9 May – an easier day – Vodice to Pridraga

9 May – an easier day – Vodice to Pridraga

Our sore muscles complained when we set off again today, however we soon warmed up. Luckily our route was was shorter too, only 64km.
We cut inland straight away to keep off the busy coastal road, heading straight north. When we hit route 27 we went parallel to the coast for a long time. The road meandered up and down, the countryside was green but dry, with more olive trees and scruby vegetation growing in the rocky ground.

The water from our apartment didn’t taste very good, so we stopped and bought some water at a small store in the small town of Stanvokovci.

We passed by the Google car (a few 100m south of Pristeg) – we will have to look on Google Maps streetview to see if we can find ourselves later.

We paused again at Bencovak, and went up the hill to look at their 15th century castle – we could climb up inside for good views of the town and countryside.

After a supermarket stop for some snacks and evening food, we headed north again.

This turned out to be a long slog against a heavy head wind and very slight uphill. We rode right past some wind turbines – so evidently the wind should not have been unexpected. Croatia is not the easiest place for bike touring, as we found that where there are few hills, you encounter wind!

Finally we had a good downhill run with lovely views, to lake Karin.

We didn’t go all the way down to the lake though, as it was a few hundred meter drop and we felt we wouldn’t have the energy to come back up.

Our accommodation was in the nearby village of Pridraga. This is really off the beaten track in a local village. The apartment is off a stone courtyard and is large and beautifully furnished. A bottle of local sherry was waiting for us as a welcome gift.


We headed back into the small village to buy some more food at the small shop and drink a beer sitting on the porch of the local pub. We had a local beer (KarlovaĨko) but it was terrible, it cost only about $5 for two. This is evidently what they drink here, one of the men sitting there was also drinking it.

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