Cycling west Balkan triangle - guided

Day 1st: Arrival day

Meet at Dubrovnik airport transfer to Hotel in Dubrovnik.
Rest of the day free.
Dinner with the group, introduction in the trip.

Day 2nd: Cycling Dubrovnik - Herceg Novi (through Bosnian territory)

Cycling distance 65 km, elevation gain 910 m

Breakfast in a hotel, a short transfer outside of town to biking trip start, cycling in the direction of the border with Bosnia Hercegovina and the town of Trebinje.

Cycling through the hilly part of triangle Bosnia, Montenegro and Croatia,  direction to the of town Herceg Novi on Montenegro coast.

Night stop hotel 3* or 4* in Herceg Novi area

Day 3rd: Montenegro coast (from Herceg Novi along the bay of Boka to Kotor) - distance 42 km, elevation gain 150 m

Breakfast in the hotel, check out.

Cycling along the coastal area of Boka bay (Montenegro fjord) to Kotor. Today’s bike ride is mainly on flat terrain, we follow the road along the Bay of Kotor, through medieval, historical towns. After a short stop in Kotor town, we continue to our hotel.

Night stop hotel 3* Kotor town area.

Day 4th: Montenegro - Croatia (distance 55 km, elevation gain 520 m)

Biking, visit local farm, wine tasting and traditional lunch 

After breakfast and check out from the hotel, we continue with bike ride along the bay in direction to border crossing with Croatia. Once we cross the border we ride through Konavle countryside, very picturesque area between mountains and Adriatic sea.

Todays ride we finish at local farm in Konavle valley where we have traditional lunch, wine tasting and tasting of local products, dry figs, cheese, prosciutto…

Overnight in Cavtat area 3* hotel.

Meal plan: B, L and wine tasting

Day 5th: Croatia - Bosnia and Herzegovina

Cycling distance 45 km, elevation gain 120 m

Today, after breakfast we start a bike ride from the coastal town Cavtat to the hilly part of Bosnia Herzegovina, once we cross the border in the town of Ivanica we continue the ride on the old railroad along the valley of Popovo polje and river Trebisnjica. This area was a war zone in the 90s, there are still much evidence along the route about those days. Besides interesting historical facts, this part of the road has very beautiful and different landscapes than coastal area.

Arrival to the small village Zavala in the afternoon, free time.

Overnight in cozy B&B in Zavala (or Ravno), this is actually the only possible hotel in this part of the route.

6th day: Zavala – Ston (Bosnia & Herzegovina back to Croatia), bike ride 40 km, elevation gain 630 m

Biking, olive oil tasting, traditional lunch, visit olive oil farm

Today we cycle along the valley and rural areas in Herzegovina towards border with Croatia, peninsula Peljesac and town of Ston. This area is famous with few things: the town of Ston is a medieval walled town with the longest city walls in Europe, it is the first town in Peljesac peninsula where they produce excellent red wines, around Ston there are bays with oysters and mussels farms.

Upon arrival to Ston we cycle to the Olive oil farm where we have tour on the farm, trough olive garden and tasting olive oil and homemade products. At farm we have light lunch based on the olive oil as the main ingredient of the food we are going to taste on this farm. After this unique experience we ride to our hotel in Ston.

Today’s ride is one of the shortest, but it is a hilly part with nice climbs and downhills.

Overnight in  3* / 4* hotel in Ston.

Day 7th: Ston – along Peljesac peninsula to wineyards of Pelješac, distance 45 km, elevation gain 800 m

Biking, visit farm, winetasting and local products

Cycling along Peljesac peninsula is one the most scenic bike ride on the Mediterranean, it has everything, nice roads by the spectacular views to the islands and open sea, scenic roads through wine yards and through old villages or towns in hidden bays.

On the last day of cycling we end in the rural part of Peljesac peninsula, surrounded by wine yards in the picturesque town of Kuna where at local farm we try home made products, cheese, dry figs, sausages, pickled vegetables …

At this farm we finish the ride and we have a shuttle (minibus) drive to Dubrovnik, arrival in Dubrovnik in the evening hours.

Dinner with group and overnight in 4* hotel in Dubrovnik

Day 8th: Departure day

Breakfast in hotel and morning shuttle to Dubrovnik airport or any other location in Dubrovnik.