Cycle Slovenia and the Parenzana

What's Included

• Accommodation
  7 nights in 3 star hotels and B&Bs

• 7 breakfasts - continental breakfasts are served and usually consist of breads, jams, coffee and tea

• 1 dinner with wine tasting in the Brda wine region

• 7 nights accommodation in 3 star hotels and B&Bs on a twin share basis with ensuite facilities

• Bus from Kranjska Gora to Bovec

• Transfer from Ljubljana airport or a Ljubljana hotel to Bled on day 1, Tolmin or Kobarid to Brda on day 3 and from Brda to Skocjan Caves on day 4

• Information pack including route notes & maps per room booked

• Welcome briefing

• Good quality rental bike with panniers & helmet -a hybrid bike for the first section and mountain bike for the Parenzana Trail

• White water rafting on Soca River

• Emergency hotline (we recommend you carry a mobile phone with you on this trip)

• Tourist tax and vat

• Škocjan cave entrance fee

• Return transfer to Ljubljana - alternatively we can arrange for your main luggage to be waiting for you in Porec.

• Private transfer from Ljubljana airport or a Ljubljana hotel to Bled on day 1, Tolmin to Brda on day 3 and from Porec - Ljubljana on day 8 (or main luggage transfer to Porec).

• Transfer from Kranjska Gora to Bovec

• Good quality rental bike with panniers & helmet -a hybrid bike suitable for gravel surfaces (as found on the Parenzana Trail)

• Information pack including route notes & maps per room booked - these will be provided digitally including GPS Tracks (smartphone required)

• Digital information pack including route notes, maps & GPX tracks

• Hybrid bike with panniers & helmet.

• Tourist tax

• Return transfer to Ljubljana - alternatively we can arrange for your main luggage to be waiting for you in Porec

• Emergency hotline

• 1 dinner in the Brda wine region

What's Not Included

• Transport to arrive and depart from Ljubljana

• Daily luggage transfer (daily needs are carried by cyclists in panniers provided)

• Items of a personal nature including beverages, laundry, phone calls etc

• Lunch and dinner daily (except dinner on day 3) and all beverages (allow 10-25 EUR per meal)

• Travel insurance - mandatory

• Guide - this is a self guided trip

• Travel to and from Ljubljana

• Meals not listed as included, drinks

• Daily luggage transfer, daily needs are carried in panniers provided

• Guide – this is a self guided cycling holiday

• A supplement will apply if you book a single room

• Entrance fees not listed included

• Transfers not listed included

• Transfers by taxi or public transport if you need to skip a stage

• Handlebar phone holder – to follow the route easier using the app / GPX files

• Items of a personal nature

Grading

MODERATE – GRADE 3
This trip is designed for keen cyclists with a few challenges. A good level of fitness is required and preferably experience road cycling with light traffic is advisable. There are numerous ascents and descents with a couple of sustained ascents to test your thighs! The route is on a combination of narrow mountain roads and rural roads where you will encounter some light traffic – drivers in Slovenia tend to be polite when passing cyclists. Some days you will cycle in main towns such as Nova Gorica and Ljubljana. The cycle along the Parenzana is mostly on dedicated cycle paths with more gradual inclines and descents. Weather conditions may be harsh at times (even in summer), and you will need to be comfortable cycling in such conditions. We suggest up to one hour of exercise 2-3 times a week.

What You Carry

During the trip you will need to carry your own luggage in the panniers supplied. Excess baggage not required during the trip is stored in Ljublijana or transferred to Porec if you are not taking the transfer.

Book with Confidence

• Transfer as credit to Future Tours

  UTracks allows you to transfer existing payments to a future tour to avoid cancellation fees if you can't travel and inform utracks, 70 days before departure.

• Low Deposit

  UTracks requires a minimum deposit of 150 GBP per person or the full booking value, whichever is less, with the final balance not due until 70 days before departure.

• Cancellation Policy

  We don't charge a cancellation fee, here is a summary of utracks charges.

  Up to 70 days before tour starts: Forfeit 100% of deposit.

  At 69 days before tour starts: Forfeit 50% of booking price.

  At 35 days before tour starts: Forfeit 100% of booking price.