{"id":3573,"date":"2023-12-04T14:34:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T13:34:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cyclingdestination.cc\/?p=3573"},"modified":"2023-12-04T14:34:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T13:34:30","slug":"cycling-in-the-footsteps-of-saint-nicolas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cyclingdestination.cc\/en\/verhalen\/fietsen-in-het-spoor-van-sint-nicolaas","title":{"rendered":"In the footsteps of Saint Nicholas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elk jaar weer, als 5 december nadert, moet ik weer denken aan de plaatsnamen met Sint Nicolaas, of verwijzingen daarnaar. . Hoewel de goedheiligman vooral in de BeNe(lux) zijn opwachting maakt, gaat de geschiedenis van deze weldoener terug naar andere plekken. Plekken in het zuiden van Europa of &#8216;Klein-Azi\u00eb&#8217;, het huidige Turkije. Het is een mooie inspiratie om de plekken van &#8216;de Sint&#8217; te volgen en zo jouw ultieme pakjesavontuur samen te stellen. Ben jij ook vol verwachting? Dit kan een mooie fietsvakantie worden in het spoor van Sint Nicolaas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"9217\" src=\"https:\/\/cyclingdestination.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AdobeStock_174966385-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"fietsen in sint nicolaas, kreta, haarspeldbochten, kreta fietsen, crete, cycling\" class=\"wp-image-9217\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(C) AdobeStock \/ Crete<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"9213\" src=\"https:\/\/cyclingdestination.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/AdobeStock_45510761-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"fietsen in sint nicolaas, kreta, haarspeldbochten, kreta fietsen, crete, cycling, agios nikolaos\" class=\"wp-image-9213\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">(C) AdobeStock \/ Crete<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Agios Nikolaos<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">De oud-Griekse naam van de heilige Nicolaas, Sint Nicolaas of San Nicola, is A\u03b3\u03b9\u03bf\u03c2 \u039d\u03b9\u03ba\u03cc\u03bb\u03b1\u03bf\u03c2, oftewel Agios Nikolaos. Voor de kenners zal deze naam zeker iets zeggen want dit is een populaire bestemming op het <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingdestination.cc\/en\/fietsen-in-griekenland\/\">Griekse eiland<\/a> Kreta. Het ligt aan de oostkant van het eiland, in een baai met een schitterend uitzicht. Het is in de luwte van Chersonissos en Malia, waar je zeker in de zomer met een grote boog omheen wilt rijden. Agios Nikolaos is echter wat rustiger en het uitzicht is zoals gezegd adembenemend. Wat nog mooier is: je kunt zo het ruige achterland van Kreta inrijden en in nog geen 90 kilometer pak je dan 1500 hoogtemeters! Zo. Ik weet niet of Sint zijn Amerigo (of Ozosnel, zoals ie tegenwoordig heet) daar goed doorheen kan navigeren. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"3574\" src=\"https:\/\/cyclingdestination.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/evangelos-mpikakis-9Zka-7l5pNQ-unsplash-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"fietsen in Griekenland, agios nikolaos, griekenland, kreta, klimmen in griekenland, agios nikolaos\" class=\"wp-image-3574\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"3575\" src=\"https:\/\/cyclingdestination.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/error-420-6duUhb9WwQ8-unsplash-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"fietsen in Griekenland, agios nikolaos, griekenland, kreta\" class=\"wp-image-3575\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"3576\" src=\"https:\/\/cyclingdestination.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/jack-barton-zd7V3I6J-CA-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"fietsen in Griekenland, agios nikolaos, griekenland, kreta\" class=\"wp-image-3576\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"embed-privacy-container is-disabled embed-www-komoot-nl\" data-embed-id=\"oembed_e0d238f1266966203fda85f1c1b8ca74\" data-embed-provider=\"www-komoot-nl\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 800\/680;\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"embed-privacy-enable screen-reader-text\">Display content from www.komoot.nl<\/button>\t\t\t<div class=\"embed-privacy-sr-message screen-reader-text\" role=\"status\" data-message=\"Content from www.komoot.nl has been loaded.