Cannot seem to locate flights from Athens to Dubrovnik...but that
doesn't mean they don't necessarily exist <s> I expect it will need to
be made in two legs so any advice gratefully received

Then wish to travel from Dubrovnik to Ljubljana . Appreciate any advice
on that also.
Thanks.

Sunny (who is excited having found her Greek Island accommodation)

It may depend on what time of year you're looking at -- there are
international flights into Dubrovnik and Split in the summer that are not
offered year round because there is no demand. But you should be able to get
a Croatian Air flight into either from Zagreb year round. Sometimes flights
aren't offered every day, just a couple days a week. Why don't you start
with Croatian Air's website and work backwards (ie see if you can get to
Zagreb to Athens?)

As for your second question (Dubrovnik to Ljubljana) -- bus may be your best
bet, or flying. There is a ferry in season that goes up the coast, but off
season it has very limited service. The train doesn't reach Dub., it stops
at Split.

I am by no means an expert on travelling in Croatia, but I had to do a lot
of research for my own trip there, off season (May) (and I'm going back!!!).
The country's travel hub is Zagreb.

Sarah


"Sunny" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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    > Cannot seem to locate flights from Athens to Dubrovnik...but that
    > doesn't mean they don't necessarily exist <s> I expect it will need to
    > be made in two legs so any advice gratefully received
    > Then wish to travel from Dubrovnik to Ljubljana . Appreciate any advice
    > on that also.
    > Thanks.
    > Sunny (who is excited having found her Greek Island accommodation)

Sarah Banick wrote:
    > I am by no means an expert on travelling in Croatia, but I had to do
    > a lot of research for my own trip there, off season (May) (and I'm
    > going back!!!). The country's travel hub is Zagreb.

Thanks Sarah..glad to here you are going back..we are looking at May
2004 so it look like some juggling. I'll check out Zagreb..we like it
too easy sometimes, don't we? <s>
Gained a lot of useful things from this ng for Greek leg of
journey..travellers are sharing folk I find <s>
If you happen to have anything on your trip still on your 'puter re must
sees etc feel free to forward..just remove capitals from my addy.

Sunny
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When we went 9/2001 flights from Athens to either Zagreb or Dubrovnik
meant flying to Rome then turning around and flying back to Croatia.
Way too expensive and time-consuming. We discarded the idea of
bussing through Albania on American passports (and my sister's still
has our Croatian surname on it). Probably not the wisest way for us
to travel. (We did boat to Ancona (IT) and then across to Zadar,
because we were connecting with cousins there.)

You could perhaps take the Superfast ferry from Patras to Bari (IT)
and from there cross over to Dubrovnik by boat. Off season the boat
from Bari only goes 2x week, but I believe in summer is daily. (I
think the main Croatian line is still Jadrolinija; there may be others
to Dubrovnik.) We searched in vain for a boat from Patras to
Dubrovnik, but came up empty. That was 2 years ago; don't know if it
has changed. Years ago there was a direct connection between Greece
and Croatia by boat. Somebody should tell them thatCroatia's war is
long over.

You could take the bus up the coast from Dubrovnik and catch a train
there. Or take the bus to Zagreb and train from there. The bus to
Split is just a few hours and a pretty coastal ride. The inter-city
busses are cheap, big, luggage bins underneath, comfortable. The bus
to Zagreb from Dubrovnik is supposed to take about 7-8 hours, but the
day we took it it took about 11! It did make frequent stops. We
enjoyed the ride though, because we went through more inland towns and
villages, and the road goes through part of Plitvice National Park.
(We also saw much more damage from the war of independence than we had
seen on the coast, sometimes whole villages abandoned. Very
sobering.) In fact, you could stay over one night at Plitvice (there
are several hotels) and continue to Zagreb the next day. Plitvice is
a collection of lakes and waterfalls, very peaceful, lots of good
trails. Zagreb is a very pretty city, very walkable, some nice
museums, an arboretum, many parks, much public art, a daily market,
and even some 24 hour bakeries!

Dubrovnik is of course breathtakingly beautiful. Walking the entire
wall is an adventure (allow a good 2 hours, as you will stop
frequently to take pictures or just soak up the views).

Enjoy! Email me if you have questions.

On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 22:27:52 +1030, "Sunny" <[email protected]>
wrote:

    >Cannot seem to locate flights from Athens to Dubrovnik...but that
    >doesn't mean they don't necessarily exist <s> I expect it will need to
    >be made in two legs so any advice gratefully received
    >Then wish to travel from Dubrovnik to Ljubljana . Appreciate any advice
    >on that also.
    >Thanks.
    >Sunny (who is excited having found her Greek Island accommodation)