Moderate cycling with some longer, steady uphill sections, and longer days.
The season for this holiday is:
01 May 2022 - 31 October 2022
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
| °C | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 12 | 6 | 2 |
| mm | 106 | 101 | 121 | 149 | 164 | 173 | 159 | 160 | 170 | 165 | 195 | 120 |
6 nights: 01 May 2022 - 31 October 2022
Start any day | End by latest date(s) shown above
| Starting | Price | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 1 - 21 May 2022 | £965 | £170 |
| 22 May - 16 Jun 2022 | £1035 | £225 |
| 17 Jun - 31 Aug 2022 | £1090 | £285 |
| 1 - 30 Sep 2022 | £1035 | £225 |
| 1 - 14 Oct 2022 | £990 | £175 |
| 15 - 25 Oct 2022 | £965 | £170 |
| 3rd & 4th person discount | -£105 | |
| Single traveller supplement | £105 |
Includes accommodation, meals, bike hire, luggage transfers and any other services integral to the holiday as described, plus cycling notes and maps, but no travel from the UK, nor any connecting travel from the airport unless stated below.
Deduct £50pp if you are staying in Radovljica on both nights that the restaurant is closed (Sun and Mon)
Electric bikes available: add £74 per person
Book your flights through us and we'll find the best route and times to suit you. Please contact us to find out more about our flight booking service. We can also book connecting travel - see below.
Room upgrades (£ per person per night)
| Hotel Špik, Gozd Martuljek | ||
|---|---|---|
| Mountain view: 01 May - 31 Oct 2022 | £14 |
Extra nights (£ per person per night) in a double or single room
Prices include an extra day’s hire of a standard bike. If you are upgrading to an e-bike, add a further £14pp per day.| Hotel Ribno, Ribno (B&B) | Double room | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 01 May - 31 May 2022 | £88 | £118 |
| 01 Jun - 19 Jun 2022 | £92 | £144 |
| 20 Jun - 31 Aug 2022 | £105 | £185 |
| 01 Sep - 19 Sep 2022 | £92 | £144 |
| 20 Sep - 15 Oct 2022 | £88 | £118 |
| 16 Oct - 31 Oct 2022 | £78 | £106 |
| Hotel Špik, Gozd Martuljek (with dinner) | Double room | Single room |
|---|---|---|
| 01 May - 03 May 2022 | £104 | £132 |
| 04 May - 28 May 2022 | £92 | £120 |
| 29 May - 19 Jun 2022 | £104 | £132 |
| 20 Jun - 13 Sep 2022 | £114 | £142 |
| 14 Sep - 31 Oct 2022 | £104 | £132 |
Travelling from the UK
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Birmingham - Ljubljana (via Frankfurt) | Lufthansa |
| Birmingham - Ljubljana (via Munich) | Lufthansa |
| Birmingham - Ljubljana (via Paris CDG) | Air France |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Edinburgh - Ljubljana (via Frankfurt) | Lufthansa |
| Edinburgh - Ljubljana (via Paris CDG) | Air France |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Gatwick - Ljubljana | easyJet |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Heathrow - Ljubljana | British Airways |
| Heathrow - Ljubljana (via Frankfurt) | Lufthansa |
| Heathrow - Ljubljana (via Munich) | Lufthansa |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Luton - Ljubljana | Wizz Air |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Manchester - Ljubljana (via Frankfurt) | Lufthansa |
| Manchester - Ljubljana (via Munich) | Lufthansa |
| Manchester - Ljubljana (via Paris CDG) | Air France |
| Manchester - Ljubljana (via Zurich) | Swiss |
| Outward route | Airline |
|---|---|
| Newcastle - Ljubljana (via Amsterdam Schiphol) | KLM |
| Newcastle - Ljubljana (via Frankfurt) | Lufthansa |
| Newcastle - Ljubljana (via Heathrow) | British Airways |
| Newcastle - Ljubljana (via Paris CDG) | Air France |
This list of flight options should be used as a guide only, and you should check each airline’s website for current routes, frequency and schedules. Not all flights operate daily, and may not run for the entire season. You should also heed the latest flight arrival time and earliest flight departure time stated in the connecting travel section, as it may not be possible to arrange connecting travel outside these times. Please do not book your flights until we have confirmed your accommodation to you. Alternatively, our expert reservations team will be happy to offer advice and to make flight bookings for you for any of the options listed above except those operated by Ryanair. We charge £35 per person for our flight booking service. Your flights are then covered by our package-booking conditions, which give you greater protection in the event of delay or cancellation, as well as providing ATOL cover.