\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"embed-privacy-overlay\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"embed-privacy-inner\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\t\t\tClick here to display content from www.komoot.nl.\t\t\t<noscript>\t\t\t\t<br>\t\t\t\tPlease enable JavaScript in your browser to load this content.\t\t\t<\/noscript>\t\t<\/p>\t\t<p class=\"embed-privacy-input-wrapper\">\t\t\t<input id=\"embed-privacy-store-www-komoot-nl-e0d238f1266966203fda85f1c1b8ca74\" type=\"checkbox\" value=\"1\" class=\"embed-privacy-input\" data-embed-provider=\"www-komoot-nl\">\t\t\t<label for=\"embed-privacy-store-www-komoot-nl-e0d238f1266966203fda85f1c1b8ca74\" class=\"embed-privacy-label\" data-embed-provider=\"www-komoot-nl\">\t\t\t\tAlways display content from www.komoot.nl\t\t\t<\/label>\t\t<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"embed-privacy-footer\"><span class=\"embed-privacy-url\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.komoot.nl\/tour\/590184661\/embed?share_token=a8eQ0kl2hAGPiGODJUxFTuBT35tHMy47B57gQUk8gmcY5twGI1&amp;profile=1\">Open content directly<\/a><\/span><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"embed-privacy-content\">\t\t\t\t<script>var _oembed_e0d238f1266966203fda85f1c1b8ca74 = '{\\\"embed\\\":\\\"&lt;iframe  src=&quot;https:\\\\\/\\\\\/www.komoot.nl\\\\\/tour\\\\\/590184661\\\\\/embed?share_token=a8eQ0kl2hAGPiGODJUxFTuBT35tHMy47B57gQUk8gmcY5twGI1&amp;amp;profile=1&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; height=&quot;680&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\\\/iframe&gt;\\\"}';<\/script>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Antalya<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sinterklaas was de aartsbisschop van Myra, in het toenmalige Lyci\u00eb. Hoewel Myra zelf niet echt meer terug te vinden is op de kaart, kun je Lyci\u00eb nog wel makkelijk terugvinden en het omvat de provincie Anatoli\u00eb, waarvan Antalya de hoofdstad is. Toeval of niet: ook Antalya is een geliefde badplaats, niet alleen voor Nederlanders, maar ook voor de lokale bevolking. Wat velen niet weten is dat Turkije heel erg ruig is en dat je schitterende bergpassen hebt. Ten oosten van de stad vind je een prachtig bergachtig gebied, waar je al heel snel alleen op de wereld bent. Hier kun je <a href=\"https:\/\/cycling.goturkiye.com\/antalya\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">schitterend fietsen<\/a>. In de traditionele dorpjes kun je nog voor een appel en een ei eten. Wel even op de proviand letten, want je bent lange tijd ook alleen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"3578\" src=\"https:\/\/cyclingdestination.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/mert-kahveci-HqNPuBywsO4-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3578\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"3579\" src=\"https:\/\/cyclingdestination.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/hazal-ozturk-u2DHEJ4Ud8-unsplash-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"Turkije, fietsen in turkije, sinterklaas, Antalya, Sint, Sint Nicolaas, Turkije fietsen\" class=\"wp-image-3579\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"3580\" src=\"https:\/\/cyclingdestination.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/marek-piwnicki-EnXTimECngM-unsplash-1024x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3580\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"3581\" src=\"https:\/\/cyclingdestination.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/vitaliy-zamedyanskiy-SnhQR6QO7I4-unsplash-576x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Turkije, fietsen in turkije, sinterklaas, Antalya, Sint, Sint Nicolaas, Turkije fietsen\" class=\"wp-image-3581\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"3582\" src=\"https:\/\/cyclingdestination.