Self guided tour: Soča River 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
Cycle with your family or friends, explore by yourself the most beautiful sights in the middle part of Soča valley. In this self-guided cycling day tour, you can enjoy the beauty of pure and intact nature and the magnificent natural landscape around the emerald river. Following the stream of the Soča river, you will visit some amazing natural spots like waterfalls, gorges and beautiful sights on the Soča river. For history lovers, there are many attractions associated with World War I.
Details
Destination: Slovenia
Duration: 1 day
Season: April-October
Departure/Return location: Hotel Dvorec Tolmin
Departure time: Every day from April 15 to October 15 2019.
Duration: 4 to 6 hrs (Approx.)
Distance: 40.5 km, + 335m, – 335m
Age limit: 10 years+
Difficulty level: easy
Included:
- Detailed documents, one per booking in the 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 7 or 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
- Personal expenses
- Tips and gratuities
- Insurance
- Optional activity costs
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Itinerary
Highlights:
- The confluence of the rivers Soča and Tolminka
- Napoleon bridge on the Soča river
- Kozjak waterfall
- remains of trenches, caverns, firing ditches and bunkers from World War I
- Kobarid as the centre of local cuisine in the valley
- The Kobarid museum
- Tolmin Gorges
1. First you will visit the confluence of the rivers Soča and Tolminka, the most popular natural swimming spot in this area and then cycle along the Soča river. On the way to Kobarid and back you will be able to see quite a few military chapels, an ossuary and cemeteries from World War I.
2. Before a longer stop in Kobarid, take a short trip to Kozjak waterfall, one of the most beautiful waterfalls in the Julian Alps. A 15 min walk from the cycling path through a pleasant forest near the Soča river will bring you to one of the nicest waterfalls in Slovenia – Great Kozjak. The ambient approaching the waterfall is spectacular – increasingly narrow walls, a stunning rocky amphitheatre and the cute waterfall with its beautiful pool.
3. You can make a short detour and visit the remains of the bunkers and caverns from World War I. We continue our journey towards Kobarid. Where the gorge of the Soča river is at its narrowest, you will overpass it by crossing the Napoleon bridge, a single bridge made of stone that was built in 1750. Napoleon’s troops marched across it on the way to Predel Pass.
4. Kobarid offers many monuments of World War I and it’s known as the culinary centre in Soča walley – the perfect spot to make a lunch stop. A visit of Kobarid museum or the Italian ossuary is highly recommended.
5. On the way, back to Tolmin you will cycle through picturesque scenery and villages near the Soča river. At the end of this attraction-filled tour, visit the famous Tolmin Gorges with the Devil’s bridge and Dante’s cave. The Tolmin gorges are the lowest and southernmost entry point into the Triglav National Park and Tolmin’s most important natural sight.
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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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