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It’s also worth remembering that whatever means you’ve used to ship your bike out to Slovenia, you’ll need to store the box somewhere until you’re ready to bring the bike back in it. There is left-luggage at the major airports servicing Slovenia, but a car at the other end might be the most practical solution.

Flying

Slovenia is well serviced by budget airlines, although the services change rapidly and new ones become available all of the time. At the time of writing, direct flights to the country’s capital, Ljubljana, could be had from Stansted, Luton, Paris, Berlin, Vienna, Brussels, Copenhagen and many other cities in Europe. Flying from outside Europe, however, you’ll need to head to one of the other regional hubs such as Venice, Trieste or Graz. The advantage of Slovenia is that, being small, it doesn’t take long to get from one of these hubs to the trails. From Venice, it’s about two hours by car to Slovenia; from Graz it’s about one hour; and Trieste is virtually on the border.

Always check with your airline, before you book, how much it will cost to transport your bike. Prices and provision can vary and some of the budget airlines, in particular, can be a little tricky in the way the information is presented on their websites. You may choose to leave the bike at home, which shouldn’t be a problem as all of the main trail areas have good bike-hire available.