Connecting travel options - flying via Ljubljana
| Outward route | Price per person |
Latest flight arrival time |
|---|---|---|
| direct taxi airport to hotel (0h45) | £48 | flexible |
| Homeward route | Price per person |
Earliest flight departure time |
|---|---|---|
| direct taxi hotel to airport (0h30) | £42 | flexible |
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Julian Alps is a beautiful area to cycle but I would strongly recommend Ebikes as there are alot of steep uphills! Ljubljana is a fantastic City and so easy to walk around and has a thriving cafe scene along the river. The detours and recommendations in Inntravels notes are definitely worth following.
We loved the beauty of Slovenia , riding through such green farmland, forests and little villages. The chef's dinner at the hotel Lambergh was terrific. Cycling distances were perfect. Only slight disappointment were the buffet dinners at the first two hotels- they were pretty ordinary
The cycling routes were excellent and we liked the variety of landscape. We found the alpine scenery and Triglav National Park absolutely breathtaking and also enjoyed Lake Bled (we hired a rowing boat to the Island), Lake Fusine (Italy) and the town Radovljica which was old and beautiful - Vidic House cafe was excellent for coffee and cake.
Other highlights were the swimming pool and backdrop at Hotel Spik and the amazing Chef's dinner at Hotel Lambergh. The Muzej Talcev in Begunje which illustrated the brutal experiences of prisoners in WWII was poignant and well worth a visit. Also we walked up to the idyllic St Peters Church and view point from Begunje - the tourist information office in the village were very helpful.
The only minor disappointment was the Zelenci Nature Reserve, outside Kranjska Gora - not a lot there!
Julian Alps is a beautiful area to cycle but I would strongly recommend Ebikes as there are alot of steep uphills! Ljubljana is a fantastic City and so easy to walk around and has a thriving cafe scene along the river. The detours and recommendations in Inntravels notes are definitely worth following.
We loved the beauty of Slovenia , riding through such green farmland, forests and little villages. The chef's dinner at the hotel Lambergh was terrific. Cycling distances were perfect. Only slight disappointment were the buffet dinners at the first two hotels- they were pretty ordinary
The cycling routes were excellent and we liked the variety of landscape. We found the alpine scenery and Triglav National Park absolutely breathtaking and also enjoyed Lake Bled (we hired a rowing boat to the Island), Lake Fusine (Italy) and the town Radovljica which was old and beautiful - Vidic House cafe was excellent for coffee and cake.
Other highlights were the swimming pool and backdrop at Hotel Spik and the amazing Chef's dinner at Hotel Lambergh. The Muzej Talcev in Begunje which illustrated the brutal experiences of prisoners in WWII was poignant and well worth a visit. Also we walked up to the idyllic St Peters Church and view point from Begunje - the tourist information office in the village were very helpful.
The only minor disappointment was the Zelenci Nature Reserve, outside Kranjska Gora - not a lot there!
Superb holiday all the hotels were of a very high standard & all very welcoming after a days ride in wonderful Slovenia. The route took us to some the amazing sights, which would be hard to see find in a car.
This was an excellent holiday. The scenery was fantastic. We had superb meals at Sova restaurant near Lake Bled in Mlino and at Julija in Ljubljana. On day 5 of the cycling we did an extended route alongside the river from Bled back to Radovljica which was on a designated cycle path and was spectacular with kingfishers seen alongside the route. This was our favourite Inntravel cycling holiday to date.
INNTRAVEL NOTE: These customers combined our cycle In the Shadow of the Julian Alps with our Ljubljana City add-on
We really enjoyed our trip to Lake Bled and the Julian Alps. The e-bikes made it a pleasurable experience so that we could enjoy the magnificent mountains, lakes, waterfalls and sparkling streams around Kranjska Gora. Slovenia is a beautiful country.
The whole holiday was expertly organised and everything ran like clockwork - the hotels could not have been more welcoming and accommodating re the bicycles/transfers etc. The cycle instructions were excellent, and the variety of routes and things to see what perfect. An excellent holiday, thank you.
Highlights were the wonderful scenic cycle routes through tranquil countryside. Swimming in lakes and rivers, delicious food, friendly people. We actually found Ljubljana hot and overwhelming after this peaceful holiday, would not recommend this, it would have been better to stay at Chateau Lambergh for another day.
