Cycling route around Zobor (Tribeč)

Nitra - Dražovce - Podhorany - Žirany - Štitáre - Nitra (35 km)

Situation: Tribeč
Region: Nitra

Starting and finishing point: Nitra, bus stop, railway station, parking lot, district Nitra.
Route: Nitra - Dražovce (8 km) - Podhorany (8 km) - Žirany (7 km) - Štitáre (6 km) - Nitra (6 km)
Map: Bratislava - Podunajsko, 1:100 000 (sheet 7), VKÚ, a. s., Harmanec.

Description of the route: Moderately demanding tour, with the possibility to travel by train and then following public roads and firm forest roads.
There are wonderful sights along the route of several landscape and historic dominants of the region (Zobor, Castle of Nitra, etc.). The greatest attractions of the route include the Romanesque church of St Michaels in Dražovce from the beginning of the 12th century, the forested slopes of the mountains Zobor and Žibrica and the Monument Town Reserve of Nitra.

Source: Vydavateľstvo Dajama