Cycling in Montenegro

The official routes: Top Trails

All five have GPX files. Top Trail 5 runs from its high point at the Sutorman pass (790 m) down to Ada Bojana at 2 m. Days and climb per route are on the individual pages.

Road rides

The named road loops are the Durmitor Ring around Žabljak's mountain, the Bay of Kotor loop that climbs to Njeguši (see the Kotor serpentine and cycling on Lovćen), the Osmica between Plav and Gusinje and the Podgorica-Virpazar-Rijeka Crnojevića loop. The tracks around Skadar Lake and the Crmnica valley near Bar come with climb figures:

Mountain biking

Biogradska gora's "Dvije glave i pet jezera" (two peaks and five lakes) loop on Bjelasica is 63 km and 8-9 hours, with bikes for hire at Biogradsko Lake. Prokletije's ride from Gusinje through Vusanje to the Ropojana valley and back is about 23 km with 290 m of climb on asphalt and gravel, with bikes at the visitor centre. Lovćen has three marked MTB trails, one of them bike-only ("Velika kružna tura oko Lovćena", the big loop around Lovćen), with bikes for hire at Ivanova korita. In Nature Park Piva the trail from Unač via Barni do, Babići and Žeično to Crkvičko polje is about 21 km and 2 h 30 one way, for experienced riders. MTB trails in the national network are registered and categorised by the Cycling Federation under the mountain trails law.

Rentals

Bikes can be rented in many towns along the coast, including Budva, Kotor, Tivat and Herceg Novi, as well as in the five national parks. Nature Park Piva rents 30 mountain bikes at its centre in Plužine. The parks' own rental points are Biogradsko Lake, the Prokletije visitor centre and Ivanova korita on Lovćen.

Season

On the coast and around Skadar Lake and Crmnica riding is possible all year. The mountain loops in Durmitor, Bjelasica, Prokletije and Piva have no set season; check the road conditions for mountain roads in winter.