Croatian Bike Routes: Eastern Šolta Island

By , 04 Jan 2017, 10:59 AM Races and Rides

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Category: XC
Length (km): 42
Ascent (m): 1030
Route direction: Rogač - Gornje Selo - Livka Bay - Stomorska - Nečujam

Route description:
This route begins at the ferry landing in Rogač. Take the auxiliary asphalt road up to Grohote. At the corssing in Grohote turn left towards Gornje Selo and Stomorska. Ride for about 6 kilometres to the directional sign for Senjska bay. Here begins the gravel towards Gornje Selo. In this section you can find turn offs for Senjska and Grabova bays. Descent to those bays are quite steep but still accessible. Further on through Gornje Selo, past the large water reservoir on top of Gornje Selo and is a good orientation point. Further on gravel to the easternmost point of Šolta. On the way you can descend to Stračinska, Vela Travna and Livka bays. Back the same way to Gornje Selo and then turn right to Stomorska. Ride for several hundred metres and follow the sign towards the highest peak of Šolta - Vela Straža. First comes the cememters and then take the gravel road right to the peak with a view of the Middle Dalmatian archipelago. Back towards the cemetery, then left via a narrow road to the main Šolta road. At the crossing take the gravel road on the left that descends to Stomorska. When at the bottom go right towards Gornja Krušica via an asphalt road. Returning from Krušica climb above the bay and on the right take a gravel road through olive groves to Stomorska. Pass the entire village and head back on the main road to Gornje Selo. At the end of the climb, just before the chapel, go right onto the firemen’s road to Nečujam. Further on there are no signs and plenty of dead ends so best to follow the track to Nečujam. Pass through Nečujam and several wonderful bays (with a little bike carrying), upon exiting the last bay take the gravel road (steep in the beginning) and climb to Grohote. In Grohote take the road to Rogač.

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