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Piva Canyon

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Recorded distance
59 km
Riding-time estimate
1 h 22
Journey
Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis

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Why this ride

Tight canyon geometry, elevation changes and strong visual drama. It also links naturally to Piva Canyon.

Access context

Check mountain weather, border delays and summer coast traffic. Specific flag: tunnels; rockfall.

Seasonal context

May-Oct

Waypoint introductions and full write-ups

  1. 1. Plužine

    Plužine is the small hub of the Piva region in north-western Montenegro, and its setting is the reason anyone talks about it. The town stands above a huge artificial lake, Pivsko Jezero, created in the 1970s when the Mratinje dam was built across the Piva canyon. The dam is a concrete arch more than 200 metres high, among the tallest in Europe when it was finished, and the water behind it filled one of the deepest, narrowest gorges in the Balkans. Old Plužine and the monastery of Piva were moved higher up before the flooding, and the monastery, with its painted interior, is still the area's main cultural treasure.

    Read the complete Near Plužine write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

    May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

    Planning note

    Plužine sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Nikšić.

  2. 2. Nikšić

    Nikšić is the second city of Montenegro, with about fifty-eight thousand people, and it has the character of an industrial and university town rather than a tourist one. It lies on a broad plain in the west of the country, surrounded by bare mountains, and the wind can come off them hard. The old name of the settlement goes back to Roman Anagastum, and the Ottoman era left a fortress, Bedem, on a rise above the town. In the late nineteenth century Nikšić was taken into Montenegro and rebuilt with wide streets and a planned layout, which is why it feels more orderly than many Balkan towns.

    Read the complete Nikšić write-up.

    Recorded stop-planning note

    May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.

    Planning note

    Nikšić comes up 59 km in.

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