Slovenia and Croatia

We stopped at the side of the road to take a look at Primosten, and decided to head down for a mid-afternoon ice cream stop :)

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As we approached Pag Island the landscape changed. The Bora wind means that nothing grows.

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We crossed the bridge onto Pag and rode up to our hotel in Novalje where we were greeted with a glass of wine and nibbles of the famous Pag sheeps cheese. The wine went down particularly well with Thelma, Becky and Lesley.

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In the evening we walked down to the sea front to watch the sunset and have dinner.

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Day 8 - last day of riding ... back to Ljubjana.

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It started with a short 20 min ferry ride from Zilgen on Pag back to Prizna on the mainland.

Here's Todd and Lesley as we waited for the ferry. He was no slouch on that big RT, but needed a few helpers when he dropped it in the hotel car park ... if you look carefully you can see a mark on the right hand cylinder head protector ;-)

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The Magistrale coast road from Prizna to Senj was awesome and obviously a bit of a bikers Mecca especially at the weekend for the locals I guess. The bikes far outnumbered the cars on the road, mainly BMW GSs but lots of others as well. Our group was going along at a fair old lick but had a couple of sports bikes come past us knee down round a bend before wheeleing off into the distance.

We stopped for coffee and a quick snooze at Senj ...

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... before heading inland and crossing the border for the last time for the final ride up through the forests of southern Slovenia.

The last afternoon of the tour ended in rain, just as it had begun for the first two days. We had a couple of heavy bursts but it was mainly quite light until just after we arrived back at the garage in Ljubana to drop the bikes when a full on thunder storm started.

We were welcomed back with a glass of fizz and taxis to take us back to the hotel.

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Our luggage had already been unloaded from the van into our rooms by Mitja, just as they were throughout the tour.

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Then we had a brief walk into the old town for a final traditional Slovenian meal for dinner.


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So today was our last day. We had the morning in Ljubana with our four new American friends, buying souvenirs from the shops and taking a boat trip up and down the river before a long relaxing lunch and finally going to the airport. They have a few more days before they go home.

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Slovenia and Croatia are fantastic - I can't recommend this part of the world highly enough. The people are very friendly, the variety of scenery is spectacular and the biking roads are some of the very best I've done.

This trip had also opened my eyes to the advantages of doing an organised tour. Having a van to take all your gear, and a local guide makes for a fantastic experience but the really nice thing is the different folk you meet in your tour group.

I also think Mrs H may be up for a bit more pillion-ing so maybe a visit to a BMW dealer will be on the cards ;-)

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A very nice ride report with lots of detail for those who may be interested in a guided tour rather than winging it on your own. We were in slovenia last year and as you say a very nice place.
 


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