Length: 52 km
Category: difficult
Surface: 40% asphalt, 60% gravel
Duration: 4.5 hours
Start: Lovran 0 m above sea level
Finish: Lovran 0 m above sea level
Difference in elevation: 1,019 m

This is a trail for cyclists willing to push themselves to the limit: on this route, you will first have to conquer the ascent from sea-level up to a height of 1,019 metres, and then the extreme descent down a gravel road. You start from Lovran and after a pleasant ride through typical Mediterranean landscape you reach Mošćenička Draga and Mošćenice, a medieval hilltop town whose history dates back to the time of the Liburnians. While ascending to the village of Sv. Jelena, you will enjoy magnificent views of the Opatija Riviera, Kvarner Bay and the islands. This panorama accompanies you all the way to the Bodaj pass, from which the entire Učka ridge can be seen. The route then leads to the village of Mala Učka, the highest rural settlement in Istria, then downhill to the Kvarner entrance to the Učka Tunnel and further towards Tuliševica. After reaching the Lovran–Lovranska Draga road, the route continues further on down to Lovran where, after 52 km, you come back to the starting point. You deserve all our congratulations and a pleasant rest in Lovran, the town of sweet chestnuts and cherries.

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		elevation (m a.s.l.)	km
Lovran (hotel Excelsior)		0	0
Medveja		0	3,0
Kraj		80	6,0
Mošćenička Draga	right	10	8,0
Mošćenice		165	11,0
Sv. Jelena	right	360	14,2
End of asphalt road		500	16,0
	right	730	17,0
Hunting stand	lijevo	680	20,2
Bodaj		900	21,7
	right	880	27,7
	right	990	29,0
Mala Učka	ravno	1000	29,6
Mountain pass		1020	32,6
Učka Tunnel	right	500	39,3
Asphalt road	lijevo	550	44,0
Liganj	ravno	310	48,0
Lovran		0	52,0

Trails

Did you know?

The griffon vulture feeding site

…that griffon vultures, endangered in Croatia, are often flying over Učka in search for food? Once they were nesting here, but today their northern-Adriatic population is decreasing and in order to help in their preservation, a feeding site was build in Učka Nature Park, popularly called 'griffon vulture restaurants'.

The „Two towers“ trail

…that in 2018 a trail named „Two towers“ was established, which connects the town tower in Lovran with the Vojak tower on Učka? The trail goes through the existing hiking trail, and alongside there are educational boards that inform visitors on the flora and fauna of Učka.

The Roman cheese

…that it is traditional on Učka to produce the „molded“ sheep cheese of distinctive taste since the Roman Empire time? Its production was standardized due to its use in the nutrition of the Roman legions, while today's cheese made on Učka doesn't differ much from its antique ancestor.

Slavic mythology

…that the Mošćenička Draga's canyon used to be the scenery of sacred beliefs for the first Slavic settlers on the Kvarner area? The local toponyms like Perun, Babin grob and Voloski kuk witness about the old Slavic cult of Perun.