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Barney Barumba

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Hi,

I'm planning a trip across Eastern Europe next May/June from Istanbul to Prague. Probable route is
from Istanbul up the Black Sea coast through Burgas to Varna, before heading inland to cross the
Danube at Silistra. From there, acrsoss to Bucharest, up into Transylvania via Brasov and then
generally north then west to Budapest, Vienna and Prague.

I'm planning to mix hostels and guesthouses with camping and taking 40-50 days for the whole trip,
so I'm in no rush and have plenty of time for detours and sight-seeing.

Does anyone have any experience of cycling in this region, such as general road conditions, border
crossings, must see spots, route tips, guesthouses, camping or anything else?

Regards,

Barney
 
> I'm planning a trip across Eastern Europe next May/June from Istanbul to Prague. Probable route is
> from Istanbul up the Black Sea coast through Burgas to Varna, before heading inland to cross the
> Danube at Silistra. From there, acrsoss to Bucharest, up into Transylvania via Brasov and then
> generally north then west to Budapest, Vienna and Prague.
>
> I'm planning to mix hostels and guesthouses with camping and taking 40-50 days for the whole trip,
> so I'm in no rush and have plenty of time for detours and sight-seeing.
>
> Does anyone have any experience of cycling in this region, such as general road conditions, border
> crossings, must see spots, route tips, guesthouses, camping or anything else?

I've only ridden in Austria - Vienna to Passau along the Danube - so not too much to contribute.
But, .... if you want to stay in Vienna (expensive - but a uniquely great city worth seeing) - you
should know that there IS camping in Vienna. http://www.wiencamping.at/index_eng.asp (use the menu
near the bottom).

Don't miss out on the Heurigen while in Austria (family vineyards serving wine with a buffet).

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On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 02:51:32 UTC, Chuck Anderson <[email protected]> wrote:

> > I'm planning a trip across Eastern Europe next May/June from Istanbul to Prague.
>
> I've only ridden in Austria - Vienna to Passau along the Danube - so not too much to contribute.

I made that same trip. I camped the whole way. Every evening about 4 or 5 pm I would start asking
people along the trail if they knew a campground in the area. I discovered that canoe clubs along
the river have wonderful campgrounds. I think it's wonderful that some people still travel by
canoe on the rivers. The other campgrounds were full of cars parked very close together and not
nearly as nice.
 
[email protected] (Barney Barumba) wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I'm planning a trip across Eastern Europe next May/June from Istanbul to Prague. Probable route is
> from Istanbul up the Black Sea coast through Burgas to Varna, before heading inland to cross the
> Danube at Silistra. From there, acrsoss to Bucharest, up into Transylvania via Brasov and then
> generally north then west to Budapest, Vienna and Prague.
>
>
> Does anyone have any experience of cycling in this region, such as general road conditions, border
> crossings, must see spots, route tips, guesthouses, camping or anything else?

I biked Budapest-Vienna-Prague 1.5 years ago. Probably the most bizarre thing I saw was the Ossuary
in Kutna Hora, a 1-day bike ride east of Prague.

Overall, road conditions are excellent except for getting
in/out of Budapest and Prague. Biking into Vienna was no problem. Budapest has a decent backpackers
hostel centrally located. Budget accomodations in Prague and Vienna can be hard to find if you
want something in the center of town.
 
I did part of that route on my trip from Sweden to Asia. Check out my site "Europe to Asia by Bike".
Click on 'maps', 'route' or 'journal' to fin info on the route and 'planning' to find info on maps
to buy on the road.

http://www.geocities.com/tallabomba
 
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