Included 
Hire of hybrid cycles and equipment
B&B accommodation in hotels and country inns in twin/double rooms with shower/wc
Tour information including maps and routes
Luggage carrying
Emergency support

Excluded
Lunches and Dinners
Cycle Helmets

Extras
Single rooms

Access
By air to Trieste (Ryanair), Ljubljana (Easyjet) Airports

Duration
7 Nights/8 Days

Start
Any day April to October

Level 2
Minimum two persons

Tour Code SEM

Price £435
Single Supplement £70. Extra night Ljubjana 3 star hotel B&B, Double £44 per person. Single £55. Extra night Koper 3 star hotel B&B double £44 per person. Single £55.0

Day 1. Arrive LJUBLJANA
Explore its old town centre and majestic castle.
Perhaps take a stroll by the river and have a drink at one of the many cafes.

Day 2. LJUBLJANA - VRHNIKA 25ml(40km)

Collect cycles and briefing. Set off across the Ljubjansko Barje, a large flat former marsh area surrounding the capital. Take a short walk into the beautiful Vintar Gorge nature reserve and at Borovnica see the remains of the worlds highest railway viaduct partly destroyed in WW2. At the Technical Museum there is a great hunting collection and an exhibition of Tito's vintage cars.

Day 3. VRHNIKA - POSTOJNA 21ml(34km)

Today you cycle through typical Karst fields on quiet roads away from the main tourist routes. Enjoy a picnic lunch in the beautiful surroundings of the Rakov Skocjan Nature reserve before continuing to Posojna.

Day 4. POSTAJNA - STANJEL 28ml(45km)
Visit the famous Postonjna caves, carved by water over millions of years. There is a special cave train for the trip into these spectacular limestone caverns. Nearby is Predjama Castle built into the side of a 120m cliff. It has a museum and ancient armoury. Cycle to the village of Stanjel.

Day 5. Rest day STANJEL

Relax, visit Stanjel village, a preservation site of well kept old houses and the nearby World War 2 Isonzo battlefields. At the hotel enjoy the atmosphere and fine views as you dine on the local Cart Ham with tasty wine from the hotel cellar.

Day 6. STANJEL - LIPICA 23ml(37km)
Cycle to Sezena and visit the botanic gardens: continue to the stud farm of Lipica which has a 400 year tradition of breeding the famous white horses. At Lokev there is a very interesting war museum in the village tower. Enjoy an excellent display at the riding show of Lipicaner horses or perhaps take a carriage ride.

Day. 7 LIPICA - KOPER 37ml(60km)
All downhill from the Carst high plateau now to Trieste. Enjoy a snack at one of its old fashioned cafés and visit the castle, Cathedral and Piaza Unita central square before continuing to Koper. Alternatively skip Trieste and enjoy an afternoon on the beach!

Day 8. Depart KOPER

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