INNTRAVEL NOTE: These customers enjoyed our In the Shadow of the Julian Alps self-guided cycling holiday followed by our city add-on in Ljubljana.
We really enjoyed our holiday. The routes were so beautiful and perfect and we were so suprised how beautiful Slovenia is since we didn't know anybody who had traveled there. We would love to travel with Inntravel again if the hotels can be more accommodating to a vegan diet. We chose electric bikes and were happy we did so because then we didn't have to perserve our energy as much and even though the trip was approx. 160 km all in all we biked about 230 km because we took some additional twists and turns. With an e-bike we could also sleep in and often left the hotel at around 10 or 11. I would imagine that you had to leave earlier in the morning if you had a normal bike.
It was just so easy to check in to the hotels with our luggage already there and it was nice not to have to think about breakfast and dinner some of the nights even though we would have liked better vegan options - expecially because we had informed inntravel about our dietary restrictions weeks in advance. I know Inntravel informed the hotels because upon arrival I reminded the reception about it (as Inntravel had reccommended us to do) but when it came to dinner and breakfast it was unsatisfactory.
Slovenia is such a beautiful country with its mountains and wild flower meadows. The water in the lakes and rivers was so clear and blue it was amazing. Great for a lover of outdoor swimming. We loved Vintgar Gorge and were delighted to see a couple of dippers. There was a good mix of scenery and places to visit like Bled Castle. The cost of eating and drinking was quite reasonable.
We have just completed 2 Inntravel tours, back-to-back. We had wonderful weather and loved From the Tyrol to the Bavarian Alp. The scenery was outstanding, and the mountains awe-inspiring. We were very glad to always have our own off-line maps and walking poles, as there are a lot of hills/mountains in this part of the world. Lovely hotels and great meals.
Our cycling tour In the Shadow of the Julian Alps was also amazing. Great cycling weather. At the last minute we opted for e-bikes. We had never used these before, and decided to try them, since they seem so commonplace in Europe. They were great fun! We upgraded rooms at Hotel Spik, which gave us a spectacular view. Surely worth it! The meal at this hotel was the least memorable, however we gave our business to a local restaurant the following night and had a wonderful meal. Following the recommendation of a previous traveller's review of a restuarant outside Ribno, Sova about 3km from the hotel, we had a wonderful meal there, and would thoroughly endorse that recommendation. We also had a great lunch there with spectacular views looking over Lake Bled. The cycle route for this trip had endless moments of spectacular views and wow moments. Would throoughly recommend. The people of Slovenia were kind and welcoming, and we loved visiting this country.
This holiday had many of the great things needed in a cycling holiday: beautiful quiet countryside, good quality paved bike paths, some challenge but not too much in getting up hills, and excellent hotels. It was of the right length, both in each day's ride and in the number of days riding.
Electric bikes leave you with a smile on your face at the end of each day. What a wonderful way to travel - you can use the electricity or not, as you please. Slovenia is a gorgeous country, very well set up for cycling. Its fairy-tale landscape is truly appealing and the people very friendly
Of our four Inntravel cycling trips this has been our favourite (only knocking Denmark off top slot because of stunning scenery!). Slovenian people just the loveliest friendly helpful people, whenever we stopped to consult direction notes someone would stop to ask if we needed help. Cycle to Lake Fusine a high spot (literally... quite a climb) with amazing scenery. Two hotels with swimming pools a real asset after a hot days cycling. Very inexpensive compared to other EU countries. €1.20 for coffees.
Tips
1 Vintgar Gorge was very entry expensive at €10/person for a 1.5K walk with loads of bus parties and very crowded so we did and immediate uturn and avoided and this was early summer season so either go before sunrise or direct us elsewhere
2 A lot of ‘Mercator’ supermarkets at most villages so picnic in fields much nicer than below average food in local bars and in several villages there were no places to-eat
3 Kranskja Gora, Charlie ice cream cafe in pedestrian area square... Kolodvorska Ulica...has best home made gelataria ice cream
4 Vegan public kitchen in Bled ... vegan burgers with salad worth a detour https://public-vegan-kitchen-bled.business.site/ At side if shopping centre.
This is our 3rd holiday with Inntravel, all have been excellent (Salzburg Lake District, and Puglia), In the Shadow of the Julian Alps was really good, as the cycling was interesting on very few busy roads, the Slovenians were friendly and helpful and the mountain scenery really beautiful, it’s similar to the Austria trip, probably more rural.