Done this a a few times now, we did a more unsealed roads trip using the Venice to Igoumenitsa ferry, then back through northern Greece, Albania, Montenegro, Bosnia, Kosovo, Serbia, Croatia, Slovenia. All jolly good, no incidents, even when riding through an ongoing mine clearing operation. Didn’t bother camping as accommodation can be found cheaply almost everywhere, whereas camp sites were a bit thin on the ground. Try to get green cards in advance for Bosnia and Albania, sometimes you can’t buy it and sometimes that means they won’t let you in.
As others have said, stay clear of the coast as far as possible, expensive and built up.
The other trips have been roads/gravel tracks, through France, Luxembourg, Germany, Slovakia, Czech, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, back through the Balkan’s again. No problems except maniac drivers, try to keep to smaller roads where the locals can’t get their X5M’s into treble figure speeds.
The north eastern part of Bosnia round Visegrad and Srebenica along the Drina river is lovely, though a bit harrowing due the events their in the war, and also the weird rocks at Belgradochik are work looking at if your nearby, plus of course the Transfagaran is worth doing (don’t miss it as there’s a new modern road nearby) and of course Transylvania. Sibiu is jus like any big mid European town, but there are some gems in the areas, try Sighisoara, medieval hill town where Dracula’s dad lived.
Also nice to ride up the Dalmatian coast on the way back, cross over to the peninsular near Jasnice, ride up through Pag Island and get the ferry back to the mainland at Prizna after a couple of days on the beach.
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As others have said, stay clear of the coast as far as possible, expensive and built up.
The other trips have been roads/gravel tracks, through France, Luxembourg, Germany, Slovakia, Czech, Romania, Hungary, Bulgaria, back through the Balkan’s again. No problems except maniac drivers, try to keep to smaller roads where the locals can’t get their X5M’s into treble figure speeds.
The north eastern part of Bosnia round Visegrad and Srebenica along the Drina river is lovely, though a bit harrowing due the events their in the war, and also the weird rocks at Belgradochik are work looking at if your nearby, plus of course the Transfagaran is worth doing (don’t miss it as there’s a new modern road nearby) and of course Transylvania. Sibiu is jus like any big mid European town, but there are some gems in the areas, try Sighisoara, medieval hill town where Dracula’s dad lived.
Also nice to ride up the Dalmatian coast on the way back, cross over to the peninsular near Jasnice, ride up through Pag Island and get the ferry back to the mainland at Prizna after a couple of days on the beach.
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