Cycling Through the History – Revitalization of the Old Narrow Gauge Railway “ćiro” Ivanica Bosnia скачать в хорошем качестве

Cycling Through the History – Revitalization of the Old Narrow Gauge Railway “ćiro” Ivanica Bosnia

Narrow gauge railway in Herzegovina/ Dubrovnik regions was built in the early 20th century, and connected Mostar with Dubrovnik and Konavle in Croatia. The first ‘’Ćiro’’ passed this railway on 15th July 1901, while the railway was abolished in 1976. The idea to revitalize this line as a bicycle trail was born jointly from both side of the border in order to preserve this railway line as a historical. The project contributed to integration of the economy in the bordering regions of Dubrovnik-Neretva County and Herzegovina through development of new joint tourism offer. This was achieved through the revitalization of the old narrow-gauge railway ‘Ćiro’ between Mostar and Konavle and increase of quantity and quality of tourism offer and services tcreating a tourism product with clear cross-border identity and image of today world-known Ćiro bicycle trail. This biking trail connects two different cross border regions and as such is recognized as a unique tourism offer that stretches through almost 160 km, connecting number of tourist attractions from both regions (B&H and Croatia): Old Bridge in Mostar (UNESCO), Old Town of Počitelj, Ortodox Church in Žitomislić, Nature Park Hutovo Blato, Roman ruins Mogorjelo, Vjetrenica Cave (UNESCO Tenta­tive list), Ortodox Monastery Zavala, Popovo karst field, Old Town of Dubrovnik (UNESCO), Konavle karst field, wineries, bridges, tunnels, rivers, fields, etc.