Day 6 was an extremely impressive day on the island of Hvar. In the morning we sailed in to Hvar town where we had just an hour or so to check out the town. It was enough time to get a feel but soon enough we were on the bikes and climbing into the hills towards Brusje and the old town of Stari Grad. It was another quite tough day of climbing, climbing. Over the day we biked just over 40 kms with about 400-500 climbing metres required.
Stari Grad is a very sophisticated town with a long history of human inhabitation and we were glad to be spending the night there.
Day 7 was unfortunately the last of the bike riding. We sailed back towards the mainland and Trogir heading from Hvar and past the strategic island of Vis to the relatively quiet island of Solta. On Solta we had a fairly easy 19 kms of riding from an almost deserted Necujam to a little town, Maslinica. The day was hot and the hills were slightly flatter than the others. By now we were all just that bit fitter and more confident in handling the bikes and the conditions. So there was plenty of chatter going on as we rode along. We were also joined by a group on a sister ship also heading back to Trogir and the finish of their trip from Dubrovnik to Trogir.
After the bike ride we sailed along for about 30 minutes before stopping for just one more swim in the warm Adriatic. Heaven.
And that was our bike and sail adventure over. A farewell Captain's dinner, a restless nights sleep alongside in the now hot and noisy port and after breakfast we were packed and back into travel mode again.
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