Cycling Croatia

Cycling Croatia

The cycling has become increasingly popular in recent years. The landscape in Croatia is ideal for a smaller or larger bike tour to ideal. There are easy cycling along deRadsport Kroatienm sea or something more sophisticated tours through the mountains. Bike rental is available in every major city. Employees of local agencies will be happy to recommend the best and most beautiful routes.

From Makadamwegen, which are ideal for mountain biking, to paved roads for scenic drives with the family, the versatility is so immense that everyone can find an ideal way for themselves. Note: after Eddy Mercx, five-time winner of the Tour de France, during a stay in Croatia testified that "it would be wonderful to ride a big race here", two stages of the famous Gira d'Italia were in Istria in 2004 driven.

The hilly hinterland of the Croatian tourist region of Istria has become a popular destination for bicycle tourists. Meanwhile, the entire Adriatic peninsula is nationwide crisscrossed with an excellent route network for cyclists.

For cyclists prefer the rather flat terrain to Istria is (with 60 cycling routes with a length of more than 2600km) and although the area of Novigrad to Vrsar. A nice trip as is to Motovun by the Mirna Valley. One can combine well with truffle food. (Porec - Motovun - Mirnatal - Lanterna - Porec about 60 km). Recommendation mountain. For racing cyclists a must in Istria - from Livade to Optralj (6km with 10% slope), continue to Novigrad and back to Porec. There are many marked trails along the coast (mountain bike and city bike). For racing bikes the interior is more suitable. (To Buzet or for professionals to Pazin, etc.). Maps with bicycle tours are available almost everywhere in Istria.

In the area of Kvarner and Kvarner islands you can also find the bike trails through the most beautiful corners with gradient or no gradient.

In Dalmatia, the cyclist must drive through the normal roads, but it starts with the building of cycle paths. The bike paths are located on the islands of Hvar, Brac, Solta and Vis, on the coast around Makarska and Omis and inland around Sinj and Trilje. The island is mostly mountainous inland. The cycling routes around Makarska include undemanding paths between single tourist spots and also very challenging to Bermassiv of Biokovo.

We always recommend enough drinks to take, but also all equipment Bicycles repair. The price of bicycles for hire for an hour is about 20 Kn, for a day about 80 Kn. Rental of quality mountain bike costs for half a day about 15 EUR for a week about 80 EUR.