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/nafi-durmus-RAyULCTRCcI-unsplash-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3582\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"embed-privacy-container is-disabled embed-www-komoot-nl\" data-embed-id=\"oembed_e2e84ac7640e2b7307e9f1c4276049a3\" data-embed-provider=\"www-komoot-nl\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 800\/680;\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"embed-privacy-enable screen-reader-text\">Display content from www.komoot.nl<\/button>\t\t\t<div class=\"embed-privacy-sr-message screen-reader-text\" role=\"status\" data-message=\"Content from www.komoot.nl has been loaded.\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"embed-privacy-overlay\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"embed-privacy-inner\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\t\t\tClick here to display content from www.komoot.nl.\t\t\t<noscript>\t\t\t\t<br>\t\t\t\tPlease enable JavaScript in your browser to load this content.\t\t\t<\/noscript>\t\t<\/p>\t\t<p class=\"embed-privacy-input-wrapper\">\t\t\t<input id=\"embed-privacy-store-www-komoot-nl-e2e84ac7640e2b7307e9f1c4276049a3\" type=\"checkbox\" value=\"1\" class=\"embed-privacy-input\" data-embed-provider=\"www-komoot-nl\">\t\t\t<label for=\"embed-privacy-store-www-komoot-nl-e2e84ac7640e2b7307e9f1c4276049a3\" class=\"embed-privacy-label\" data-embed-provider=\"www-komoot-nl\">\t\t\t\tAlways display content from www.komoot.nl\t\t\t<\/label>\t\t<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"embed-privacy-footer\"><span class=\"embed-privacy-url\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.komoot.nl\/tour\/590195195\/embed?share_token=aZQeDtKGM6CgbUnbS1EmfIxyJkX2xaR0rY1cs4pi8lcH4Y6tQz&amp;profile=1\">Open content directly<\/a><\/span><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"embed-privacy-content\">\t\t\t\t<script>var _oembed_e2e84ac7640e2b7307e9f1c4276049a3 = '{\\\"embed\\\":\\\"&lt;iframe  src=&quot;https:\\\\\/\\\\\/www.komoot.nl\\\\\/tour\\\\\/590195195\\\\\/embed?share_token=aZQeDtKGM6CgbUnbS1EmfIxyJkX2xaR0rY1cs4pi8lcH4Y6tQz&amp;amp;profile=1&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; height=&quot;680&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\\\/iframe&gt;\\\"}';<\/script>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Basilica di San Nicola<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Eerder schreven we al over <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingdestination.cc\/en\/stories\/italy\/puglia-the-pearl-of-southern-italy\/\">Puglia<\/a> (Apuli\u00eb) als prachtige fietsbestemming. De stad Bari is in deze provincie de link met de goedheiligman. De beenderen van Sint Nicolaas liggen in de Basilica di San Nicola in het historische centrum van Bari. In het centrum zijn overal beeltenissen van de heilige te vinden. Er wordt grif geknield en het aantal kruisjes dat voor &#8216;de Sint&#8217; geslagen wordt is ontelbaar. Dat geeft Bari iets speciaals. San Nicola is ook de naamgever aan het pompeuze, in verval zijnde stadion van de lokale FC. Ook voor de fietser ben je zo de stad uit en &#8216;into the wild&#8217;. Want Puglia is ruig, schitterend eigenlijk. Ook iets wat de andere plekken gemeen hebben met elkaar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-4 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"3584\" src=\"https:\/\/cyclingdestination.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_5526-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"Itali\u00eb, fietsen in Itali\u00eb, sinterklaas, Bari, Sint, Sint Nicolaas, Puglia fietsen, fietsen in Apuli\u00eb\" class=\"wp-image-3584\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"3585\" src=\"https:\/\/cyclingdestination.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_8567-576x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3585\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"3586\" src=\"https:\/\/cyclingdestination.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_8569-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3586\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"3587\" src=\"https:\/\/cyclingdestination.