Please do not book your flights until we have confirmed the minimum trip number has been reached.

We recommend flying into Trieste airport (Italy) and home from Pula (Croatia). Both airports are well served by regional flights from the UK and Europe.

Other useful airports include Rijeka, (Croatia) and Ljubliana (Slovenia), whose cities will be connected to both Trieste and Pula by Flixbus, with a journey time of 2 - 2.5 hours.

Trieste Airport is 40km north of the city, but is well connected to the by train, and bus for around 5 Euro. Train operators have different rules on large luggage and bike bags, but generally there isn’t an issue with a typical bike bag. Taxis are also available, but can be expensive (around 80 - 100 euros) for the 30 mile journey.

Our start hotel is close to Trieste train station, which is well connected to trains from other countries. Rules for bike carraige can be found on the Tren Italia Website:

https://www.trenitalia.com/en/services/travelling_with_yourbike.html

Pula does not have a train station, but there are buses around 4 times a day back to Trieste. Bikes in bags can usually be booked as an extra piece of XL luggage.

You can secure your spot by paying a £300 deposit, which is refundable up to the point that we confirm the trip minimum numbers have been met. Once the trip is confirmed, the deposit is not refundable. The remaining balance is due 60 days before the trip by bank transfer.  Cancellation between 60 days and 28 days, you’ll get 50% back.  Cancellation within 28 days is non-refundable, but you can transfer your booking to another person should you find one.  View the full booking terms and conditions here.

We highly recommend taking out travel insurance at the point of booking to cover in case of cancellation or curtailment.

We’ll have a max group size of 18, minimum group size of 8 to run.

We will try our best to accommodate dietary restrictions for meals that we prepare, and will pass on to any places that we eat on the trip.

If you have serious allergies, please email us before booking on hello@sistersinthewild.com.

Travel insurance is compulsory on all of our trips. Your insurance must include adequate protection for overseas medical treatment, evacuation or repatriation, your baggage and equipment, and the specific activities (for example, multi day off-road cycling) involved on your SITW trip. We highly recommend that you book travel insurance as soon as you book your trip. We also highly recommend taking out a policy which also includes personal liability, cancellation and cover in the event you are unable to join your trip due to illness or injury, curtailment, loss of luggage or personal effects, or for any other reason.

E.g. with Yellow Jersey, Bikmo, Laka

In order to make the most of the riding on offer, we’d suggest that you are comfortable riding 30+ miles in a day in reasonably hilly terrain, for a few days on the run. Riding a loaded bike takes a little more effort, so if you’re planning to carry your own lugagge, we’d recommend trying some practice rides of 30 miles + with some weight/luggage on your bike.

There is no pressure to ride fast! Days are long, and you are free to start as early as you want.  A little bit of prior experience of riding off road is recommended.  

Feel free to drop us an email hello@sistersinthewild.com if you have any questions on this.

Yes, you can book directly with our starting/ending hotel if you wish to stay earlier/later .  We’ll share info on where we’ll be staying in Trieste and Pula as soon as we can.

If you need to arrive late, that’s also fine, though ideally we’d have you join in time for the rider briefing on the evening of day 1, but we can fill you in.

Summers in Croatia tend to be hot, with slightly cooler temperatures in the shoulder months of June & September. Our previous trips to the region at this time of year have seen temperatures mostly in the mid-20’s. Of course, there is always a chance of hotter and cooler temperatures and rain, soe suggest packing for all weathers just in case! We’ll share a detailed packing list in our trip guide.

We’’ll share a detailed packing list as part of the Trip Joining Info, but you’ll need

• Your bike, spares & basic tools, helmet, navigation device, and lock

• Bikepacking bags (or add luggage transfer!). Bags can be loaned from us.

• Clothes to ride in, rain or shine

• Off the bike clothes

• Beach time kit

• Personal items

We have a library of navigation devices we can loan you for the weekend. These can be added to your booking through the normal ticket process.

Bikepacking bags can be loaned from us, and added to your booking for a small fee. Book through the normal ticket process, and we’ll match them to your order.

We recommend checking out the country-specific information

Slovenia is in the EU Shengen zone, and most travellers do not require a visa. Please check the specific requirements for your country.

Travelling to Croatia is considered to be fairly safe. While there are still laws that victimise members of this community (largely due to the country's more catholic ideologies), LGBTQIA+ rights have come a long way with many bills also being passed to protect members against harm, abuse, and discrimination in recent years. These bills include the Same-sex Life Partnership Act (enabling same-sex couples to officially recognise their relationship before the law), the Gender Equality Act, the Anti-Discrimination Act, and the Media Act (prohibiting any program media from encouraging or glorifying inequality based on sexual orientation). 

On a more social level, acceptance and support for the community have also strengthened with public displays of affection between same-sex couples no longer frowned upon in larger, metropolitan cities such as Zagreb, Split, Dubrovnik, and Rijeka. However, if you're travelling to lesser populated cities or more rural and conservative areas of the country, the same public displays of affection may be met with hostility.

Bike boxes/bags can be left at the start of the trip, and we will meet them again at the end.