Destination: Slovenia / Croatia

• Ride Type: Mountain
• Dura­tion: 10 days
• Fit­ness: Blue Square
• Skill: Blue Square

The word Balkan comes from Turk­ish, mean­ing “chain of wood­ed moun­tains.” Had the ancient Turks rid­den moun­tain bikes, they might have come up with anoth­er word for “wood­ed moun­tains with killer moun­tain bik­ing.” The Balkan coun­tries of Slove­nia and Croa­t­ia are just that sort of place, with the Sloven­ian Alps and Istri­an moun­tains of…