This post is also available in: Croatian
WHETHER YOU ARE A PROFESSIONAL OR A BEGINNER, riding a horse in a beautiful, picturesque ambience of Sinj and its surrounding is an experience you must
Can riding through vast, impressive Sinj field be matched by anything, for a horse enthusiast?
Maybe only participating in famous Alka competition, when all eyes are on Alka men, who regardless of summer heat and traditional costume soaked in sweat, driven by applause and admiration of the crowd (and of course, Dalmatian spite!), proudly gallop on their full-blooded horse, pointing at the elusive center?
If you want to feel like them, at least for a moment, or just enjoy recreation with this beautiful, noble and sociable animal, equestrian sports in an idyllic ambience of Sinj and surroundings are our warmest recommendation.
Namely, together with Alka and Our Great Lady festivity, Sinj has been just inseparable from horses – for centuries now! Alka lasts for almost three hundred years, and the town has hosted numerous national and international gallop and hurdle races. A key year for Sinj was 1979, when for the purposes of Mediterranean Games in Split, Sinj hippodrome was built, today second largest in the country.
ALKA AS AN INSPIRATION. If you decide to take a tour of town’s surroundings and the Cetina river on a horse, with
Many equestrian clubs in Sinj and Trilj and a series of smaller private stables have bred some of the most successful horses; achieving great results on competitions throughout Croatia, whilst keeping
As Alka never ceases to excite, all the more children and young people want to master at least the first riding steps, so horse-riding schools are very active and wanted.
You can practice horse-riding on family excursion sites on wider Sinj area – 20 000 square meters of green surface including horse area, grassland, meadow, sports terrain, field for traditional bowling game, trim track and a restaurant – all promise a first-class experience!
HOW DOES THERAPEUTIC HORSE-RIDING WORK? Each of equestrian clubs on wider Sinj area offers services of therapeutic horse-riding, which has proven to be extremely beneficial with disabled persons or those with developmental difficulties. Namely, horses are very sociable animals, and they also sense and reflect human’s stimuli. Swinging stimuli, transmitted from horse’s back to a rider resembles a human walk, so by learning this
VRLIKA AND TRILJ KEEP UP THE PACE. If you appreciate nice scenery, you will be delighted by terrain horse-riding across cliffs of Svilaja mountain and its surrounding, or along the edges of Sinj field under Kamešnica mountain and on the area from the Cetina spring to Vrlika.
These activities, as well as horse-riding school, riding for beginners with a guide and therapeutic horse-riding for disabled persons are all available in Vrlika and Trilj as well. We especially liked increasingly popular riding tour Trilj. Two hours of horse-riding along the silent flow of the Cetina river offers an unforgettable experience, and it’s for sure that among 18 beautiful, tame horses owned by this stable, you will most definitely find your favorite.
Photo: www.dalmatia.hr , archive of Tourist boards of Split Dalmatia County, HC Mustang, HCAlkar
The Project “Sinj u sridu”, as well as promotional materials and their implementation was co-financed by the European Union from the EU Fund for regional development and operational programme Competitiveness and cohesion 2014-2020.
Content of promotional article is sole responsibility of JU RERA for coordination and development of Split-Dalmatia County and under no circumstances does it reflect the attitude of the EU and/or the governing body.
For more information visit www.strukturnifondovi.hr
More: www.cetinska-krajina.hr
This post is also available in: Croatian
