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Help with travel to Kosovo
My next long shot question :-)
I'm off to Belgrade next week and am trying to include a trip to Kosovo into the schedule. What I've discovered so far is: 1) No-one will let me take a hire car into Kosovo. I don't think there's anywhere suitable to just park up at the border and walk over. 2) There are three buses a day from Belgrade to Pristina, but two are "overnight", with a not particularly useful arrival of before 04:00 and the third arrives at 17:30 meaning that I will have to have pre-booked accommodation. (from http://www.bas.co.rs/) 3) It's theoretically possible to travel via Skopje, from whence there is a more useful bus schedule, but if you then go back to Skopje, FCO advice says that Serbia border guards on the SRB-MK border don't let you in if you have a Kosovo stamp in your passport for this border crossing. Other sources say that this doesn't happen any more, but as I'm flying back from Belgrade I'm not sure that I can take the risk. (Note that everybody agrees that you can't go SRE-Skopje-Pristina-SRE or v.v.) 4) There is (apparently) a bus from Nis, but I can't find the timetable. Does anybody have anything that they can add to this? TIA tim |
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"tim....." wrote in message
... Does anybody have anything that they can add to this? Yup. The French Riviera is *much* nicer. ;-) Ian |
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On May 3, 1:11*am, "tim....." wrote:
My next long shot question :-) I'm off to Belgrade next week and am trying to include a trip to Kosovo into the schedule. What I've discovered so far is: 1) No-one will let me take a hire car into Kosovo. *I don't think there's anywhere suitable to just park up at the border and walk over. 2) There are three buses a day from Belgrade to Pristina, but two are "overnight", with a not particularly useful arrival of before 04:00 and the third arrives at 17:30 meaning that I will have to have pre-booked accommodation. *(fromhttp://www.bas.co.rs/) 3) It's theoretically possible to travel via Skopje, from whence there is a more useful bus schedule, but if you then go back to Skopje, FCO advice says that Serbia border guards on the SRB-MK border don't let you in if you have a Kosovo stamp in your passport for this border crossing. *Other sources say that this doesn't happen any more, but as I'm flying back from Belgrade I'm not sure that I can take the risk. *(Note that everybody agrees that you can't go SRE-Skopje-Pristina-SRE or v.v.) 4) There is (apparently) a bus from Nis, but I can't find the timetable. Does anybody have anything that they can add to this? TIA tim get a job ya lazy bum! |
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Help with travel to Kosovo
You really think this group will help you out ?
You'll get 30 year old memories, funny jokes by horne and martin and 2 OT words from michaelnewport at the best. My own post will be republished elsewhere by greg morrow and vogtgamble will dribble along all about the US. Wasting time here, go consult the german speaking forums, you'll have much more chances to get a real answer. Of course, understanding german would be a help, nicht wahr ? "tim....." a écrit dans le message de ... My next long shot question :-) I'm off to Belgrade next week and am trying to include a trip to Kosovo into the schedule. What I've discovered so far is: 1) No-one will let me take a hire car into Kosovo. I don't think there's anywhere suitable to just park up at the border and walk over. 2) There are three buses a day from Belgrade to Pristina, but two are "overnight", with a not particularly useful arrival of before 04:00 and the third arrives at 17:30 meaning that I will have to have pre-booked accommodation. (from http://www.bas.co.rs/) 3) It's theoretically possible to travel via Skopje, from whence there is a more useful bus schedule, but if you then go back to Skopje, FCO advice says that Serbia border guards on the SRB-MK border don't let you in if you have a Kosovo stamp in your passport for this border crossing. Other sources say that this doesn't happen any more, but as I'm flying back from Belgrade I'm not sure that I can take the risk. (Note that everybody agrees that you can't go SRE-Skopje-Pristina-SRE or v.v.) 4) There is (apparently) a bus from Nis, but I can't find the timetable. Does anybody have anything that they can add to this? TIA tim |
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Help with travel to Kosovo
"Ian F." wrote in message ... "tim....." wrote in message ... Does anybody have anything that they can add to this? Yup. The French Riviera is *much* nicer. ;-) 1) I've been there 2) as a destination, Nice sucks tim |
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"tim....." wrote in message
