CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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290 km from Šibenik to Šibenik, about 5 h 33 of riding. It goes by way of Historic City of Trogir, Historical Complex of Split with the Palac, back through Historic City of Trogir and back through Historical Complex of Split with the Palac.
The ride follows Adriatic Highway, Jadranska Magistrala for 28 km.
Šibenik has the odd distinction of being a Croatian city founded by Croats rather than by the Greeks or Romans who established most of the Adriatic coast, and its old town climbs a hillside above a natural harbour, a maze of stone lanes and stairs. The harbour is approached through a narrow channel from the sea, and the fort of St Nicholas guards the entrance, standing on a small rocky islet. The Venetians built it in the 1540s to protect the city from Ottoman galleys, and it is a remarkable piece of military design, with a triangular plan and walls shaped to deflect cannon fire. UNESCO has listed it among the Venetian Works of Defence of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, together with the defences of Zadar. The fort is reached by boat from the Šibenik waterfront.
Read the complete Fort of St. Nikola write-up.
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Fort of St. Nikola is where the day begins. Next is Historic City of Trogir.
Trogir is an island, though you barely notice it. The old town sits on a tiny islet between the mainland and the larger island of Čiovo, linked to both by short bridges, and inside its walls is one of the best preserved medieval towns on the Adriatic, a UNESCO site of narrow lanes, stone palaces and churches, crammed into an area you can walk across in five minutes.
Read the complete Historic City of Trogir write-up.
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Historic City of Trogir comes up about 59 km into the recorded legs. Next is Historical Complex of Split with the Palac.
Few cities have grown inside a palace, but Split did exactly that. Around the year 300 the Roman emperor Diocletian, born in nearby Salona, built himself a vast fortified retirement residence on the shore of the Adriatic, a rectangle of walls, towers and gates. When Salona was sacked in the seventh century, refugees moved into the palace, and over the following centuries they turned its halls and corridors into streets and houses. The result is a living old town where medieval and Renaissance homes lean on Roman walls and washing hangs between ancient columns.
Read the complete Historical Complex of Split with the Palac write-up.
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about 87 km into the recorded legs you reach Historical Complex of Split with the Palac.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historic City of Trogir write-up.
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Historic City of Trogir, about halfway. Next is Historical Complex of Split with the Palac.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historical Complex of Split with the Palac write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Historical Complex of Split with the Palac sits at 115 km, about halfway. Next is back through Historic City of Trogir.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historic City of Trogir write-up.
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back through Historic City of Trogir comes up about 173 km into the recorded legs. Next is back through Historical Complex of Split with the Palac.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historical Complex of Split with the Palac write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 201 km into the recorded legs you reach back through Historical Complex of Split with the Palac.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Historic City of Trogir write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Historic City of Trogir, late in the day. Next is Fort of St. Nikola, 29 km on.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Fort of St. Nikola write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
The route ends here after 290 km.
Fort of St. Nikola → Historic City of Trogir is 59 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Historic City of Trogir → Historical Complex of Split with the Palac is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Historical Complex of Split with the Palac → Historic City of Trogir is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Historical Complex of Split with the Palac → back through Historic City of Trogir is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Historic City of Trogir → back through Historical Complex of Split with the Palac is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Historical Complex of Split with the Palac → back through Historic City of Trogir is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
back through Historic City of Trogir → Fort of St. Nikola is 60 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.