From Venice into Croatia

This tour brings you along the varied coast of the Upper Adriatic Sea. You'll cycle through the Italian Veneto and Friuli regions, between Venice and Trieste, along the Slovenian sea shore near Koper and Piran, and along the Croatian coastline onto the stunning peninsula of Istria, through very diverse landscapes, which offer some of the nicest views of the whole area. While around Venice long sandy beaches and low lying lagoons are interspersed with lush cultivated fields, near Duino and Trieste high vertical lime stone cliffs plunge down to the Mediterranean. In Slovenia and Croatia, ample coastal plains make way for rolling hills looking out over the sea. All the while little sea side villages and tourist resorts as well as large busy port cities are spread out along the coast.