... 2) as a destination, Nice sucks I prefer it to Kosovo, but prefer Le Cannet to Nice. Ian |
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"tim....." wrote in message ... My next long shot question :-) I'm off to Belgrade next week and am trying to include a trip to Kosovo into the schedule My advice, for what it's worth, would be .........don't bother! Kosovo (Pristina) is a pain to get in to, a dump when you get there, and a pain to get out of. There's nothing in Pristina (or, come to that, in the whole of Kosovo) that you can't see elsewhere in the Balkans - apart from KFOR troops. If you are really determined to go, IYP's Pristina guide has a lot of useful info - http://www.inyourpocket.com/kosovo/city/pristina.html Gerry |
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"Gerald Oliver Swift" wrote in message ... "tim....." wrote in message ... My next long shot question :-) I'm off to Belgrade next week and am trying to include a trip to Kosovo into the schedule My advice, for what it's worth, would be .........don't bother! Kosovo (Pristina) is a pain to get in to, a dump when you get there, and a pain to get out of. It is much of that that makes interesting :-( There's nothing in Pristina (or, come to that, in the whole of Kosovo) that you can't see elsewhere in the Balkans - apart from KFOR troops. I have discovered that Pec/Peja/Pejé is the place to go, and that it is a easy day trip from Pristina (by bus or train). However the only reason for doing as a day trip at all is because Pristina is the only place that I can find hotel info on. If I know that I can find a reasonable hotel in Pec I can directly go there. And there's Gracanica Monastry, a very easy bus trip from Pristina If you are really determined to go, IYP's Pristina guide has a lot of useful info - http://www.inyourpocket.com/kosovo/city/pristina.html I have this already thanks. tim |
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"tim....." wrote in message ... "Gerald Oliver Swift" wrote in message ... "tim....." wrote in message ... My next long shot question :-) I'm off to Belgrade next week and am trying to include a trip to Kosovo into the schedule My advice, for what it's worth, would be .........don't bother! Kosovo (Pristina) is a pain to get in to, a dump when you get there, and a pain to get out of. It is much of that that makes interesting :-( There's nothing in Pristina (or, come to that, in the whole of Kosovo) that you can't see elsewhere in the Balkans - apart from KFOR troops. I have discovered that Pec/Peja/Pejé is the place to go, and that it is a easy day trip from Pristina (by bus or train). However the only reason for doing as a day trip at all is because Pristina is the only place that I can find hotel info on. How about this one then http://hotelamsterdam-ks.info/en/ in Gjakove. The staff look really welcoming for a Wessie with plenty of Euros. Like I said earlier, Tim, Kosovo is a dump. Gerry |
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Runge14 wrote: You really think this group will help you out ? You'll get 30 year old memories, funny jokes by horne and martin and 2 OT words from michaelnewport at the best. My own post will be republished elsewhere by greg morrow and vogtgamble will dribble along all about the US. Wasting time here, go consult the german speaking forums, you'll have much more chances to get a real answer. Of course, understanding german would be a help, nicht wahr ? Hmmm...just as some of us thought! scRunge is a Deutsche apatrid living in France...!!! -- Best Greg "tim....." a écrit dans le message de ... My next long shot question :-) I'm off to Belgrade next week and am trying to include a trip to Kosovo into the schedule. What I've discovered so far is: 1) No-one will let me take a hire car into Kosovo. I don't think there's anywhere suitable to just park up at the border and walk over. 2) There are three buses a day from Belgrade to Pristina, but two are "overnight", with a not particularly useful arrival of before 04:00 and the third arrives at 17:30 meaning that I will have to have pre-booked accommodation. (from http://www.bas.co.rs/) 3) It's theoretically possible to travel via Skopje, from whence there is a more useful bus schedule, but if you then go back to Skopje, FCO advice says that Serbia border guards on the SRB-MK border don't let you in if you have a Kosovo stamp in your passport for this border crossing. Other sources say that this doesn't happen any more, but as I'm flying back from Belgrade I'm not sure that I can take the risk. (Note that everybody agrees that you can't go SRE-Skopje-Pristina-SRE or v.v.) 4) There is (apparently) a bus from Nis, but I can't find the timetable. Does anybody have anything that they can add to this? TIA tim |
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