Ahoy fellow nomads 🦜
The route I am planning to take for this spring is Romania -> Bulgaria -> North Macedonia -> Kosovo -> Montenegro -> Bosnia & Herzegovina -> Croatia -> Slovenia -> Croatia -> Hungary -> Romania. (the ones underlined are the ones that I haven’t been to yet).
The whole road trip would about 4,000kms and I think 2 months should work given the current plan. About 50 hours of driving split between 7-8 weeks is really not that bad.
I am trying my best to tick the remaining countries I haven’t visited yet from Europe and why not doing it in a longer road trip?
So far the itinerary would resume to something like below:
Road Trip Itinerary
Week I – Bulgaria & North Macedonia
- Day 1, 2 – Veliko
- Route: Constanta – Veliko
- Duration: ~4hs
- Day 3, 4 – Sofia
- Route: Veliko – Sofia
- Duration: ~3hs
- Day 5, 6, 7 – Skopje
- Route: Sofia – Skopje
- Duration: ~4hs
Week II – Kosovo, Montenegro & Bosnia
- Day 8, 9 – Pristina
- Route: Skopje – Pristina
- Duration: ~1.5hs
- Day 10, 11 – Lake Biograd
- Route: Pristina – Biogradska Gora
- Duration: ~4hs
- Day 12, 13 – Tara Canyon / Durmitor
- Route: Biogradska Gora – Durmitor
- Duration: ~4hs
- Day 14 – Tjentište
- Route: Durmitor – Tjentište
- Duration: ~4hs
Week III – Bosnia & Croatia
- Day 15, 16, 17 – Sarajevo
- Route: Durmitor – Sarajevo
- Duration: ~4hs
- Day 18, 19 – Mostar
- Route: Sarajevo – Mostar
- Duration: ~2hs
- Day 20, 21 – Dubrovnik
- Route: Mostar – Dubrovnik
- Duration: ~2hs
Week IV – Croatia
- Day 22, 23 – Split
- Route: Dubrovnik – Split
- Duration: ~3hs
- Day 24, 25 – Plitvice Lakes National Park
- Route: Split – Plitvice Lakes National Park
- Duration: ~3hs
- Day 26, 27, 28 – Zagreb
- Route: Plitvice Lakes National Park – Zagreb
- Duration: ~1.5hs
Week V – Slovenia
- Day 29, 30, 31 – Ljubljana
- Route: Zagreb – Ljubljana
- Duration: ~2h
- Day 32, 33 – Bled
- Route: Ljubljana – Bled
- Duration: ~1h
- Day 34, 35 – Maribor
- Route: Bled – Maribor
- Duration: ~1h
Week VI – Croatia, Hungary & Romania
- Day 36, 37 – Zagreb
- Route: Maribor – Zagreb
- Duration: ~1.5hs
- Day 38, 39 – Budapest
- Route: Zagreb – Budapest
- Duration: ~4hs
- Day 40, 41 – Arad
- Route: Budapest – Arad
- Duration: ~3hs
- Day 42 – Timisoara
- Route: Arad – Timisoara
- Duration: ~1h
Week VII – Romania
- Day 43 – Timisoara
- Day 44, 45 – Cheile Nerei
- Route: Timisoara – Carbunari
- Duration: ~3hs
- Day 46, 47 – Cazanele Dunarii
- Route: Carbunari – Orsova
- Duration: ~3.5hs
- Day 48 – Craiova
- Route: Orsova – Craiova
- Duration: ~2.5hs
- Day 49 – Bucharest
- Route: Craiova – Bucharest
- Duration: ~4hs
Important Spots per Country
Bulgaria
- Veliko Tarnovo
North Macedonia
- Matka Canyon
Kosovo
- The Marble Cave
Montenegro
- Lake Biograd
- Most na Đurđevića Tari
- Durmitor
- Savin Kuk
- Prevoj Sedlo
- Park Prirode “Piva”
- Piva Lake
Bosnia
- Sutjeska National Park
- Tjentište spomenik
- Piaskowe piramidy
- Stari Most
- Kravica Waterfall
Croatia
- Walls of Dubrovnik
- Golden Horn Beach
- Plitvice Lakes National Park
Slovenia
- Soteska Vintgar
- Bled Castle
Romania
- Cascada Bigar
- Cascada Beusnita
- Cheile Nerei
- Cazanele Dunarii
- Rock Sculpture of Decebalus
Main Expenses
- Accommodation: 50 days x ~€40 = ~€2,000
- Food: 50 days x ~€40 = ~€2,000
- Gas: €10/100km x 40 = €400
- Parking: €5/d x 50 = €250
- Vignette: ~€10-€15/country x 8 = ~€100
- Medical Insurance: €70 (only on SafetyWing)
- Free tours: €10/country x 8 countries = €80
Basic Estimated total: ~€5,000
If you have any recommendations or wanna join on the trip, please leave a comment below or DM me on Instagram (@costinbotez) ✌️
You can also follow the live journey also on NomadList 🛣
Stay tuned and keep healthy!
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