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Best Mountain Bike Trails
in Slovenia
Bovec mountain biking and cycling tours
Are you looking for the best mountain bike trails in Bovec? Then you have come to the right place. Bovec is without doubt one of the most stunning cycling destinations. It's landscape, diverse in nature, takes you away from the main urban areas and explores the many cultural, natural and historic attractions of the region.
This cycling route runs throughout the Triglav National Park and takes in a great deal of picturesque and unspoilt landscape. With its wide range of options it's the perfect place for families to cycle as well as those mountain bikers in search of more difficult terrains. The gentler routes run along streams and rivers and through cool forests - an ideal route for recreational cyclists and family days out. Why not stop off and have a look around the open air museums and the World War I monuments?
For the more advanced bikers the high mountain trails will give you all the adrenalin rush you need as you travel through the Kanin MTB Park. Here it's recommended that you take up the services of a tour guide to make sure you are safe and get the most from your trip. Best Cycling ToursSome of the country's best mountain bike trails, short and long alike are here in the Bovec area. There are numerous routes along the Soča, for example the ones leading to Čezsoča or Koritnica village which are great for family rides and recreational cyclists, whereas mountain bikers will not be able to get enough of the slopes of the Julian Alps when taking part in a guided tour.
Some of the more challenging rides include ascents to Lepena, Stol and Vrsnik whilst the Soča and Bavšica can be taken in on one of the shorter tours which feature low elevations. For the really keen rider, why not have a go at the MTB Park where there is a 4.5km long mountain bike trail with a 600m elevation gain?
The climbs to Vršič and Mangart are two of the best mountain bike trails and most popular routes in the Bovec area for cyclists. They are not long routes but you will experience an elevation gain of over 1000m and the routes can be added to by cycling around Kanin making them longer overall. The cycling packages are as follows
Prices start at EUR 217 per person for a four day package including 3 nights half board, a guided tour lasting half a day around Bovec featuring rides with various difficulty grades, bicycle and helmet hire and insurance.
At EUR 430 per person the six day package offers five nights half board, two half day guided tours with various difficulty grades, a moderate full day cycling tour, bike and helmet hire and insurance. Other Natural and Cultural Attractions in the AreaBesides of the best mountain bike trails in Slovenia here, there are many other places and things of interest in the area such as the Boka waterfall, the Great Gorge of the Soča and the Soča River, the Juliana Alpine Botanical Garden, basins at Kršovec Koritnica and Nemčlja, Kaninski Podi and Prestreljeniško Okno, Mlinarica, the Kluže ravine, the Mangart Saddle and lakes Dupeljsko Jezero, Kriška jezera and Krnsko.
There are forts, monuments and open air museums in abundance and churches too many to mention, details of which can be found at Triglav National Park Information centre. Additional OffersAs well as bicycles, biking equipment and tour guides, gear for other sporting activities such as, canyoning, caving, climbing, fishing, hiking, horse-riding, golf, kayaking, para-gliding, rafting, river sledding and skiing can be hired too. Best mountain bike trail map and Guidebooks The Cycling Routes Brochure and the Bovec Guide are available in Slovene, English, German, and Italian. The MTB Guide Slowenien - 30 Mountainbiketouren im Soča-Tal is available in German. The cycling profile of this tour is as follows:
Covering a distance of around 395km the profile incorporates 17 tours with marked routes. The lowest point is 370m above sea level and the highest 2040m above sea level.
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