Best of Slovenia Tour - From Alpine peaks to Adriatic coast

Tour data

Duration: 11 days / 10 nights

Starting point: Bled

Airport: Ljubljana (35 km) / Trieste (90 km)

Difficulty: 2/4 and sectionally 3/4

Our pre-trip – Salzburg to Lake Bled

Day 1: BLED

Day 2: BLED – BOHINJSKA BISTRICA (BOHINJ VALLEY) (27 km (+ 16.5 km side trip to waterfal Savica).

Day 3: BOHINJSKA BISTRICA (BOHINJ VALLEY) – ŠKOFJA LOKA (49 km).

Day 4: ŠKOFJA LOKA – LJUBLJANA (31 km).

Day 5: LJUBLJANA - VRHNIKA (39 km (+18 km optional side trip to Iski Vintgar Valley)).

Day 6: VRHNIKA – POSTOJNA (32 km (+12 km optional side trip to nature reserve Rakov Skocjan)).

Day 7: POSTOJNA – ŠTANJEL (42 km (+6 km optional side trip to Predjama Castle).

Day 8: ŠTANJEL – LIPICA – DIVAČA (48 km) Rolling terrain with flat sections.

Day 9: DIVAČA – ANKARAN (46 km (+19 km optional side trip to Trieste)). Initially rolling terrain, then a long downhill.

Day 10: ANKARAN – PIRAN (29 km (+11 km optional side trip to saltpans Seca)). Easy trip.

Day 11: DEPARTURE FROM PIRAN.

Onward trip:

Istrina Coastal Tour

“Best of Slovenia” tour, emphasis on main Slovene attractions and many natural points of interest. Suitable for cyclists with average fitness.

 

Dates and prices in 2017

• Individual self guided tour: any day between 25.3. and 14.10.2017
• Price per person in a double room sharing:
• Low season: 25.3. to 13.5. and 16.9. to 14.10. 2017: 850 EUR
• High season: 14.5. to 15.9.2017: 875 EUR
• Children below 2 years of age (babies till their 2nd birthday): free
• Children between 2 and 6 years (children after their 2nd birthday until (and including) their 6th birthday): 50%
• discount.
• Children between 6 and 12 years (children after their 6th birthday until (and including) their 12th birthday): 30%
• discount.
• Third adult person on additional bed in a double room: 10% discount.

Children prices are valid if they share room with parents. If children need a separate room, discounts are available at request. Date of birth required with booking.

Included in price:

• Accommodation in 3* / 4*hotels and guesthouse in two bedded room with WC and shower, on basis of bed & breakfast.
• Luggage transport between hotels (one piece per person).
• Personal welcome meeting and bike fitting upon arrival.
• Information package in English or German including text road book and maps (one per booking).
• Free parking in Bled, at first hotel.
• Backup service (hotline) during the trip.

Supplements:

• Single room 190 EUR.
• Nine dinners in hotels (no dinner supplement is possible for Skofja Loka) 180 EUR.
• Bike rental 130 EUR (classic trekking bikes are equipped with 21 gears, cycling meter, lock, one pannier, se of Allen keys and basic puncture repair set. Price includes delivery and pick up). Every additional day: 15 EUR per bike. Bike rental period starts 9:00 day 2 of the tour (on the day clients leave Ljubljana) and ends on the evening of their arrival in Piran – 18:00 of day 10.
• Electric bike 240 EUR.
• “Help out lift” to top of the pass on day 3 - 20 EUR (payable on spot, needs to be reserved at least two days ahead).
• Helmet rental 18 EUR.
• Transfers:
  Ljubljana Airport to Bled 30 EUR.
• Klagenfurt Airport to Bled 70 EUR.
• Piran to Ljubljana Airport 75 EUR.
• Piran to Ljubljana downtown 65 EUR.
• Piran to Bled 90 EUR.
• Piran to Trieste downtown 40 EUR.
• Piran to Trieste Airport 60 EUR.

All prices per person, 2 persons minimum, one way.

Additional nights:

3* Hotel in Bled 59 EUR per person in standard double room, BB. Single room 85 EUR. 3 course dinner 15 EUR.

4* Hotel in Bled 79 EUR per person in lake view double room BB. Single room 135 EUR 4 course dinner 25 EUR.

3* Hotel in Ljubljana 55 EUR per person in standard double room, BB. Single room: 78 EUR. Dinner supplement 15 EUR.

4* Hotel in Ljubljana center 79 EUR per person in standard double room, BB. Single room: 105 EUR. Dinner supplement 15 EUR.

3* Hotel in Piran 65 EUR per person in standard double room. Single room 95 EUR. Dinner supplement 15 EUR.