Adriabike 03 - The middle course of the Isonzo

This trip takes us to the middle course of the Soča; you pedal among many natural beauties, dams, bridges, lakes, waterfalls but also many historical and cultural splendours which make the ride fascinating and engaging. From Kobarid you follow the left bank of the Soča reaching Tolmin, on a panoramic road, and from here you go to Most na Soči, with its characteristic lake squeezed in between the mountains, to arrive then on an asphalted road up to Kanal, crossing the famous XVI century bridge, the symbol of the town, destroyed and rebuilt many times. You must also see the Kontrada square with its Gothic House and the parish church of the Assumption dating back to 1431. The route continues towards Plave, the theatre of many battles during the Great War: now the river becomes narrower and tortuous and you can enjoy the view pedalling on a safe gravel cycling lane. The vegetation continually changes: from beech tree woodlands to more thermophilic formations, with the addition of Mediterranean flora. The aromas of the mountains now give way to Mediterranean essences. At the end of the cycling lane the railway bridge at Solkan appears impressively, with its stone arch which is the widest in the world, an engineering masterpiece from the beginning of the XX century. From Solkan you quickly reach Nova Gorica, joined to Gorizia by Piazza Europa, symbol of fraternity between the two towns.

Conditions : mainly on mixed-traffic asphalted roads