Venice - Trieste: Beach & Bike Family Tour

Day 2:

(approx. 25 km)

The first chilometres on your bicycle tour leaves you to the typical beach resort of Lido di Jesolo, which seams unchanged for the last 30 years and that‘s probably why it is so popular. The adventure parke New Jesolandia with his numerous attractions, from the classic one to the new-modern, will invite you for a visit in the late afternoon.

Day 3:

(approx. 20 km)

Today you will first reach Eraclea Mare and pass it‘s lagoon surrounded by dunes and pine trees on all sides, which is a refuge for birds. You cycle along the coast into the holiday center Duna Verde, conspicuously laid out in a circular pattern. However, the preserved nature, the dunes and the greenery give the town its striking name. Today‘s destination is Caorle, where beach and sea are mixed with history and traditions. The fishing port in the historic center, antique houses, alleys and squares characterize the picture.

Day 4:

(approx. 40 - 50 km)

You have to say goodbye to the sea now - but not for long. Through the hinterland you cycle around the lagoon of Caorle, which Ernest Hemingway already loved and which enchants with its very special flora, the many migratory and standing birds and the old fishermen‘s huts made of wood and reeds, which are still preserved. Back at the sea, you will spend the night in Bibione or Lignano, the two seaside resorts to the left and right of the Tagliamento River, which rises in the Alps and flows into the Adriatic here.

Day 5:

(approx. 45 - 55 km + boat trip)

The river Stella leads you today from its mouth in the Stella nature reservoir into the hinterland to the small towns of Precenicco and Palazzolo dello Stella. On the other side of the river you cycle to the so-called „Bilancia da Bepi“, where fishing is still carried out with a large net, as it has been for 40 years. You continue by boat until shortly before Aquileia, a formerly thriving city of the Roman Empire. From there it is not far to the stage destination Grado. Grado is considered a sun and gold island, has a beautiful old town and is equally popular with beach and culture lovers.

Day 6:

A ship takes you across the Gulf of Trieste to the former Habsburg town by the sea. Trieste has a rich and complex history and only became part of Italy at the end of the First World War. A backdrop of ships and cranes, palaces from the imperial era and magnificent villas characterize today‘s cityscape. Many buildings are kept in the neoclassical and art nouveau style. The center of the extremely charming city, also called „Gate of Europe“ or „Coffee capital“, is the spectacular Piazza dell’Unità d’Italia.

Day 7:

Individual departure or possibility to extend your stay in Trieste.

By car: Take the Brenner Highway (A22) from Innsbruck to Verona and continue to the exit Noventa di Piave-Jesolo or drive from Villach over the border crossing point Arnoldstein to Udine and continue to the exit San Donà di Piave-Jesolo. From here along the SP83 to San Donà di Piave.
By train: Take a train to the main station iSan Donà di Piave-Jesolo. With public bus to the hotel. Timetable available on: www.deutschebahn.de, www.oebb.at, www.trenitalia.com
By plane: Low cost flights are available to Sant’Angelo airport in Treviso, Ronchi dei Legionari airport in Trieste and to the Marco Polo airport in Venice which offer an airport shuttle (Venice and Treviso) to and from San Donà di Piave.

Hotels 3*** and 4**** category
Attention: Tourist tax – if requested – has to be paid on the spot.

Depending of your starting hotel or free ungarded parking place or chargeable parking place diretly at the hotel.

Return transfer every Tuesday and Friday by shuttle bus from Trieste to Venice mainland/Mestre at a price of € 69.00 per person (bicycle included – reservation and payment upon booking). Minimum 4 persons.

21-gears women‘s or men‘s bicycle
E-bike (UNISEX bike, 500 W battery; range up to 100 km)
Children’s bike, children’s bike seat, kid-van and trailer are available on reques