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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From Foča it runs 397 km to Foča; allow about 8 h 40 of riding. The stops in between: Kalufi in Krekovi, Bijača and back through Kalufi in Krekovi. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,350 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It crosses from Montenegro into Bosnia & Herzegovina - carry ID and check the toll rules. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Greek cemetery is what the name means, and you will find the same name attached to old graveyards across the mountains of Bosnia and Montenegro. For generations, local people attributed the mysterious carved tombstones of the medieval period to the Greeks, a vague term for ancient or foreign peoples, because nobody remembered who had made them. In fact, these stećci were carved by the medieval communities of the region between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries, and the groups that bear the name Grčko groblje are among the many sites included in the UNESCO listing.
Read the complete Grčko groblje write-up.
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Grčko groblje is where the day begins. Next is Kalufi in Krekovi.
The Nevesinjsko polje is a broad, flat-floored basin high in the karst of eastern Herzegovina, ringed by bare limestone hills, and at Krekovi, near its edge, a group of stećci known as Kalufi stands in the grass. These medieval tombstones, carved between the twelfth and sixteenth centuries, belong to the transnational World Heritage Site inscribed in 2016. At Krekovi you find slabs, chests and gabled forms, some decorated with crosses, rosettes and borders, set in rows facing roughly east to west in the old tradition.
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Kalufi in Krekovi comes up about 112 km into the recorded legs. Next is Bijača.
In western Herzegovina, near the town of Ljubuški and close to the Croatian border, the land is a mix of karst hills, fertile valleys and vineyards, baked by the sun and scented with sage and fig. Near the village of Bijača, the necropolis of stećci, the medieval tombstones that are unique to this region, is one of the sites included in the UNESCO listing of stećci, spread across Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro and Serbia. The tombstones, carved with crosses, spirals, figures and inscriptions, stand among the grass and stones, a silent reminder of the people who lived here centuries ago.
Read the complete Bijača write-up.
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about 199 km into the recorded legs you reach Bijača. Next is back through Kalufi in Krekovi.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Kalufi in Krekovi write-up.
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back through Kalufi in Krekovi, late in the day. Next is Grčko groblje.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Grčko groblje write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at Grčko groblje. That is the ride.
Grčko groblje → Kalufi in Krekovi is 112 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Kalufi in Krekovi → Bijača is 87 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Bijača → back through Kalufi in Krekovi is 85 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Kalufi in Krekovi → Grčko groblje is 113 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.