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.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
A 331 km round trip from Dubrovnik - roughly 7 h 43 in the saddle. On the way it passes Kotor, Ulcinj and back through Kotor. It crosses from Croatia into Montenegro - carry ID and check the toll rules. A steady touring day rather than a sprint.
Dubrovnik was once an independent republic, called Ragusa, and it lasted for centuries by being clever. It was a small city-state that paid tribute to bigger powers, traded with everyone, banned slavery early, and kept a splendid ring of walls that still surrounds the old town. Walking the walls, about two kilometres of stone with towers and bastions, takes an hour or two, and offers views over terracotta roofs and a glittering sea. In 1991 and 1992 the city was shelled during the Yugoslav war, and the damage has been repaired, though a few signs remain. UNESCO added it to its list in 1979.
Read the complete Dubrovnik write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Dubrovnik is where the day begins. Next is Kotor.
The Bay of Kotor looks like a fjord but is really a drowned river canyon, a series of linked basins surrounded by limestone mountains that rise nearly straight from the water. Kotor itself sits at the innermost end, a walled town tucked under a steep cliff, with a fortress that climbs the slope behind it in a zigzag line of walls. It was a Venetian possession for centuries, and its narrow lanes, stone churches and small squares have kept their medieval layout. The Cathedral of St Tryphon, from the twelfth century, is the main landmark, and cats are everywhere, as the town's unofficial mascots.
Read the complete Kotor write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Kotor comes up about 80 km into the recorded legs. Next is Ulcinj.
Ulcinj lies on the far south of the Montenegrin coast, almost at the Albanian border, and it has a different character from the towns further north. The old town sits on a rocky headland above the sea, and for centuries it was a base for corsairs and traders. The population here is largely Albanian, minarets share the skyline with church towers, and the cafés serve strong coffee and sweet pastries. The Cervantes legend says that Miguel de Cervantes was held captive here, and the town likes to remind visitors that Don Quixote's author may have been a prisoner in its harbour.
Read the complete Ulcinj write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
about 166 km into the recorded legs you reach Ulcinj. Next is back through Kotor.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Kotor write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
back through Kotor, late in the day. Next is back through Dubrovnik.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Dubrovnik write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Back at back through Dubrovnik. That is the ride.
Dubrovnik → Kotor is 80 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Kotor → Ulcinj is 86 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Ulcinj → back through Kotor is 86 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
back through Kotor → back through Dubrovnik is 79 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.