croatia

We are planning a family trip around the islands off the coast of croatia.
Any tips are welcome, specially:
- feasablity of boarding boats with bikes (some 10 of them)
- how difficult the terrain will be for children
- lodgin
- best places

Hi quim,

we did this tour last spring.
We startet from Rovinj in Istria, traveled to the ferry in north west of cres. This ferry is opend during the whole season. Then we toured down south-east to the town Cres an later down to Mali Losinj. From there we didn't get any normal ferry to Rab or Krk. We had to take a smal fishing boat and they took us € 150,- for the trip to Rab. in Rab we had the same problem. No direkt ferry to Krk. So we had to take the ferry on the north-east side to reach the coast and then traveled back on the "coast-road" to Rijeka. Good ferry-conections you'll only find from june till end of september. Traveling along the coast-road with bike is no fun.
Traveling on the islands is beautiful. Attention: there is no flat way . You climb up to 300 or 400 meters an then tour down again. Your kids should be used climbing hills.
If you want to see some photos and the plan of the tour, just send your e-mail adress.

cu

Oli

Hi Oli,
I have been away and just now read your post.
Of course, I will appreciate your pictures, travel plan and any advise you can give.
We’ll do this trip next summer, so I understand there will be no problem with ferries; as for hills... that, along with traffic, its a concern. We expect to be able to plan a feasible route, towing the youngests when needed.
jcarbonell@quadrant12.com
Thanks

Hi,
I travelled twice in croatia 1998 and 2001and would not say that the ferrie are a problem, i took a lot of them... it sounds just very strange that people paid 150euro for such a little trip : with Jadrolinka i paid 40 euros from dubrovnik to greece via italy in 1998, i do not remember the prices of the others but it was more like 5 or 10 euros
In my mind you schould not miss the coast : you will learn much more from former yugoslavia and it's nice... maybe a bit too much black BMW's
I would say that Bosnia and specially Herzegovina (south) are 10 times better than croatia and the people are so kind there : on of my best roads ever cycled (36000km) is from sarajevo to dubrovnik over Gacko but with little children forget it : there are still a lot of mines in some areas..
bye
Velosnomades

Any chance to tell us how long it took you from Dubrovnik to Atenas.
I apreciate your info.
Jorge

Hello everybody,

I just joined this forum, because I was looking for information about cycling in Croatia.
This summer we will cycle for 2 weeks in Croatia, beginning and ending in Dubrovnik. I think we will start cycling through the inland and return via the islands. Our route is not fixed yet, but I already have some indeas. I don't think we will get any further than Sibenik, at least if we don't take the train...

Just a few questions : is it worth it to go through the south part of Bosnia-Herzegovina too (since the piece of land of Croatia in the south is very narrow) ? I would like to avoid the coast roads as much as possible.

In case of technical problems, can I find bike shops there ?

I am also looking for a sobe in Cavtat, who would be willing to store our bike bags (for transportation in plane) during the 2 weeks.

Any other tips or must-see's between DUbrovnik and Sibenik are most welcome !

Greetings,

Koen,
Belgium

hi
i've traveled last year through croacia...
i´ve began in klagenfurt - austria, pass slovenia, until dubrovnik - croacia.
It´s a amazing trip but every one that want to do it must be prepared for climbing. it´s sea side but with a lot of mountains

i can give some more detailed information, but i have only written in german and sloven, i´m workin in the portuguese and english versions.

let me know if it would help you.

you can se my work in progress in my webpage.... but it´s really incomplet until now.

i have only the first 7 days, from klagenfurt until ssibenik, but i intend to finish it really soon.
And only the german version is available

http://student.dei.uc.pt/~mcamara/bici/de/index.htm

best wishes
Sérgio

hello
i´ve updated it and now there are all the 15 days of the trip, in german and sloven.
I´m still working in the portuguese and english versions...
if you don´t understand german i suggest that you use a online translation tool... there are many available.

best wishes
Sérgio

hi, there is a new URL, for my web page
the new one is...

http://biketrekking.no.sapo.pt/de/index.htm - german version

best wishes
Sérgio Leal