DAY 1 Bratislava arrival day

Welcome to Bratislava! Welcome to Bratislava. We check- in in the hotel, get to know each other and take you to Bratislava Old Town to have some sightseeing around you can see National Theater Old Building, Grassalkovich Presidential Palace, St. Michael´s Tower, Jewish Holocaust Memorial. Some famous street art statues as Cumil and Napoleon´s Army Soldier and have dinner and some beer in a local pub. We will collect the motorbikes and get ready for the ride.

DAY 2 Bratislava – Zilina (300 km)

We will ride from the Capital of Slovakia through The Carpathians. Our first stop is at the Bradlo, where there is Tomb of Milan Rastislav Stefanik, Slovak politician, diplomat and astronomer, situated. We can see beautiful landscape sceneries from there. From here we ride the roads of countryside of Slovakia and Morava, through protected landscape areas of White Carpathians and we come back through Vlarsky priesmyk (pass) to head up to middle Slovakia, to the heart of Strážovské Vrchy, village Cicmany, which is worldknown for its hand-painted wooden houses. We finish our ride in Zilina, where we stay overnight .

DAY 3 Zilina – Demanovska Valley/Jasna (280 km)

From Zilina we ride towards Kysuce, with its green woods, hills and many ruins of old castles. We visit Vychylovka, one of two world´s historical switchback railways. Our road leads through upper Orava (another protected landscape area) with its famous Orava Castle in Oravský Podzámok. We ride around Liptovsky Mikulas and Liptovska Mara water reservoir, all the way to The Low Tatras, the largest national park of Slovakia. We get off the bikes in Jasna, the village under the third highest peak of The Low Tatras -Chopok.

DAY 4 Jasna – Banska Bystrica- Jasna (300 km)

Today we ride around three national parks National Park The Low Tatras, NP Velka Fatra and NP Muran Plateau. From Jasna we ride to Cierny Vah – the biggest hydroelectric plant in Slovakia which is in 1160 m a.s.l., extraordinary place with beautiful views of The High and The Low Tatras. Then we will enjoy Certovica mountain pass and its fine curves all the way to Cierny Balog, with its national historic landmark = narrow-gauge forest railway Cierny Hron from 1908. We ride to shepherds cottage Zbojská where we will enjoy the beautiful sceneries, traditional lunch and homemade cheese. Then our ride continues through National Park The Low Tatras, through Brezno to Banska Bystrica, town with history of Slovak National Uprising and the World War II. We ride through mountain pass Dobnovaly with its fine curves and views, as we get to Magurka – mountain village in 1050 m a.s.l., with only 3 permanent inhabitants. Then we ride through Partizanska Lupca and Liptovsky Mikulas back to Jasna.

DAY 5 Jasna- Velka Trna (280 km)

The fifth day of our ride we move from Slovak mountains into the southeast of the country. From Vychodna, which is between the High and Low Tatras, village famous for its amphitheater and world-known Folk Festival to Velka Trna, heart of Tokaj wine region in Slovakia. It´s very special area with vineyards grown on though soil. Here we will stay at Ostrozovic Vinery to enjoy the wine tasting.

DAY 6 Velka Trna- Stary Smokovec (280 km)

On the sixth day of our route we ride from the south of Slovakia to The High Tatras, our biggest mountains. On the way we´ll see Kosice, the second biggest town in Slovakia, with its rich historical and architectural heritage, European City of culture 2013, European City of sport 2016. On the way to The High Tatras we ride around Spis Castle, the largest castle ruins in Central Europe, which is included in the UNESCO world heritage since 1993. Another UNESCO town on our way is Levoca with its historical center and the highest wooden altar in the world carved by Master Paul of Levoca in the 16th century. Today´s route will stop in Stary Smokovec which is the oldest village in The High Tatras, mountain range along the border of Slovakia and Poland. The major part and all the highest peaks of the mountains are situated in Slovakia.

DAY 7 Stary Smokovec – Banska Stiavnica (380 km)

Today we ride around the mountain massif of The High Tatras through Poland and its center of Goral Culture Zakopane. We come back to Slovakia in Lysá Polana, the most northern mountain village of the High Tatras. From here we move from The High Tatras to National Park Low Tatras, we enjoy mountain pass Certovica and through Banska Bystrica we get to Banska Stiavnica, town in the middle of caldera, created by the collapse of an ancient volcano, known as Stiavnica Mountains.

DAY 8 Banska Stiavnica – Bratislava (180 km)

On our last day we have a look around Banska Stiavnica town, which is UNESCO World Heritage Site with its many historical monuments and beautiful sceneries. We ride from the Stiavnica Mountains along the Podunajska Nizina to Bratislava, The Capital of Slovakia. In these days you could get to know our small country from all its sides, with the mountains and valleys, villages and towns, castles and beautiful nature landscapes.