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/IMG_8638-1024x576.jpeg\" alt=\"Stadio San Nicola in Bari\" class=\"wp-image-3587\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"3588\" src=\"https:\/\/cyclingdestination.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/arno-senoner-IsRkFLs7Kl8-unsplash-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Weg in Puglia\" class=\"wp-image-3588\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"3589\" src=\"https:\/\/cyclingdestination.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/giulia-gasperini-X9_SXub6MJY-unsplash-1024x767.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3589\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"embed-privacy-container is-disabled embed-www-komoot-nl\" data-embed-id=\"oembed_89f9f653b825013d1bdc45fd3baa175d\" data-embed-provider=\"www-komoot-nl\" style=\"aspect-ratio: 800\/680;\">\t\t\t\t\t\t<button type=\"button\" class=\"embed-privacy-enable screen-reader-text\">Display content from www.komoot.nl<\/button>\t\t\t<div class=\"embed-privacy-sr-message screen-reader-text\" role=\"status\" data-message=\"Content from www.komoot.nl has been loaded.\"><\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"embed-privacy-overlay\">\t\t\t\t<div class=\"embed-privacy-inner\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\t\t\tClick here to display content from www.komoot.nl.\t\t\t<noscript>\t\t\t\t<br>\t\t\t\tPlease enable JavaScript in your browser to load this content.\t\t\t<\/noscript>\t\t<\/p>\t\t<p class=\"embed-privacy-input-wrapper\">\t\t\t<input id=\"embed-privacy-store-www-komoot-nl-89f9f653b825013d1bdc45fd3baa175d\" type=\"checkbox\" value=\"1\" class=\"embed-privacy-input\" data-embed-provider=\"www-komoot-nl\">\t\t\t<label for=\"embed-privacy-store-www-komoot-nl-89f9f653b825013d1bdc45fd3baa175d\" class=\"embed-privacy-label\" data-embed-provider=\"www-komoot-nl\">\t\t\t\tAlways display content from www.komoot.nl\t\t\t<\/label>\t\t<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"embed-privacy-footer\"><span class=\"embed-privacy-url\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.komoot.nl\/tour\/590202376\/embed?share_token=aNsL9dkDhPJqSDyjVVsogMRtMAlaQlnAjA1b70eQ2hCr3pLbbr&amp;profile=1\">Open content directly<\/a><\/span><\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"embed-privacy-content\">\t\t\t\t<script>var _oembed_89f9f653b825013d1bdc45fd3baa175d = '{\\\"embed\\\":\\\"&lt;iframe  src=&quot;https:\\\\\/\\\\\/www.komoot.nl\\\\\/tour\\\\\/590202376\\\\\/embed?share_token=aNsL9dkDhPJqSDyjVVsogMRtMAlaQlnAjA1b70eQ2hCr3pLbbr&amp;amp;profile=1&quot; width=&quot;100%&quot; height=&quot;680&quot; frameborder=&quot;0&quot; scrolling=&quot;no&quot;&gt;&lt;\\\\\/iframe&gt;\\\"}';<\/script>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sint Niklaas<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hoe dichterbij huis, hoe beter. De vernoeming is vrij duidelijk, maar Sint Niklaas is vernoemd naar de legendarische bisschop uit Myra. De stad is door de ronde van Vlaanderen heel sterk met het fietsen verbonden. Startplaats, finishplaats, middenin het Vlaamse land. Je moet wel even in de benen om bij de klimmetjes uit de <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rondevanvlaanderen.be\/nl\/rvv\/elite-mannen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">RvV<\/a> te komen, maar dan heb je ook wel gelijk iets. Nog een klein tip voor in je schoen: vraag aan Sinterklaas of je mee mag op weekend naar het Flandrien Hotel!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-7387b849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-5 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" data-id=\"5747\" src=\"https:\/\/cyclingdestination.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/PFAW_2022_033-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"the gravel roads, Flanders, cycling, cycling\" class=\"wp-image-5747\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cyclingdestination.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/PFAW_2022_033-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/cyclingdestination.cc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/PFAW_2022_033-scaled-300x200.jpg 300w, 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