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Join us as we cycle down the coast from Italy through Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Serbia, Montenegro, Albania and Greece, riding from harbour to harbour. This tour has Marco Polo’s spirit at its heart and is our first Epic bike and barge tour!
VENICE TO ATHENS | (SEPTEMBER 17 - OCTOBER 14) Marco Polo Overview 2 OUR ROUTE | FULL TOUR – VENICE TO ATHENS www.rideandseek.com
TOTAL CROATIA DISTANCE: VENICE | 1181mi 1900km Porec
ELEVATION: BOSNIA- HERZEGOVINA m | 86,500ft 26,365 Split MONTENEGRO DURATION: Hvar Korcula 26 ITALY DAYS Dubrovnik 25 Nights Kotor
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Valona Meteora MONTENEGRO BOSNIA- HERZEGOVINA GREECE
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Athens 3 MARCO POLO | AN EPIC ADVENTURE www.rideandseek.com OUR ULTIMATE ADVENTURE IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF MARCO POLO.
Following in the footsteps of Marco Polo
Join us on our most ambitious project to date. Our aim is to ride from Venice to Beijing, we have 7 distinct stages pencilled in. This is the first of these tours and takes us from Venice, Italy to Athens, Greece.
Our Epic Adventures are all created with a sense of discovery at their core and this tour fulfils that in abundance. Marco Polo is one of the great travellers in history and in many ways he embodies the spirit of the tours we run. The historical focus provides the context and runs in tandem with the cultural and gastronomic immersion we always seek to provide. 4 HIGHLIGHTS www.rideandseek.com
Marco Polo | Venice to Athens
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STAGE 1 - STAGE 2 - Venice to Dubrovnik Dubrovnik to Athens
Leaving Venice by boat our first stage embraces the Leaving Dubrovnik we are quickly into the beguiling essence of the island hopping which lies at the heart country of Montenegro before jumping on to the road of this tour. We negotiate our way down the Dalmatian less travelled with our meanders through Albania. coast via Marco Polo’s alleged birthplace of Korcula Albania has proved to be a true tour highlight as a and take in such jewels as Hvar and Split on our way to great cycle destination. Our final week take us first to the enchanting city of Dubrovnik. Corfu, before heading inland towards Athens. 6 2