Why this ride
A 203 km round trip from Žilina - roughly 3 h 50 in the saddle. On the way it passes Vlkolínec, Lestiny and back through Vlkolínec. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 850 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Zilina afternoon · Lestiny
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 203 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 50
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Zilina
Zilina sits where three rivers meet, the Vah, the Kysuca and the Rajcianka, in a basin of northwestern Slovakia surrounded by the Mala Fatra, the Javorniky and the Kysuce hills. That position at a crossroads made it an important trading town, and its old square, with arcaded houses and a Renaissance bell tower, is among the most handsome in Slovakia. The Burian Tower, a tall free-standing belfry in the old town, can be climbed for a view over the roofs. The cathedral next to it, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is baroque.
Read the complete Zilina write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Zilina is where the day begins. Next is Vlkolínec.
2. Vlkolínec
At the end of a narrow road climbing out of Ružomberok, a single street of log houses runs up a hillside meadow beneath the forests of the Veľká Fatra. Vlkolínec has been a World Heritage Site since 1993, chosen as the most complete surviving example of a traditional Central European mountain village of its kind, and it remains a lived-in place rather than an open-air museum, with residents, gardens and the occasional dog asleep in the sun.
Read the complete Vlkolínec write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Vlkolínec comes up 28 km in.
3. Vlkolínec
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Vlkolínec write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
56 km in you reach Vlkolínec. Next is Lestiny.
4. Leštiny
Leštiny is a small village in the Orava region of northern Slovakia, a short distance from Dolný Kubín, and its pride is a wooden Lutheran church that looks, from outside, more like a large farmhouse than a place of worship. This is one of the articular churches, built under strict conditions imposed in the late seventeenth century, and it is part of the World Heritage Site of Wooden Churches of the Slovak part of the Carpathian Mountain Area, inscribed in 2008.
Read the complete Lestiny write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Lestiny, about halfway. Next is back through Vlkolínec.
5. back through Vlkolínec
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Vlkolínec write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Vlkolínec sits at 111 km, about halfway. Next is back through Vlkolínec.
6. back through Vlkolínec
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Vlkolínec write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
back through Vlkolínec comes up 139 km in. Next is Zilina.
7. Zilina
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Zilina write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Zilina closes the day.
Leg by leg
Zilina to Vlkolínec
Zilina → Vlkolínec is 59 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Vlkolínec to Lestiny
Vlkolínec → Lestiny is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Leštiny to back through Vlkolínec
Leštiny → back through Vlkolínec is 24 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Vlkolínec to Zilina
back through Vlkolínec → Zilina is 59 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.