Trans-Europa

This section starts in Vilnius, with its Baroque Old Town, a UNESCO World Heritage site, and heads west towards Poland. Riders will spin across the forests of Southern Lithuania, possibly stopping for a dip in a Soviet-era spa. Crossing into Poland the tour will camp along some of the country’s most beautiful lakes before heading south to the capital of Warsaw. Another few days brings you to Krakow, the only major city in the country to avoid damage during WWII and thus, an amazing repository of monasteries, palaces and churches. This section continues after 2 well-deserved rest days in Poland’s ancient capital and heads south to begin the climb up and over Central Europe’s highest mountain range, the Tatras. At the top of the climb, the cyclist will cross the border into Slovakia, a country of hill side villages and fiery Slivovica, a traditional plum brandy! The expedition now heads east across rolling hills to end in the country’s vibrant capital, Bratislava.