Explore Slovenia by bike: Top experiences and trails
The varied natural landscapes of Slovenia are ideal for a cycling holiday - thanks to the Mediterranean climate, it is possible all year round. No matter what kind of bike you prefer, how much stamina you have and what routes pique your interest, you will definitely be able to find a cycling adventure to your liking in Slovenia. Trails for MTB and Enduro lovers, an extended network of gravel roads for gravel bikers, an endless choice of side roads over high mountain passes or plains for road bike lovers, and long-distance trails for E-bikers and trekking bikers. Families will love to explore the extended network of designated bike-only cycle paths.
The 10 most beautiful mountain biking trails in Slovenia
Top bike parks
Jamnica single trail park, the Koroška region
Cyclists on bikes named „all-mountain“ and „enduro“ can enjoy 21 kilometres of single trails in the Koroška park. Less difficult and technically challenging trails are linked together with a special trail to facilitate the return to the top. The mountainous surrounding area attracts MTB bikers as they can descend the neighbouring Mt Peca along a trail with 1,000 metres of elevation difference, considered to be the longest flow trail in Europe.
Diverse geology and strong natural factors ( glaciers and rivers) in our mountains, made region of ...
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Pohorje Bike Park, Maribor
For their dose of adrenaline, beginners can choose the 5.5-kilometre blue flow and family line with small jumps. The advanced and more skilled bikers challenge themselves on the 2.9-kilometre super-fast red line with huge jumps, while pro bikers ride the legendary 2.1-kilometre black line of the World Cup with its technical jumps.
Venue of the downhill world championship. Do you have the courage to take a bike ride on Pohorje ...
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Kranjska Gora Bike Park
On the iconic ski slope in the heart of the Julian Alps, accessible via a four-seater chairlift, a bike park for all types of bikers (free ride, northshore, enduro, tabletop, downhill) of various physical fitness levels has been set up. Families and beginners, experienced and professional mountain bikers can also venture on trips and regular tours of the surrounding hills.
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Krvavec Bike Park
Choose from 30 kilometres of trails on six marked mountain biking trails with the largest elevation drop among the Slovenian bike parks. The park enables the perfection of skills on wooden and rock elements which can be practised on the trail for beginners and on the panoramic trail.
Bike park Krvavec with over 30 km of Mountain Bike trails and biggest elevation drops among Bike ...
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Rogla Bike Park
In the midst of the Pohorje forests, bikers can enjoy the thrills provided by trails of various difficulty levels and elements such as tabletops, berms, drops, step-ups, etc. The most difficult trails for super challenging descents with jumps and fast bends are particularly attractive. A park that attracts extra demanding bikers, it is also suitable for beginners who venture on the trails with instructors.
Descend one of our 9 trails with adrenaline descents and obstacles that include bridges, "bands" ...
TOP LONG-DISTANCE CYCLING TRAILS IN SLOVENIA
The well-maintained cycle paths lead to natural and cultural treasures, along the routes you can get to know the gastronomy and the locals of the country. The bike tours lead over the plateaus of central Slovenia, through forests, meadows, and vineyards, along the coast, through the outskirts of the Triglav National Park, and through cities. Slovenia's cities are very bike-friendly, and many also offer a public bike rental system. This is how an environmentally friendly city experience works!
Photo: Strunjan Kolesarjenje, Slovenia Tourist Board
Slovenian Mountainbike route
The diversity of Slovenian regions can be explored on this 1,800-kilometre-long route with 50,000 meters of elevation difference and 109 control points at 41 stages for which GPS tracking is available. This circular route that connects all the major Slovenian mountain ranges by means of skid trails and paths, field trails, and side roads includes 50 mountain huts and important aspects of mountaineering, ethnographic and technical history.
Pohorje Cycling Transversal
A diverse 75-kilometre route linking the sports centre of the Maribor Pohorje Hills with those of Areh, Rogla, the Ribnica Pohorje Hills and Kope. The starting point or the end of the route in the Maribor section is at the upper station of the Pohorje funicular and at the Kremžar Vrh Hill above Slovenj Gradec in the Koroška section. The entire Pohorje Hills are intertwined with numerous cycling trails, many of which are connected with the attractive transversal.
Photo: Jost Gantar, Outdooractive Editors
Trans Slovenia 1
Experience exceptional diversity on the 384-kilometre long mountain bike tour, Trans Slovenia 1, which links three countries: Slovenia, Italy and Austria. The trail will take you from the Julian Alps through the picturesque Soča River Valley to the green hills of the Brda region, and then through the Vipava Valley and across the mysterious Karst to the coast. Awaiting you along the trail, which is divided into seven daily stages, are local delicacies and interesting and sometimes shocking traces of the past.
Photo: Tomo Jesenicnik, Slovenia Tourist Board
Trans Karavanke MTB Trail
The Karavanke Alps, the longest Slovenian mountain range, stretching along the Slovenian-Austrian border, is 132 kilometres long. It stuns mountain bikers with its trail through an awe-inspiring landscape offering majestic views. The trail from the Jezersko Valley to the Triple Border (Tromeja) in the far northwestern part of Slovenia is suitable for physically fit cyclists. It is divided into five daily stages between 25 and 35 kilometres in length. The largest elevation difference in one day is 1,650 m.
The longest Slovenian mountain range are a 120 km long Karavanke. It is full of passes with mountain trails, but this MTB route will take you ...
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Juliana Bike
The Juliana Bike Mountain Biking Loop, with seven basic access stages and three additional access stages, runs through the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve of the Julian Alps and also extends into the Triglav National Park. Set off on a journey on local roads, cycling paths, forest trails or cart tracks while paying respect to nature, sensitive habitats and the life of the locals in the Julian Alps. The well-marked Juliana Bike is also part of the Slovenian Long-distance cycling Route.
THE JULIANA BIKE MOUNTAIN BIKING LOOP is the younger sister of the Juliana Trail and is basically the part of the Slovenian Mountain Biking Route; ...
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The choice of beautiful bike paths in Slovenia seems endless
For leisurely cyclists, there is a route along the river, for example, the Drava cycling trail, which stretches from Koroška via Maribor and Ptuj to Ormož and passes castles and palaces as well as monuments from Roman times. Anyone who wants to can continue to Croatia from Ormož. The Parenzana cycling trail also impresses leisure cyclists: It runs on the former railway line between Trieste and Poreč (Croatia) and through picturesque coastal towns. The landscape of the Škocjanski zatok nature reserve, the Sečovlje salt pans Landscape Park and the Istrian hinterland are on the plan.
Of course, it doesn't always have to be such a long-distance cycling trail, numerous short laps promise adventure and nature experiences as well as the Bohinj cycling trail with the routes to Voje and Mostnica waterfalls.