I'd agree with the comments on traffic. In most of Croatia the roads are empty and a joy to ride, but the coast road is torture from before Split all the way down to Dubrovnik. OK I was there in peak season but every fcker in a campervan and tourist car crowds on to the coast road and the queues are literally miles long. You can't filter past them either because the road is too narrow and there's constant oncoming traffic. Sat in the traffic at 38 degrees heat with the engine cooling fans coming on was not a pleasant experience. I arrived at Dubrovnik in the rain, which at least cooled things off a bit, and parked near the top where these were a bunch of other bikes parked. Walking down into the old town the place seemed to be crammed with American and Chinese tourists all jostling through the narrow streets and posing for selfies. Every place was a pavement cafe or souvenir shop. I'm sure in other circumstances it could be a lovely place, but this wasn't it.
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