Cycling west Balkan triangle - Guided tour - 8 days

1^st day: arrival

 2^nd day: cycling from Dubrovnik to Herceg Novi (through Bosnian territory)

Cycling distance: 65km, elevation gain: 910m.

Breakfast in the hotel, a short ride to the outskirts of the city, where we will start our cycling tour, cycling in the direction of the border with Bosnia and Herzegovina and the town of Trebinje.

Cycling through the hillside part of the triangle of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro and Croatia, in the direction of the town of Herceg Novi, located on the Montenegrin coast.

Overnight stay at a 3/4* hotel in the Herceg Novi area.

Meal plan: breakfast (B), lunch (L), snacks)

 3^rd day: Montenegrin coast (from Herceg Novi along the Bay of Kotor to the town of Kotor), cycling distance: 42km, elevation gain 150m.

Breakfast in the hotel, check out.

Cycling along the coastal area of the Bay of Kotor (Montenegro's fjord) to the town of Kotor. The bike ride will mainly be on flat terrain. We will follow the road along the Bay of Kotor, which passes through medieval historical towns. After a short stop in the town of Kotor, we will cycle back to our hotel.

Overnight stay at a 3* hotel in the area of the town of Kotor.

Meal plan: breakfast (B) + lunch, snacks

 4^th day: Montenegro – Croatia (Gruda, Konavle)

Biking, wine tasting, and traditional lunch at the farm

Distance  55 km, elevation gain 520 m

After breakfast and check out from the hotel, we continue with a bike ride along the bay in the direction of the border crossing with Croatia. Once we cross the border, we ride through Konavle countryside, a very picturesque area between the mountains and the Adriatic Sea.

- Today's ride we finish at a local farm in Konavle valley, where we have a traditional lunch, wine tasting, and tasting of local products, dry figs, cheese, prosciutto…

- Overnight in Cavtat area 3* hotel.

- Meal plan: Breakfast (B), Lunch (L) and wine tasting

5th day: Croatia - Bosnia - Herzegovina, cycling on the old railroad trail

Brgat – Zavala (Bosnia and Hercegovina)

Cycling distance 40 km, elevation gain 120 m

Today, after the breakfast, we start bike ride from the coastal town Cavtat to the hilly part of Bosnia Herzegovina. Once we cross the border in town Ivanica we continue riding on the old railroad along the valley of Popovo polje and the river Trebisnjica. This area was a war zone in the 90s, there is still much evidence along the route about those days. Besides interesting historical facts, this part of the road has a very beautiful and different landscape then coastal area.

Arrival to small village Zavala or Ravno in the afternoon, free time. Overnight in a cozy B&B (Ex Train station, turned into a small hotel).

Overnight at Zavala or Ravno

Meal plan: Breakfast, Lunch (L)

6^th day: Zavala – Ston (Bosnia & Herzegovina back to Croatia),

Biking, olive oil tasting, traditional lunch, and visit olive oil farm

Bike ride 40 km, elevation gain 630 m.

Today we cycle along the valley and rural areas in Herzegovina towards the border with Croatia, the peninsula Peljesac, and the town of Ston. This area is famous for a few things: town Ston is a medieval walled town with the longest city walls in Europe, it is the first town in Peljesac peninsula where they produce excellent red wines, and around town Ston there are bays with oysters and mussel farms.

Today’s ride is one of the shortest, but it is a hilly part with nice climbs and downhills.

Upon arrival to Ston we cycle to the Olive oil farm where we have a tour on the farm, trough olive garden and taste olive oil and homemade products. At farm we have a light lunch based on olive oil as the main ingredient of the food we are going to taste on this farm. After this unique experience, we ride to our hotel in Ston.

Free time in Ston, possible oyster tasting and sailing trip to the oyster farms, or swimming, hiking on the Ston walls.

Overnight in 3*hotel in Ston

Meal plan: B, L

7^th day: Ston – along Peljesac peninsula to vineyards of Peljesac

Biking distance 50 km, elevation gain 900 m.

Biking, visit the wine yards of Peljesac and visit a local wine producer in the town Kuna, where we have a traditional lunch and tasting of local wines and liquers

Cycling along Peljesac peninsula is one most scenic bike rides on the Mediterranean, it has everything, nice roads by the sea, spectacular views to the islands and open sea, scenic roads through vineyards and through old villages or towns in hidden bays.

Last biking day finished in the rural part of Peljesac peninsula, surrounded by vineyards in the picturesque town Kuna where at a local farm we try home made products, cheese, dry figs, sausages, pickled vegetables …

At this farm, we finish the ride and  we have a shuttle (minibus) drive to Dubrovnik, arriving in Dubrovnik in the evening hours.

Dinner with the group and overnight in 3/4*hotel in Dubrovnik

Overnight: Dubrovnik

Meal plan: B, D (Dinner)

8^th day: departure

Breakfast in the hotel and a morning shuttle to the Dubrovnik Airport.