Dates
- entry September 10 - morning border crossing to Croatia, 80km route: Ozalj, Jastrebarsko. Some 18km on bigger road.
- 11 September - Zagreb. Some 25km cycling in the morning, but mostly rest & repairing bikes day.
- 12 September - in the morning we continue on train from Zagreb to Ogulin. Easy action with the media on the train. From Ogulin some 67km on small roads along a river (Vrbovsko, Moravice, Skrad, Mrkopalj), towards mountains.
- 13 September - mountains, some part on dust road, Jasenak, Jezerane, Otocac. 2 uphills and long downhill, some 80km along a beautiful landscape.
- 14 September - we spend first half of a day with bears, then action with mountain river dam in the afternoon. In between some 15km of cycling, so we take rest from previous day. We're still in mountains and Lika area, great countryside...
- 15 September - easy ride on mostly flat mountain plain along a river and lakes, small roads over Licki Osik, some 70km.
- 16 September - mountain pass (1044m) to the seaside. Marvelous mountains! View to the seaside! 50km, good condition dust road, loooong donwnhil to 0m above sea levell (Obrovac), than little climb and ride to Zadar. Possible action for bike lanes in Zadar in the evening.
->sleeping place in Zadar, big town at the seaside. Chance to swim... We sleep next to the beach. But don't count on bikeshops, it's saturday evening. Better wash your best shirt and go to disco!
- 17 September - partly seaside and inland small roads, 80km.
->sleeping place in Skradin, close to National Park "Krka waterfalls"
- 18 September - first part of the day is for media meeting, presenting local bike tracks network, and for seeing the waterfalls. In the afternoon little cycling (25km) to the seaside -> we take ship to islands at 18h at Vodice
- 19 September - resting day - carfree island Zlarin.
-> sleeping place at island Zlarin at very sea shore...
- 20 September - short visit to historic towns: Sibenik, Primosten, Trogir. Big road along a coast OR small road over the mountain (so up and down..) with a spectacular view of whole Splita area and islands...
->sleeping place in camp "Labadusa", village Okrug Gornji, few km further from Trogir on island Ciovo (Ciovo is connected to mainland with a bridge, which is inside town of Trogir.. check the map). Again, as on last 3-4 evenings, we sleep practicly on the beach.
- 21 September - action against asbestos factory close to Solin.
->sleeping place at small uninhabited island Barbarinac or Split in youth club Kocka.
- 22 September - carfree day at city of Split. Possible actions, possible critical mass, party in the evening. Sleeping place at club Kocka. End of BT 2006!
-> sleeping place in Vukomeric, eco-community project, with party and live music for Biketour participants
-> sleeping place at Green Action building, Frankopanska 1 street.
-> sleeping place in Tuk (at mountain hut), mountain village in Gorski Kotar
-> sleeping place in Kuterevo, Lika, the bear sanctuary.
-> sleeping place in Kosinj.
->sleeping place in Lovinac.
sleeping place at carfree islands Prvic or Zlarin.
From here, afterbiketour trips will be suggested (islands), and going back is possible by bus or train to Zagreb, and from there to any direction.Ferry from Split to Italy is possible (free for bikes!) for those traveling west...
more information about sleeping places is coming soon
meanwhile you can check a draft on our wiki
However, evenings and sleeping during 4 days in mountain regions might be cold. Make sure you have warm sweater or jacket.
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Here there's a map of the route points so far
it can be seen better at:
http://www.tagzania.com/tag/ecotopia+Biketour+2006+Croatia
or in 3d (with GoogleEarth) :
http://www.tagzania.com/kml/tag/ecotopia+Biketour+2006+Croatia