THINGS TO SEE EN ROUTE
Intermodal sections: train + bike
A new cycling lane passes by Tarvisio station, heading towards the Slovenian border: in the direction of the Fusine lakes, two emerald drops set in one of the coldest areas in Italy. We are on the foundations of the former Ljubljana-Tarvisio railway line, a great example of an old unused railway line converted into a cycling lane. In a word: greenway. Hurray! Continuing amidst the green countryside, at Rateče you enter Slovenia, soon arriving in the centre of Kranjska Gora, a famous tourist resort, where you can admire the church of the Assumption and the seventeenth century Liznjek House, a wonderful example of rural architecture which is now an ethnographic museum. The Sava river leads us to the beautiful town of Mojstrana, an old mining town, where three fantastic alpine valleys start and curve into the Julian Alps up to Triglav, the highest mountain in Slovenia (2864 m): Vrata, Kot and Krma. You head towards Jesenice, an important railway junction to then pass on towards the splendid Lake Bled, a spa and tourist area, enhanced by the small island floating in the centre. From here you catch the train which goes directly into the Soča Valley, to Most na Soči.
DESCRIPTION
At Tarvisio – a border town – the Alpe-Adria cycle route also crosses through, which from north to south from Austria leads to Italy towards Grado, passing through Buja, Udine, Palmanova and Aquileia: a virtuous circle which unites the three bordering countries by bicycle, bringing other important cycling itineraries into the network such as the Drava cycling route. From the old former railway station in Tarvisio you head east and then you leave the track which goes towards Austria and Arnoldstein and instead go right towards the Fusine lakes and the frontier town of Rateče, a small town dominated by the Peč Peak (1510 m) which marks the triple border of Italy, Slovenia and Austria. You continue along the nice asphalted cycling lane that uses the old nineteenth century railway line which connected Tarvisio to Ljubljana: it will keep you company for most of the day, skimming large fields and leading into thick refreshing woods. After a short while you arrive at the foot of the spectacular Planica side valley: where there are the famous trampolines used for ski jumping and where many world records were set up. With a pleasant ride you reach Kranjska Gora, well-known place for hosting world alpine ski competitions. The Sava Dolinka, one of the two source branches of the important Sava river, offers us some magical scenery in this rich and generous land, characterised by fields dotted with typical wooden barns, vertical racks, where the grass is left to dry. At Mojstrana you can visit Pocar House – one of the oldest farm houses in the Triglav National Park, now used for exhibitions – and the new Slovenian alpine museum. The cycling lane finishes in the town, so go towards the densely populated town of Jesenice and then from there – plunging once again into the green Slovenian alpine woods – to the wonderful Lake Bled. With an hour’s train journey you can change valley and reach Most na Soči, on the Soča river.
Conditions: all asphalted cycling lanes, with some exceptions in the first part
Useful addresses
Tourism FVG Tarvisio Tarvisio
via Roma 10, 33018 Tarvisio
T. +39 0428 2135
Tourist Office Kranjska Gora
Kolodvorska ul. 1c, 4280 Kranjska Gora
T. +386 04 5809440
Tourist Office Dovje-Mojstrana
Savska cesta 1, 4281 Dovje-Mojstrana
T. +386 04 5891320
info@mojstrana.com
www.mojstrana.com
Tourist Office Bled
Cesta svobode 10, 4260 Bled
T. +386 04 5741122
tdbled@telemach.net
www.td-bled.si
Railway station:
Tarvisio Boscoverde Jesenice, Vintgar, Bled Jezero Podbrdo, Most na Soči
Slovenian railway:
T. +386 012913332
www.slo-zeleznice.si
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