Eastern Europe Motorcycle Tour - Best Of The Balcans

Itinerary

Day 1: Cluj Napoca – Turda (Romania)

Stop At: Rimetea Monastery, Rimetea Romania
Enjoy a ride to Aiud Gorges. Crossing the white Hungarian Village of Rimetea will surely impress.
Duration: 3 hours

Meals included:
• Dinner
Accommodation included: overnight in a 4* Hotel in Turda

Day 2: Cluj Napoca – Sunset Mountains – Oradea

Stop At: Salina Turda, Aleea Durgaului 7, Turda 401200 Romania
Prepare to descend to the heart of one of the biggest salt mines in the country – Turda Salt Mines, with impressive halls named after kings and queens.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Apuseni Natural Park, Localitatea Sudrigiu 136 Comuna Rieni, 417419 Romania
Ride to Turzii’s Gorges, the most important reservation of the Sunset Mountains.
Duration: 45 minutes

Stop At: Oradea, Romania
the entrance gate to Romania on the Western border, the city of Oradea preserves the spirit of the belle époque even today. The feeling is rendered by the architectural Secession style that gives a special elegance to this town, still preserving the atmosphere of the turn of the last century.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: overnight in a 4* Hotel in Oradea

Day 3: Oradea – Eger – Budapest (Hungary)

Stop At: Eger Castle, Var 1, Eger 3300 Hungary
Today you’ll cross the border to Hungary and ride to Eger, famous for its beautiful baroque style buildings, its castle and thermal baths.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: overnight in a 3* Hotel in Budapest

Day 4: Budapest

Stop At: Varhegy, Szent Gyorgy Ter Square Buda Castle, Budapest 1014 Hungary
Rest Day in Budapest. You can choose to enjoy a walk in the Castle District with the imposing Matthias Church, Budapest’s finest and best known Roman Catholic Church, whose fantastic position dominates the skyline. The Fishermen’s Bastion, built in 1895 in neo-Romanesque style, as well as the Royal Palace are symbols of the whole country.
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: overnight in a 3* Hotel in Budapest

Day 5: Budapest – Balaton Lake – Maribor (Slovenia)

Stop At: Lake Balaton, Hungary
Take a relaxing motorcycle ride to Balaton Lake, one of the most precious natural treasures of Hungary. Balaton Lake is the largest lake of Central Europe, is 77 kilometers in length.
Duration: 2 hours

Stop At: 2000 Maribor, Slovenia
In the evening reach Slovenia and accommodate in Maribor. The town offers several interesting sights. You can take a walk along the river Drava or on the old part of the town with medieval towers and remains of the old town walls.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: overnight in a 3* Hotel in Maribor

Day 6: Maribor – Ljubljana

Stop At: Dragon Bridge, Resljeva cesta 2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
Continue your adventure to Ljubljana, the capital city of Slovenia. Take a walk on Dragon’s Bridge and the Triple Bridge – a symbol of Ljubljana, admire the architecture of Saint Nicholas Cathedral.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: overnight in a 4* Hotel in Ljublijana

Day 7: Ljubljana – Plitvicze (Croatia)

Stop At: Plitvicka Jezera, Plitvice Lakes National Park 53231 Croatia
Morning ride to Plitvitze – the oldest national park in Europe. The park hosts an incredible collection of waterfalls, gallery of lakes, forests and animal life diversity. The lakes are famous for their distinctive colors, ranging from azure to green, grey or blue, offering breathtaking views.
Duration: 2 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: overnight in a 3* Hotel in Plitvice

Day 8: Plitvicze – Zadar – Split (Croatia)

Stop At: Sea Organ (Morske Orgulje), Promenade Istarska Obala - Obale kralja Petra Krešimira IV, Zadar 23000 Croatia
Ride next to Zadar, the capital of the Dalmatia County, one of Adriatic ’s most interesting cities. Listen to the music made by the weaves and continue your ride on Dalmatian Coast.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: 21000, Split, Croatia
Adriatic’s most fascinating ports with a long history the city of Split is home of Diocletian’s Palace, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Split offers a wealth of museums and Roman ruins located in a dramatic mountain backdrop and opened onto a vast expanse sea.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: overnight in a 4* Hotel in Split

Day 9: Split – Karaka (Bosnia& Hertegovina) – Dubrovnik (Croatia)

Stop At: Plaža Banje, 20000, Dubrovnik, Croatia
Ride today to Croatia’s finest city, Dubrovnik. Christened by George Bernard Show “the pearl of the Adriatic”.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: overnight in a 3* Hotel in Dubrovnik

