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Old December 24th, 2003, 02:34 PM
Tony Day
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I am planning a trip by rail early summer, to Zagreb, Split, then ferry to
Dubrovnik, bus to Ploce, train via Sarajevo.

If anyone on here has recent experience of any of these travel legs, or the
towns mentioned, I'd be glad to hear from them!

Tony Day


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Old January 11th, 2004, 02:31 PM
Aitor
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Default Planning trip to Croatia & Bosnia

On Wed, 24 Dec 2003 13:34:10 -0000, "Tony Day"
wrote:

I am planning a trip by rail early summer, to Zagreb, Split, then ferry to
Dubrovnik, bus to Ploce, train via Sarajevo.

If anyone on here has recent experience of any of these travel legs, or the
towns mentioned, I'd be glad to hear from them!


I have done it by own car, don't know about public transportation. May
I help?

Regards,

Aitor
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http://w3.to/travellers
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Old January 15th, 2004, 07:24 PM
Ewan Clydesdale
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Default Planning trip to Croatia & Bosnia

"Tony Day" wrote in message ...
I am planning a trip by rail early summer, to Zagreb, Split, then ferry to
Dubrovnik, bus to Ploce, train via Sarajevo.

If anyone on here has recent experience of any of these travel legs, or the
towns mentioned, I'd be glad to hear from them!

Tony Day


Don't know about Exmouth to Zagreb, I think I might fly that leg ;-)

Anyway, I did a fair bit of travelling in this region last summer.
Zagreb to Split by night train is probably best, although book well in
advance to get a sleeper. Ffestiniog Travel will be of help here.

Split is worth a couple of days, more if you want to visit islands in
the area. Zlatni Rat beach on Bol is the horn-shaped beach seen so
often in tourist literature, and can be visited on a day trip by
getting the early ferry from Split to Supetar, bus connection to Bol
and vv.

I might suggest rather than getting the ferry from Split to Dubrovnik,
backtrack up the coast to Zadar and get the ferry from there, if
you're not pressed for time. This has two benefits: seeing Trogir,
Sibenik and Zadar on the way, and also means that you don't have to
get up early in Split. If the schedules are the same this year as
last, then the Split departure is at 0700 - the same ferry, twice a
week, leaves from Zadar the previous night, and you can get a cabin
for a comfy night's sleep.

Dubrovnik is worth several nights' stay, to allow time to explore the
old town and surrounding islands. A walk around the city walls is a
must, but best to do it after 5pm on a hot day!

Bus to Ploce should be no problem, I think there are around 8 a day,
if not more. Ploce to Sarajevo by train is twice daily, although don't
miss Mostar - spend a night here for sure. Ploce is not worth visiting
other than as a transit point.

Sarajevo is interesting, but accommodation can be relatively expensive
for Bosnia.

Enjoy!
Regards
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Old January 15th, 2004, 10:49 PM
BrianE
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Sarajevo is interesting, but accommodation can be relatively expensive
for Bosnia.

Enjoy!
Regards


Hmm, someone who knows his stuff.

:-)

B

 




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