Croatia Bike Tour Reviews (page 15)

★★★★★ (3/5) Scott Jacobson October 18, 2024

Swiss crown bike tour

Danube Capitals Bike & Boat Tour

Due to captain error, and running the boat onto a sandbar, we weren’t able to see the Iron Gates. Very upsetting since that was the main purpose of paying for this trip. Due to captain error, didn’t dock in Passau, long bus ride to train station. Amwater ways went to Iron Gates same day we were supposed to. Next time, I will go with that boat tour.

Countries included in this tour?: Austria, Croatia, Germany, Hungary, Serbia, Slovakia

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★★★★★ (3/5) Melany 2 days ago

Balkan bike trip

Cycling the West Balkan Triangle

The first two days were filled with of car, pedestrian and passport control traffic, along with being repetitive. The last few days were more authentic biking and scenery. The hotels were what was expected.

What was the date of your tour?: 223-30 May
How many tours have you completed?: 4
Difficulty (actual vs. expected)?: As expected
Who is this tour suitable for?: First-time bike tourists, Solo travelers
Countries included in this tour?: Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina

3/5 Value
3/5 Included meals
4/5 Bikes + equipment
3/5 Hotels or boat
4/5 Scenery
5/5 Ease of navigation
5/5 Tour documents
3/5 Route selection
4/5 Guides (if applicable)

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★★★★★ (3/5) Brent September 30, 2018

Beautiful scenery

Split to Dubrovnik: The Islands and Coastline of Croatia

Excellent support
Really challenging cycling
Doublecheck that inner tubes have been properly fitted before you start

What was the date of your tour?: Aug. 2018
How many tours have you completed?: 5
Difficulty (actual vs. expected)?: Somewhat harder
Do you recommend this tour?: Yes
Countries included in this tour?: Croatia

3/5 Value
3/5 Bikes + equipment
4/5 Hotels or boat
5/5 Scenery
4/5 Ease of navigation
4/5 Tour documents
4/5 Local tour company services
4/5 Route selection

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★★★★★ (3/5) EDWH August 23, 2017

Fun, but a few qualifications

National Parks of Dalmatia by Bike/E-bike and Boat

We had a great time but the parks were not quite as interesting or attractive as we had hoped. And some of the bike rides (the 3rd day in particular) difficult hills with nothing at all to see. Description said a ride around Vraner Lake and we never even saw it. That was coupled with the hottest week in the summer as temps were near or over 100 degrees Fahrenheit. Guides showed little flexibility in schedules or changes to accommodate the heat.

What was the date of your tour?: July 29, 2017
How many tours have you completed?: 25 or 30
Difficulty (actual vs. expected)?: Somewhat harder
Who is this tour suitable for?: Solo travelers, Families with teens
Do you recommend this tour?: No
Countries included in this tour?: Croatia

BikeTours.com staff reply from Jim Johnson August 24, 2017

Thank you for your feedback, and I'm very sorry you did not enjoy the tour. It's one of our more popular tours, and we've generally received great feedback. I did it a number of years ago and loved it. That said, guides change from year to year (or even more often), and other changes (positive or negative) can come into play.
As luck would have it, one of our staff members will be checking out the tour in a couple weeks, and he will pay special attention to the issues you rose.
Again, thank you for taking the time to provide feedback!

4/5 Value
3/5 Included meals
4/5 Bikes + equipment
5/5 Hotels or boat
2/5 Scenery
2/5 Ease of navigation
1/5 Tour documents
3/5 Local tour company services
1/5 Route selection
3/5 Guides (if applicable)

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★★★★★ (3/5) Labia September 6, 2018

Glad we did it - but too hot in August

National Parks of Dalmatia by Bike/E-bike and Boat

This is our third bike tour. The boat was much nicer than others we have been on. The cabins were very large and a good size bathroom. The food was good (not great). It was nice to have two tour guides. The downside was that it was really hot and the sun too blazing to enjoy the bike rides a lot. The landscape I would also say is a bit repetitive. All in all I wish we could have done it some weeks later with fewer crowds in town and especially cooler weather.

What was the date of your tour?: 18 August
How many tours have you completed?: 3
Difficulty (actual vs. expected)?: Somewhat harder
Who is this tour suitable for?: Solo travelers, First-time bike tourists, Families with young kids, Families with teens
Do you recommend this tour?: No
Countries included in this tour?: Croatia

3/5 Value
3/5 Included meals
4/5 Bikes + equipment
5/5 Hotels or boat
3/5 Scenery
4/5 Ease of navigation
4/5 Tour documents
4/5 Local tour company services
3/5 Route selection
5/5 Guides (if applicable)

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★★★★★ (2/5) Andrew Lindsay May 6, 2024

Disappointing Tour - Did Not Meet Expectations

Cycling the West Balkan Triangle

Positives:
1) The e-bikes were very good and well maintained; the routes were generally excellent if a little short for e-bikes (rides often finished early afternoon whereas on most other organised cycle trips I've been on they were spread out over most of the day).
The rides from Herceg Novi to Kotor; Ravno to Ston and Ston to Kun were particularly enjoyable - brilliant scenery and quiet roads.

2) Accomodation - Hotels were all very good apart from Marija 2. This hotel was a good 20 minute walk from Kotor; room was clean but rather dark and miserable (no view; no balcony but lots of signs instructing occupants what not to do). Fried eggs at breakfast were cold). By contrast the Hotel Stancia in Ravno was a delight.
3) Food - This was an enjoyable part of the tour. The 'included' lunches and evening meals were very good. The lunches at Ravno, Ston and Kun were especially enjoyable - offering liquor tasting; olive grove visit and locally produced food respectively. The local restaurants we chose for our evening meals were also excellent.

Areas To Improve: As a guided introduction to the West Balkans this trip has nothing to recommend it. The guide, while perfectly charming and an excellent cycle tour leader, had next to nothing to say about the countries we visited (their history; their customs and culture; their flora and fauna). I suspect his Company has never provided any training on how to be a tour guide.

This tour makes it very easy to miss exploring the old town of Herceg Novi; the walls of Kotor and Cavtat Old Town (indeed most of the group did) because they were never recommended or even mentioned; nor did we cycle to them). Dubrovnik is the jewel (albeit a very busy jewel) of the West Balkans and it would be very easy to book this tour and never see it (the old town is a 40 minute walk from the Hotel Adria).

I've cycled many times with Explore and Exodus on group guided tours and their delivered experience is vastly superior to that of BikeTours.com.

What was the date of your tour?: April 2024
How many tours have you completed?: I've been on well over 20 bike tours. The West Balkan tour is bottom quartile. Your guides need training. Happy to provide more feedback.
Difficulty (actual vs. expected)?: Much easier
Who is this tour suitable for?: First-time bike tourists, Solo travelers, Families with teens
Do you recommend this tour?: No
Countries included in this tour?: Croatia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina