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Vršič and Predil loop

From Kranjska Gora over the Vršič pass and its cobbled hairpins, down the emerald Soča valley through Trenta towards Bovec, then over the Predil pass into Italy at Tarvisio and back into Slovenia.

Distance
56 miles (90 km)
Type
Loop
Where
Julian Alps

Plotted by us, not yet ridden

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Click a dot for details. White dots are the stops, each with a bed search. Yellow dots are places to see.

Main roads

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From the map

Longest gap between fuel
44 miles
Fuel stations near the line
6
Curvature
322 ° a mile
Campsites within 2 km
20
  • The longest stretch with no fuel station within 1 km of the line runs from mile 0 to mile 44. Check it against your range with the fuel range calculator.
  • The twistiest 20 miles run from mile 0 to mile 20, at 489 degrees of turning a mile.
  • Passes: Vršič mountain pass (1,611 m, mile 7), Predel / Passo del Predil (1,156 m, mile 35).
  • Countries: Slovenia, Italy.

Measured on the route line from OpenStreetMap data, which can be missing or out of date. Curvature is degrees of turning a mile, measured every 100 metres. On our routes they run from 6 on the E19 to 701 on the SP638.

Before you go

  • The Vršič hairpins are numbered, and the ones on the north side are cobbled. They are slippery in the wet.
  • The pass can close in winter and after heavy snow. Check before you go.
  • Slovenia needs an e-vignette for its motorways. This loop keeps off them.

On the way

  1. Kranjska Gora
  2. Vršič
  3. Trenta
  4. Predil
  5. Tarvisio
  6. Kranjska Gora
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1Getting there

Most riders cross to Calais by Le Shuttle or a Dover ferry, or take a longer ferry nearer the route.

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2Places to stay

Search beds in Kranjska Gora

3Cover

Check your bike insurance covers riding abroad, get travel insurance that covers motorcycling at your engine size, and breakdown cover that recovers a motorcycle in every country on the route.

What to check before you buy cover

The 2 countries on this route

What GOV.UK says riders need for each, checked 05/11/2026. Rules change, so read the official page before you go.

Slovenia

Money
Euro
Ride on the
Right
  • Slovenian motorway e-vignette, if you will use any motorway. Buy it only from DARS
  • Drivers must carry a warning triangle, reflective jacket and first aid kit: check what applies to motorcycles
  • Winter equipment is required from 15 November to 15 March and in winter conditions: check what applies to motorcycles
  • Headlights must be on at all times

Italy

Money
Euro
Ride on the
Right
  • Riding into Milan or Rome? Milan has a congestion charge and Rome sometimes restricts traffic in its green band

On every trip abroad: your licence, insurance that covers riding abroad, the V5C and travel insurance with medical cover. The tour planner turns all of this into a checklist each rider in your group can tick off.

Places to see on the way

Castles, passes, viewpoints and more within easy reach of the line, in the order you reach them. Yellow dots on the map.

Fort · On the route

Cortina

Fortification in Tarvisio, Italy.

Place details from Wikidata. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited on each card.

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