8 days tour

Cycling From Trieste To Pula

Cycling From Trieste To Pula

This tour includes:

Others

Info meeting, Luggage transport from hotel to hotel Information package including detailed route description (map and road instructions) and vouchers 24/7 emergency number

Meals

7 x breakfasts

Accommodation

1 x overnight in Hotel 3* Trieste 2 x overnight in Hotel/B&B 3*, Buje area 1 x overnight in Hotel/B&B 3*, Motovun 1 x overnight in Hotel 3*, Poreฤ 1 x overnight in Hotel 3*, Rovinj 1 x overnight in Hotel 3*, Pula

Not included:

Optional

Single room supplement 120,00 โ‚ฌ (March, April), 140,00 โ‚ฌ (May, June, September, October) 160,00โ‚ฌ (July, August) Single travller supplement 240,00 โ‚ฌ (March, April), 260,00 โ‚ฌ (May, June, September, October) 280,00โ‚ฌ (July, August)

Flights

International flights are not included

Transport

Transfers not included

Guide

Guides not included

Insurance

Insurance is not included

Others

Travel and bike insurance Arrival to Trieste and departure from Pula Transfer from/to airport/bus-train station to a hotel and re-tour (can be organized) Lunches, dinners and drinks if not mentioned in the itinerary Bike rentals with equipment (tube repair kit, spare tube, pump, locks, bottle holder, rear rack and helmet if required) 90,00 โ‚ฌ per hybrid bike for a week, 140,00 for road bike, and 180,00 โ‚ฌ for e-bike

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Itinerary of your trip Cycling From Trieste To Pula

  • Day 1 Day 1: Arrival In Trieste
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 1: Arrival In Trieste

      Independent arrival in Trieste. The remainder of the day is at leisure to explore Trieste. Overnight in Trieste.

  • Day 2 Day 2: Biking Trieste Over Piran To Buje
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 2: Biking Trieste Over Piran To Buje

      At 09am we have a welcome briefing and those who have ordered bike rental will get fitted with our E-bikes and other equipment.

      Your cycling adventure through 3 countries (Italy, Slovenia and Croatia) you will start riding on the legendary route of the Parenzana, the former narrow-gauge railway line which penetrates deeply into the Istrian peninsula connecting 33 istrian cities and town from Trieste do the Poreฤ (in Italian Parenzo from which the rail road got itโ€™s name) spanning to the territory of three states. Although it has been out of function for many decades, a few years ago the Parenzana served as the inspiration for a new tourist attraction. The County of Istria, the Management Board for Tourism and the Association for the Renovation of the Poreฤ-Kopar-Trieste railway started the important โ€œParenzana: The trail of health and friendshipโ€ project, where they have promoted the former railway as a cycling path. After biking few miles through the city of Trieste we will cross over into Slovenia, often cycling along cycle paths through famous holiday resorts such as Koper, first for a long period a Venetian and then Austrian town, and Piran, another important town which was ruled over for a long time by Venice. Cycling southwards, you will pass through the salt mines of Secovlje, a large Slovenian town with a humid environment, which is a key area as regards ornithology. Some miles later we will cross the Croatian border down along Istria, the Adriatic seaโ€™s largest peninsula. Overnight in Buje area

      Bike distance: shorter option 33 km / 21 miles / elevation gain 575 m / 1897 ft

      longer option 57 km / 35 miles / elevation gain 830 m / 2739 ft

  • Day 3 Day 3: Biking Buje Over Novigrad/Umag To Buje
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 3: Biking Buje Over Novigrad/Umag To Buje

      This tour starts with easy downhill ride to the coast on the northest point of Istrian peninsula. There is a lighthouse which you can visit, according to the legend build by count Metternich as his love nest. Savudrija is one of the oldest lighthouse in the Adriatic, built in 1818. It is also the northernmost Istrian lighthouse. Its building is 36 meters tall and there is a keeper living inside it. The trail continues south to Umag. Little town with about 45 km of the coastline and interesting hinterland integrates special features of the whole region and might be the best introduction into a different experience of the Mediterranean. Umagโ€™s history is extremely interesting; it was founded by Roman nobleman who decided to make it his summer residence. The glamour, magnificence and glare of the times can be seen today in the Venetian houses of the old town. City walls and fortification are partially preserved as well as some renaissance and baroque buildings and churches. Vineyards and olive groves will create an atmosphere of typical west Istrian landscape. Visit to wine cellar to taste the muscat, local sort of wine. Overnight in Buje area.

      Bike distance: shorter option 43 km / 27 miles / elevation gain 505m / 1666 ft

      longer option 62 km / 38 miles / elevation gain 578m / 1907 ft

  • Day 4 Day 4: Biking Buje To Motovun
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 4: Biking Buje To Motovun

      Breakfast, apart from enjoying the breathtaking landscape of the terrace - styled vineyards which resemble to an image on the front page of a holiday guide to Tuscany, you can indulge the sensation the area of Buje gives, a real polyphony of fragrances and tastes. Riding through magnificent rolling landscapes and lively Istrian vineyards, it will became obvious why it was also know once it was named as wine railway. After passing through many tunnels, over old bridges we will stop on many fascinating view points from charming medieval town of Groลพnjan to Zavrลกje until we reach Motovun, town monument, an ancient little Istrian town located atop a 277-meter-high hill, 21 km south-east from Buje. Its present appearance, with the city walls surrounding the centre of the town, dates back to the Middle Ages.

