Sarajevo and Dubrovnik to be connected by long-distance bike route

Sarajevo and Dubrovnik to be connected by long-distance cycle route

ZAGREB,  18 Dec (Hina) – Sarajevo and Dubrovnik are expected to be connected soon by a 350-kilometre-long bike route that will pass through the most beautiful scenery of Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) and southern Croatia, creating a new tourism potential in both countries, BiH media reported on Monday.

The initiative was launched by the HercegovinaBike association and the Visit Konjic organisation, with support announced by the EU Delegation in Bosnia and Herzegovina through access to funds provided by the European Union.

The development of this cycling route from the BiH capital towards Herzegovina and further to the southern Croatian city of Dubrovnik is planned to be carried out within the broader project “EU for Local Communities,” funded by the European Union and implemented by the Centre for the Promotion of Civil Society (CPCD) from Bosnia and Herzegovina, in partnership with the HELP association.

Dubrovnik

The head of the HercegovinaBike association, Toni Zorić, said that the plan is to develop bicycle paths that would run from Sarajevo, passing over Mount Bjelašnica to Boračko Lake above Konjic, and then over Mount Rujište to Mostar.

From the largest city in Herzegovina, the route would follow the existing ‘Ćiro’s Path,’ which once served as the narrow-gauge railway line all the way to Dubrovnik, covering a distance of 140 kilometres.

Sarajevo

This is just part of a long-term project aimed at connecting all the bike routes across Bosnia and Herzegovina, with the goal of making the country a part of Eurovelo, a network of long distance cycle routes connecting and uniting the whole European continent.