BICYCLE TOURS & MOUNTAIN BIKING

Cycling the Slovenian Alps

Tour Description
Arrive Crna na Koroskem for first night and your information meeting about the tour and region. The Slovenian Alps seem to be different to other mountain ranges; they glisten in the light as they are made of white limestone. Your tour starts cycling between isolated farms in Savinjske Alps and many cyclists admire the panoramic views this road offers of the Slovenian Alps. Then onto the Logarski Valley which is known as one of the most beautiful glacial valleys. Jezersko means “place with the lake“. When the glacier melted after the last Ice Age a large lake was formed that remains to this day. From here you cycle to the world-famous Bled and its lake with an old church on an island in the middle. From here you progress to the Bohinj Lake, with its surroundings you will surely agree with the locals that this is one of the prettiest places on earth. You spend the night in a little mountain village of Sorica then the next day cycle down to the cosmopolitan town of Skofja Loka, giving wonderful contrasts of the region. From here you will enter the valley basin for the flat section to the historical town of Kamnik. Continue through the Kamniks mountain plateau and onto an area with many pastures with farms and and shepherds huts. The final day of your circular tour will take you through the volcanic Smrekovec and its now deep green forests with cover the range.

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