      Bike distance: shorter option 35 km / 22 miles / elevation gain 690 m / 2277 ft

      longer option 48 km / 30 miles / elevation gain 893m / 2947 ft

  • Day 5 Day 5: Biking Motovun To Poreฤ
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 5: Biking Motovun To Poreฤ

      After breakfast we continue riding on Parenzana trail over Viลพinada and Kaลกtelir to the coast. The ride towards Poreฤ is particularly pleasant because you are riding along the coastline with beautiful bays where you can enjoy the breathtaking Mediterranean landscape with green vineyards and olive groves and taste home made food, wine, brandy and honey produced in this area.

      In afternoon hours we reach Poreฤ, the town where you can find material and spiritual evidences of great cultures at every step. Cruise along the old city centre and see the old Roman forum, the world famous Euphrasian Basilica with itโ€™s mosaics, palaces belonging to the city nobles and fortifications. Overnight in Poreฤ area.

      Bike distance: shorter option 39 km / 24 miles / elevation gain 380 m / 1254 ft

      longer option 63 km / 39 miles / elevation gain 628m / 2072 ft

  • Day 6 Day 6: Biking Poreฤ To Rovinj
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 6: Biking Poreฤ To Rovinj

      Breakfast. A marsh, rare birds, a cursed city, buried pirates treasure, a depp bay, a cave with a primitive man and a hermit, an ancient solar observatory, an abandoned monastery - all this you can find on our bike trail of Captain Morgan. After riding along the coastline we reach Vrsar, romantic fishing town situated on a hill where the famous Casanova came back even two times. Our bike ride we continue through the magical forest Kontija with a panoramic view of the beautiful landscape of the Lim bay to ruins of the medieval town Dvigrad. Just to stir your imagination - you are now in an area where many legends and mysteries based on historical events still live on: that of Dvigrad devastated by the plague because of an ancient curse, of the buried treasure of Captain Morganโ€™s pirates near the village named after him (Mrgani), of the cave where the remains of the primitive man were found and where, as legend has it, St. Romuald used to live as a hermit in the Middle Ages.

      Passing Kanfanar and the hill Maklavun, an astral-archaeological site โ€“ tumulus from the Bronze Age we will finish this day in Rovinj.

      Called also little Venice, Rovinj is a typical Mediterranean seaside resort which will seduce you with its extraordinary beauty. In the dense tissue of the old city centre there are numerous magnificent palaces from different historical periods and today most of them host a gallery or an art studio. If you follow numerous chimneys of Rovinj and narrow meandering streets you will come in front of the baroque church of St Eufemia, the greatest monument in the city from which you can admire a magnificent view of the Mediterranean almost in your hand palm. Overnight in Rovinja area.

      Bike distance: shorter option 31 km / 19 miles / elevation gain 159 m / 528 ft

      longer option 65 km / 38 miles / elevation gain 602m / 1987

  • Day 7 Day 7: Biking Rovinj To Pula
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 7: Biking Rovinj To Pula

      After breakfast we start riding along the coastline towards Pula. Riding through the ornithological reserve Palud with rich variety of ornithology-fauna, a unique place where you can hear the chirping of even 215 different bird species we reach Faลพana, Situated on a low coast, well protected from the open sea by the enchanting Brioni archipelago (nowadays a national park) and surrounded by vineyards and olive groves in the hinterland, Faลพana was well known already in ancient Roman times. Which city is situated on seven hills, has a magnificent Amphitheatre and is not Rome? The answer is - Pula. No, it is not a mistake โ€“ you are, indeed, in front of Pula, the largest city in Istria. Pula is an enchantress with thousand appearances which has been casting spell on its visitors for centuries. This day we finish visiting the old city with the Sergiusโ€™ Triumphal Arch (from the end of the 1st century B.C. and the beginning of the 1st century A.D.) and famous Arena, a Roman amphitheatre (from the 1st century B.C.). Overnight in Pula area.

      Bike distance: shorter option 38 km / 24 miles / elevation gain 185m / 611 ft

      longer option 55 km / 34 miles / elevation gain 540m / 1782 ft

  • Day 8 Day 8: Departure From Pula
    • 12:00 am - 11:59 pm

      Day 8: Departure From Pula

      After breakfast departure.

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Experience Style

Experience Style

Mixed

There will be challenging activities such as hiking, biking, canyoning and trekking, but youโ€™re also going to have other means of transportation and relaxed moments to just chill.

Accomodation level

Accomodation level

Medium

This accommodation includes essential services like a hot shower, electricity, and a nice and comfy bed.

Experience Type

Experience Type

Small Group

Youโ€™ll be accompanied by a small group of travelers just like you.

Physical Rating

Physical Rating

Average

There are several physical activities that last from 2 to 6 hours in easy terrains, low altitude flats, or water experiences. Please ask if youโ€™re not sure this applies to you.

Age range

Age range

Min: 18 / Max: 70

Age range allowed for this experience.

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