Self guided tour: Pokljuka Bohinj Cycling Day Tour
Our self-guided walking holidays are ideal for friends, couples, individuals or for a family looking for an independent trekking tour. Our prepared hiking vacations also help you to experience history, culture, great scenery and of course local cuisine.
Our tours have been carefully selected and designed to appeal to all tastes, levels of fitness and age groups from the leisure walker to the most experienced hiker. When designing the routes we have selected choice trails to ensure you will have the best possible views of the beautiful scenery in our region. The accommodation we offer is always hand-picked to ensure not only do you have somewhere comfortable to sleep at night but also somewhere to relax and unwind after your days walking. We can cater for all tastes and budgets offering modern hotels as well as traditional-style accommodation with great character. We also offer tailor-made tours and customised programmes to suit the needs of our clients.
About the tour
This self-guided cycling day tour brings you into the heart of the Triglav National Park. Starting from Bled, over the Pokljuka plateau to Bohinj and back to Bled is a perfect round trip. You will explore some of the most beautiful spots in the area. To make this tour easy and comfortable, we organize a private transfer to the Pokljuka plateau. Cycling on Pokljuka with its magnificent forests, tasting local shepherds cheese and milk and riding around Bohinj lake to Savica waterfall are only a few highlights of this tour. You have the possibility to enjoy the most breath-taking view of the Julian Alps and Bohinj by taking the cable car up to Mount Vogel. After a train ride from Bohinjska Bistrica to Lake Bled you can go on a final ride at Lake Bled to your hotel. This cycling tour is appropriate for everybody, families with children over the age of 12 as well.
Details
Destination: Slovenia
Duration: 1 day
Season: May-October
Departure/Return location: Centrally located Bled hotels.
Departure time: Every day at 9:00 a.m. except Saturdays, from May 01 to October 15 2019.
Duration: 6 to 8 hrs (Approx.).
Distance: 42 km, + 245m, – 955m; without Savica waterfall 35 km, + 125m, – 835m
Age limit: 12 years+
Difficulty level: light moderate
Included:
- Hotel pickup Transfer from Bled to Pokljuka plateau
- Detailed documents, one per booking in English language (map, road book route description & places to visit…)
- Service & emergency hotline in case of problems or questions, 24/7 agency support
- Rental bike (touring/trekking bike with 21 gears) with all equipment (helmet, carrier bag, locker, puncture repair kits, spare inner tube, pump)
Not included:
- Food and drinks
- Transfer to/from airport/train or bus station
- Cable car ticket to Mt. Vogel
- Entrance to Savica waterfall
- Train ticket Bohinjska Bistrica – Lake Bled
- Personal expenses
- Tips and gratuities
- Insurance
- Optional activity costs
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Itinerary
1 Day tour
- Morning transfer from Bled to Mrzli studenec (Pokljuka plateau). Duration 30 min
- You ride through Pokljuka forest and Triglav National Park to Bohinj valley
- You reach Bohinj Lake through picturesque villages and then ride around it
- Optionally, go on a short hike and visit Savica waterfall
- Optionally, take a cable car ride up to Mt. Vogel (1540m) for breathtaking views of the Julian Alps and Lake Bohinj. Perfect time to get lunch in one of the mountain chalets
- The last part in Bohinj is a ride on a cycling path along the Sava Bohinjka River and through traditional Alpine villages to Bohinjska Bistrica
- Take a train ride from Bohinjska Bistrica to Bled
- Finally you ride around Lake Bled to your starting point
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Arrival at your destination
Slovenia is easily accessible as it is well-connected with the European network of motorways, railway lines and airports.
- By car:
Slovenia is easily accessible and offers a good network of roads. Across the Tauern-motorway (A10) to Villach, than forward on the motorway (A11) direction Slovenia, passing the “Karawanken-Tunnel” on the motorway (E61) direction Ljubljana- exit Bled. For the motorway (E61) you need the Vignette (road user charge), otherwise you can take the first exit Hrušica on the main street 452 and go through Jesenice forward to Bled. Distances from European capitals to Bled: Amsterdam: 1,200km, Venice: 260km, Munich: 420km, Vienna: 440km. - By bus & train:
Bus: Slovenia is connected with the following bus companies: Euro, Touring and Flixbus. The majority have a stopover in Bled or Lesce.
Train: several international trains arrive in Slovenia on a daily basis. The closest station is in Bled Jezero. The train Station Lesce-Bled (ca. 4 km away from Bled) is directly on the international Munich – Ljubljana railway connection. Find the time table on www.slo-zeleznice.si / www.oebb.at / www.deutschebahn.de / www.trenitalia.com.
From the bus or train station you can take a taxi, the local bus (pay directly to the driver) or contact us to organise private transportation (see table for prices). - By aeroplane:
Several airlines offer flights to Slovenia. The airports are Ljubljana-Brnik (ca. 35 km away from Bled), Klagenfurt (ca. 80 km) or Ronchi dei Legionari Trieste (ca. 170 km). Upon request we can organize a transfer.
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