West Herc Tour – Biciklom kroz baštinu stećaka
Najava biciklijade „West Herc Tour – Biciklom kroz baštinu stećaka“
📅 Date: 06. i 07. rujna 2025.
📍 Location: Ljubuški, Široki Brijeg, Grude, Posušje – Park prirode Blidinje
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Smisao i cilj događaja
Recreational event „West Herc Tour – Biciklom kroz baštinu stećaka“ organizira se u sklopu projekta SUSTOUR – “Sustainable tourism for local development”, koji ima za cilj promicanje održivog gospodarskog razvoja, socijalne uključenosti i inovacija kroz očuvanje kulturne baštine i razvoj održivih turističkih aktivnosti. Projekt, koji se financira kroz Interreg VI-A IPA Program Croatia – Bosnia and Herzegovina – Montenegro 2021 – 2027, povezuje ključne dionike iz Hrvatske, Bosne i Hercegovine i Crne Gore kako bi unaprijedio turističku ponudu u jadranskom zaleđu.
U tom duhu, West Herc Tour nije samo biciklijada – to je putovanje kroz povijest i prirodne ljepote Hercegovine, s posebnim naglaskom na stećke, srednjovjekovne nadgrobne spomenike koji su kulturna baština ovih prostora. Cilj događaja je povezivanje gradova, biciklističkih klubova i zajednica kroz aktivni turizam, promovirajući biciklizam kao sredstvo istraživanja i očuvanja kulturnog naslijeđa.
O biciklijadi
Ova jedinstvena biciklistička tura dio je programa Blidinje Gastro-Fest, a sudionici će imati priliku voziti kroz četiri grada Zapadnohercegovačke županije – Ljubuški, Široki Brijeg, Grude i Posušje – kroz značajne lokalitete sa stećcima, završavajući u Nature park Blidinje.
Ruta i sudjelovanje:
Biciklisti će krenuti iz četiri različite startne lokacije i voziti prema Blidinju, gdje ih očekuje nezaboravan spoj prirode, gastronomije i biciklističkog druženja. Biciklijada je rekreativnog karaktera i prilagođena svim ljubiteljima biciklizma, bez obzira na iskustvo.
Zašto sudjelovati?
✅ Promoviramo kulturnu i povijesnu baštinu Hercegovine
✅ Povezujemo biciklističke klubove, gradove i ljude kroz aktivni turizam
✅ Uživamo u predivnim krajolicima i prirodnim ljepotama Blidinja
✅ Budimo dio jedinstvenog Blidinje Gastro-Festa
Prijave i dodatne informacije
Prijave će biti otvorene uskoro, a sve detalje o ruti, programu i uvjetima sudjelovanja moći ćete pronaći na stranicama of the HerzegovinaBike Association. i društvenim mrežama suorganizatora.
Vidimo se na biciklijadi koja spaja povijest, prirodu i sport! 🚴♂️🏞️
#WestHercTour #BlidinjeGastroFest #HerzegovinaBike
Organizer
The association for the promotion of cycling "Hercegovina bicycling" was created as a result of the need to promote cycling in Herzegovina in a comprehensive way, with the desire to gather around it all relevant cycling employees and cycling clubs in order to jointly try to brand Herzegovina as a region desirable for cycling, and which would ultimately contribute to the popularization and massification of cycling, but also to the creation of preconditions for the development of cycle tourism, which in recent years in Europe, but also in the world, is increasingly expanding and becoming an important tourist branch.
Association HerzegovinaBike was founded on February 8, 2013. and gathers members of cycling clubs from Herzegovina. Since its foundation, the association, together with the ministries of resources (Tourism, Culture and Sports), has been actively promoting cycling as cycling tourism first, and then as sport, recreation and a way of life. So far, we have presented a number of projects of active cycling as a sport and recreation, of which we would like to highlight: Bicycle caravans of friendship "Mostar - Vukovar" which gathered over 1,000 cyclists from all over Bosnia and Herzegovina, as well as Croatia, International bicycle road races "Hercegovina Classic", International multi-day the "Blidinje BIKE Festival" event, which gathers thousands of cyclists and tourists from several countries through a three-day organization, and she was also the holder of the project to mark the European Car-Free Day and organized several cycling events in urban areas. Association "Hercegovina Bicikl" gathers cycling clubs from the areas of Mostar, Široki Brijeg, Posušje, Grud, Drinovac, Ljubuški, Čapljina, Neum, Trebinje, Ravno, Stolac, Jablanica and Rama.
The association for the promotion of cycling "Hercegovina bicycling" together with REDAH participates in several projects related to the sports and tourism promotion of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and independently implements the project "By bike through Herzegovina", which passed the competition of the Federal Ministry of Environment and Tourism and the Firmaprojekt fund of the established from USAID and SIDA organizations. The association is also an active partner in the revitalization project of the Austro-Hungarian narrow-gauge railway, popularly called Ćiro, a project that has received worldwide positive attention and has been covered by many foreign media, and which connected Mostar and Dubrovnik via a bicycle route. Also, together with the West Herzegovina County Office for EU Integration, we implement and actively participate in the implementation of the "CYCLING RURAL" project, which aims to promote rural tourism through bicycle paths and cycle tourism offers. Furthermore, for several years now, the association, in cooperation with the Bicycle Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina and tourist associations, has been implementing a training project for cycle tourism guides, and together with the Regional Development Agency of Herzegovina "REDAH" has been implementing the "Bike Friendly" project in which we educate motels, restaurants and inns about cycle tourism. cyclists as guests and we assign them BikeFriendly tags.
Venue
Blidinje Nature Park is one of the most beautiful natural areas in Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is located only an hour and a half drive from the Adriatic coast. It covers an area of 358 km 2 at the foot of the Čvrsnica and Vrana mountains. Due to its unique geomorphological features, rich flora and fauna, and beautiful untouched nature, it is the perfect place to escape from the stress of everyday life.
Whether you are looking for a place to relax in the fresh mountain air, an opportunity to learn about the rich history and cultural heritage of this area, or you are adventurous - Blidinje Nature Park is the ideal place for you.
SIGHTS
Blidinje Nature Park is located in Bosnia & Herzegovina; in the area of the high mountains of the central Dinarides, and includes the area of the Čvrsnica and Vrana mountain massifs, and covers an area of 358 km2. Administratively, it is part of three Herzegovina counties and five different municipalities. Because of its geomorphological features, the wealth of plant and animal life, and the beautiful and untouched nature, on March 24, 1995. this area was declared a nature park. About 1,500 different plant species have been recorded in this unique area so far, of which more than 200 are endemic, relict and subendemic. Blidinje Nature Park is also known as the largest habitat of the endemic white-barked munika pine.
The "VisitBlidinje" association was created as a result of mutual cooperation and the common idea of uniting all actors of the tourist offer & local producers into one platform that deals primarily with the promotion and marketing of our beautiful Blidinje Nature Park, and then offers all the contents & activities that you can experience and experience in this unique area.
Through cooperation with JP Nature Park Blidinje, and then with all business entities, potential partners, mountaineering societies and other individuals and associations with healthy interests and intentions for the welfare of Blidinje Nature Park above all, which operate in this area, our goal is to raise its credibility , offer and status to an enviable level.
Find more information about Blidinje Nature Park on the website Visit Blidinje (link).
