Eastern Europe Motorcycle Tour - Best of the Balkans

Day 1 Cluj Napoca – Turda (Romania)

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   Rimetea Monastery

   3 hours

   Enjoy a ride to Aiud Gorges. Crossing the white Hungarian Village of Rimetea will surely impress.

Day 2 Cluj Napoca – Sunset Mountains – Oradea

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   Salina Turda

   1 hour Admission ticket included

   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.

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   Apuseni Natural Park

   45 min

   Ride to Turzii’s Gorges, the most important reservation of the Sunset Mountains.

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   1 hour

   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.

Day 3 Oradea – Eger – Budapest (Hungary)

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   Eger Castle

   1 hour Admission ticket not included

   Today you’ll cross the border to Hungary and ride to Eger, famous for its beautiful baroque style buildings, its castle and thermal baths.

Day 4 Budapest

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   Varhegy

   4 hours Admission ticket not included

   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.

Day 5 Budapest – Balaton Lake – Maribor (Slovenia)

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   Lake Balaton

   2 hours

   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.

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   1 hour

   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.

Day 6 Maribor – Ljubljana

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   1 hour

   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.

Day 7 Ljubljana – Plitvicze (Croatia)

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   Plitvice Lakes National Park

   2 hours Admission ticket included

   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.

Day 8 Plitvicze – Zadar – Split (Croatia)

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   Sea Organ (Morske Orgulje)

   1 hour

   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.

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   1 hour

   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.

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

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   1 hour

   Ride today to Croatia’s finest city, Dubrovnik. Christened by George Bernard Show “the pearl of the Adriatic”.

Day 10 Dubrovnik

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   Dubrovnik Cable Car

   4 hours Admission ticket not included

   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.

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

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   Bay of Kotor

   4 hours Admission ticket not included

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

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

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   1 hour Admission ticket not included

   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.

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   Lake Ohrid

   1 hour

   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!

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

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   Old Bazaar - Skopje

   1 hour

   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.

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   Nis Fortress

   45 min

   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.

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

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   Djerdap National Park

   30 min

   Ride today to Golubac, marking the entrance to Đerdap National Park. Walk the Golubac Fortress and enjoy the Danube views.

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   Iron Gates

   1 hour

   Ride along the Danube River and the famous Iron Gates – the magnificent gateway to the southern slopes of the Carpathian Mountains.

Day 15 Drobeta Turnu Severin – Transalpina Road

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   Transalpina

   1 hour

   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.

Day 16 Transalpina – Balea Lake – Curtea de Arges

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   Transfagarasan Highway

   1 hour

   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.

Day 17 Curtea De Arges – Sibiu – Turda

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   1 hour

   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.

Day 18 Turda – Cluj Napoca

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   1 hour

   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.