Dalmatia Hinterland Cycling And Wine Tasting Tour

In this Dalmatian hinterland cycling tour, we used to visit and bike through Jezero Valley (also known as Vrgorav Valley). It’s a valley located near the cities of Ploče and Vrgorac. It’s a valley full of vineyards and a beautiful scenic landscape. It’s also the largest vineyard in Croatia. A long time ago this whole valley was a big lake and that’s the reason why it’s called Jezero (meaning lake in Croatian). There is a river called Matica that flows through the Jezero valley and it was causing big floods and the formation of the large lake many years ago.

 

Some hundred years ago, a tunnel was dug and it started to take away flooded water into Baćina Lakes and further toward the Adriatic Sea. You can find out more about this peculiar tunnel on our social networks and YouTube channel. We even used to have a tour through this tunnel called Maričevac. The total length of this tunnel is 2 kilometers and it’s a nice experience to walk through it.

 

Back to the Jezero Valley. For a long time, it was touristically not valored with people living here doing mostly agricultural work. In the last few years, the whole place began to ‘awake’ and attract more and more tourists, especially ones looking for an active vacation in Croatia. Many local wineries were opened in the surrounding villages and they started with wine tastings for the tourists. With all that, we decided to organize this Croatia cycling and wine-tasting tour and blended cycling and tasting of wine and other local products.