Day 10: Dubrovnik

Stop At: Dubrovnik Cable Car, Petra Kresimira IV BB, Dubrovnik 20000 Croatia
Rest Day in Dubrovnik. You can choose to walk the streets of the old city, to have a cable car ride, to enjoy a boat ride to one of the isles near by or you can choose to relax on the beach.
Duration: 4 hours

Meals included:
• Breakfast
Accommodation included: overnight in a 3* Hotel in Dubrovnik

Day 11: Dubrovnik (Croatia) – Kotor Bay – Cetinje – Podgorica (Montenegro) - Skhoder (Albania)

Pass By: Bay of Kotor, Kotor, Kotor Municipality Montenegro
Morning ride to the Bay of Kotor, located in Montenegro, known as Europe’s southernmost fjord, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: overnight in a 4* Hotel in Shkoder

Day 12: Shkoder – Tirana (Albania) – Ohrid (Makedonia)

Stop At: Tirana East Gate, Rruga e elbasanit, km 5 Rruga e Elbasanit, Tirana 1001 Albania
Get ready to make the acquaintance of Albania’s capital and largest city, Tirana. You can enjoy a coffee in the central Square and see life happening on the busy streets.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Lake Ohrid, Ohrid Republic of North Macedonia
Ride the winding road on the shore of Lake Ohrid and reach the Macedonian city of Ohrid. The “Macedonian Jerusalem” known for its impressive number of churches Ohrid County is notable for having once 365 churches, one for every day of the year!
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: overnight in a 3* Hotel in Ohrid

Day 13: Ohrid – Skopje (Makedonia) – Nis (Serbia)

Stop At: Old Bazaar, Skopje, Skopje Republic of North Macedonia
Ride to Skopje, the capital city of Macedonia. Enjoy a shopping session in the Bit Bazaar, one of the largest and most significant oriental old bazaars in the Balkans.
Duration: 1 hour

Stop At: Nis Fortress, Nis Serbia
Ride to Nis, one of the oldest cities in the Balkans home to Nis Fortress, one of the best preserved monuments of this kind in mid Balkans.
Duration: 45 minutes

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: overnight in a 4* Hotel in Nis

Day 14: Nis – Golubac (Serbia) – Iron Gates – Gura Vaii (Romania) – Drobeta Turnu Severin

Stop At: Djerdap National Park, Golubacki Town to the dam at Sip, Donji Milanovac Serbia
Ride today to Golubac, marking the entrance to Đerdap National Park. Walk the Golubac Fortress and enjoy the Danube views.
Duration: 30 minutes

Stop At: Iron Gates, Danube River, Orsova 225200 Romania
Ride along the Danube River and the famous Iron Gates – the magnificent gateway to the southern slopes of the Carpathian Mountains.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: overnight in a 3* Hotel in Drobeta Turnu Severin

Day 15: Drobeta Turnu Severin – Transalpina Road

Pass By: Transalpina, Parang Mountains Romania
With its highest point at Urdele Pass – 2,145m above sea level, Transalpina is the highest road in Romania. Called The King's Road by the locals, the road was built under the rule of King Carol II of Romania and rebuilt during World War II by German troops.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: overnight in a 3* Hotel on Transalpina

Day 16: Transalpina – Balea Lake – Curtea de Arges

Pass By: Transfagarasan Highway, Dn 7C Sibiu and Arges County, Curtea de Arges 115300 Romania
The most crooked and challenging of Europe's roads for motorcyclists is called the Transfaragasan (2,034 meters altitude). The second highest road in Romania, the Transfagarasan was built between 1970 and 1974 as a military route, by communist dictator Ceausescu (after the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968) it snakes up the tallest peaks of the Carpathians.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: overnight in a 4* Hotel on Transfagarasan

Day 17: Curtea De Arges – Sibiu – Turda

Stop At: The Large Square, Piața Mare, Sibiu, Romania
The fortified town of Sibiu has always been the centre of Romania's German minority since medieval times and it is one of Romania’s most beautiful cities.
Duration: 1 hour

Meals included:
• Breakfast
• Lunch
• Dinner
Accommodation included: overnight in a 4* Hotel in Turda

Day 18: Turda – Cluj Napoca

Pass By: Avram Iancu International Airport Cluj, Strada Traian Vuia 149-151, Cluj-Napoca 400397, Romania
With a lot of memories and surely some regret say good bye to Romania. Transfer to Cluj

Napoca Airport to catch your flight back home.

Meals included:
• Breakfast
No accommodation included on this day.