CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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A 422 km round trip from Koper - roughly 6 h 33 in the saddle. The stops in between: Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Ba, Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basili, back through Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basili and back through Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Ba. It crosses Slovenia, Italy and Croatia - carry ID and check vignette or toll rules. It suits an unhurried touring pace.
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For 1 km this is Croatia Istrian Hill Town Route, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Koper is Slovenia's seaport, a small walled town on a peninsula in the north of the Adriatic, and it spent centuries as a Venetian city. The Venetians called it Capodistria, and ruled it from the late thirteenth century until 1797, and the old centre shows it clearly. Narrow stone lanes lead to the main square, where the Praetorian Palace, a pink-and-white Gothic and Renaissance building, stands beside the Loggia and the cathedral. The bell tower can be climbed for a view over the red roofs to the bay. A short coast of only forty-six kilometres is all that Slovenia has, and it is made the most of.
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Koper is where the day begins. Next is Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Ba.
Aquileia today is a village of fewer than three thousand people in the flat farmland of Friuli, near the head of the Adriatic, but two thousand years ago it was one of the largest and richest cities of the Roman Empire. Founded as a Latin colony in 181 BC to guard the northeastern approaches to Italy, it grew into a great trading port, connected to the sea by a river and a canal, through which amber, wine, oil and glass moved between the Mediterranean and the lands beyond the Alps. Attila sacked it in 452, and many of its people fled to the lagoons, where their descendants helped found Venice and Grado.
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Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Ba comes up 34 km in. Next is Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Ba.
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Read the complete Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Ba write-up.
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67 km in you reach Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Ba. Next is Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basili.
Poreč sits on a little limestone peninsula on the western coast of Istria, and the old town still follows the grid the Romans laid down, with the Decumanus running straight down the middle. The Euphrasian Basilica is tucked a few lanes from the main street, behind a quiet atrium, and it is easy to walk past if you are looking for something grand from the outside. Inside is the reason it earned its UNESCO listing: a sixth-century church, built under Bishop Euphrasius, that kept its Byzantine mosaics through a millennium and a half of earthquakes, Venetian rule and tourism.
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Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basili, about halfway.
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Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basili sits at 135 km, about halfway. Next is back through Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basili.
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back through Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basili comes up 168 km in. Next is back through Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Ba.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Ba write-up.
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202 km in you reach back through Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Ba. Next is back through Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Ba.
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Read the complete Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Ba write-up.
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back through Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Ba, late in the day. Next is Koper.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Koper write-up.
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The route ends here after 422 km.
Koper → Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Ba is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Ba → Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basili is 84 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Episcopal Complex of the Euphrasian Basili → back through Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Ba is 84 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Archaeological Area and the Patriarchal Ba → Koper is 50 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.