Adriatic Moto Tours’ Adriatic Riviera Tour takes you from Ljubljana, the capital of Slovenia, through Bosnia and Croatia on “roads less travelled.” On our rest day in Dubrovnik, Croatia, part of our group opted to ride into Montenegro, which our guides were happy to accomodate. This village is typical of what you’ll encounter riding in the region. Photos by the author and Primoz Bric.
It?s a place straight out of a fairytale: deep forests, bottomless lakes, rivers that pour out of gaping holes in the mountainside, waterfalls, crystal clear azure seas and a thousand islands dotting a coastline where Roman ruins, medieval city walls and arcane necropolises sit amongst modern buildings that bear the scars of war. This complex and misunderstood (by Americans, at least) part of the world is rich with history and natural beauty, and it?s an underrated motorcycling destination?which is why I was so excited to experience it on Adriatic Moto Tours? Adriatic Riviera Tour. Slovenia-based Adriatic Moto Tours (AMT) specializes in introducing motorcyclists to the lesser-known destinations of Central and Eastern Europe, far from the typical crowds of tourists, and showing off the region?s 2,000 years of culture and history. In their words, you will ?Ride roads less travelled.? Relics of darker times: many buildings (such as this one in Mostar, Bosnia) still bear the scars of war.
War and Peace
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