with shower/wc
Tour information including maps and routes
Luggage carrying - 1 item and small holdall per person
Emergency support Wine tasting in Hrusevica

 

Excluded
Lunches and Dinners
Cycle Helmets

Cycle insurance

 

Extras
Single rooms

 

Access (advice only, not included)
By air to Trieste (Ryanair), Ljubljana (Easyjet) Airports
.

 

Duration
7 Nights/8 Days

 

Start
Any day 3rd April to 9th October

Minimum 2 persons

 

Level 2

 

Tour Code SEM

 

Price £620 per person
Single Supplement £110.

 

Child/3rd person reductions available please enquiry at office.

 

Extra night Ljubjana or Koper, 3 star hotel B&B, Double £60 per person. Single £72.

Dragon BridgeDay 1. Arrive LJUBLJANA
Explore its old town centre and majestic castle.
Perhaps take a stroll by the river and have a drink at one of the many cafes.

 

Day 2. LJUBLJANA - VRHNIKA 25/36ml(40/58km)

Collect cycles and briefing. Set off across the Ljubjansko Barje, a large flat former marsh area surrounding the capital. Take a short walk into the beautiful Vintar Gorge nature reserve and at Borovnica see the remains of the worlds highest railway viaduct partly destroyed in WW2. At the Technical Museum there is a great hunting collection and an exhibition of Tito's vintage cars.

 

Day 3. VRHNIKA - POSTOJNA 21/27ml(34/44km)

Today you cycle through typical Karst fields on quiet roads away from the main tourist routes.Enjoy a picnic lunch in the beautiful surroundings of the Rakov Skocjan Nature reserve before continuing to Posojna.Predjama Castle

 

Day 4. POSTAJNA - STANJEL 28/34ml(45/55km)
Visit the famous Postonjna caves, carved by water over millions of years. There is a special cave train for the trip into these spectacular limestone caverns. Nearby is Predjama Castle built into the side of a 120m cliff. It has a museum and ancient armoury. Cycle to the village of Stanjel.

 

Day 5. Rest day STANJEL

Relax, visit Stanjel village, a preservation site of well kept old houses and the nearbyWorld War 2

Isonzo battlefields. At the hotel enjoy the atmosphere Stanjel

and fine views as you dine on the local Cart Ham with tasty wine from the hotel cellar.

 

Day 6. STANJEL - LIPICA 23ml(37km)
Cycle to Sezena and visit the botanic gardens: continue to the stud farm of Lipica which has a 400

year tradition of breeding the famous white horses.

At Lokev there is a very Lipicainteresting war museum in

the village tower. Enjoy an excellent display at the riding show of Lipicaner horses or perhaps take a carriage ride.

 

Day. 7 LIPICA - KOPER 37ml(60km)
All downhill from the Carst high plateau now to

Trieste. Enjoy a snack at one of its old fashioned cafés and visit the castle, Cathedral and Piaza Unita central square before continuing to Koper. Alternatively cycle in Slovenia through the quiet countryside valley of Hrastovlje 34ml(55km)

 

Day 8. Depart KOPER

 

 

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