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Vršič pass by bike: 50 hairpins, cobbles and how to ride both sides
The north side is the climb, the south side is the descent. How to ride the cobbled hairpins, what changed at the top in 2026, and how to loop it back to Kranjska Gora.
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Mangart: riding Slovenia's highest road
12 km, 980 m, five unlit tunnels and a ledge to 2,055 m. How the road rides, why the top is closed in 2026, and why the season is shorter than you think.
The Soča valley by bike: Bovec to Tolmin along the emerald river
The valley road is the easy spine; Kolovrat, Drežnica and Predel are the substance. Distances from the regional board, the rain from ARSO, and a week that fits around both.
Bled and Bohinj: the lakes loop and the climbs above them
Two lakes, one new separated cycle route between them, and the climbs that make it a week: Pokljuka, Soriška planina and the forest plateaus. Where to base yourself and when.
Pokljuka plateau: the quiet climb above Bled
Two tarmac roads up, a forest road across the top that is closed to cars in summer, and a biathlon stadium at 1,347 m. Why it is the better training climb and the emptier one.
Ljubljana's best loops: where the locals ride from the capital
The flat Barje loop, the short hills, the Polhov Gradec lanes, Janče and Krim, with the distances from the city's own route list. What each is for, and what the basin fog does in winter.
The Karst by bike: Lipica, Štanjel and the stone villages
Two official loops, rolling lanes between drystone walls, 2,251 hours of sun a year and a wind that closes roads. The Karst is Slovenia's winter riding, if you read the burja forecast.
Slovenian Istria: Koper, Piran and the coast road hills
The coast is 42 km of promenade and salt pans. The riding is in the hill villages behind it, from Marezige to the Karst Edge and Slavnik, and in the six months when the Alps are shut.
Goriška Brda: cycling the wine hills on the Italian border
280 km of lanes over vineyard ridges, one real climb up Sabotin, and a climate station in the middle of it that explains why Brda rides in February. How to loop it and when to go.
The Vipava valley: fast roads and the wind that decides your day
Slovenia's fastest flat roads, two of its hardest climbs up to Nanos and the Gora plateau, and the burja, with the traffic authority's four wind levels and what they mean on a bike.
Logar valley and the Solčava panoramic road
The valley is the dead end everyone drives to. The 37 km panoramic road above it, through farms at 1,300 m, is the ride. Sections, surfaces, the two quieter valleys and the season.
Pavličevo sedlo and Jezersko: two borders in one ride
Over Pavličevo sedlo at 1,339 m into Austria and back over the Seebergsattel to Jezersko. Which way round, how long, and the 2 April to 3 November closure that decides whether it is possible.
Velika planina and the Kamnik Alps foothills
The herdsmen's plateau is closed to cars and open to bikes via the cable car, on gravel only. The road riding is below it: Kamniška Bistrica, the Kranjski Rak road and Črnivec from Kamnik.
Maribor and Pohorje: forest climbs in the east
Areh from Hoče, Rogla from Zreče, the Drava for the flat days. Long forest-road climbs from a city with no cycling tourism, the driest climate in our Slovenia series, and the two events a year.
Idrija and Cerkno: the hill roads between the Alps and the Karst
Kladje, the Vojsko plateau and Črni Vrh: the quiet climbs around Idrija and Cerkno, with the organiser's Franja gradients and the ARSO climate figures for the plateau
Kranjska Gora: base for the Julian Alps and the Planica valley
Vršič from the village, the car-free valley path on the old railway, Planica and the pass into Austria: a week in Kranjska Gora with the tourist board's figures and the ARSO climate
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