hi all planning trip to romainia macidonina albainia montenegro croatia bosnia serbia kosovo,end of june,any advice on routes campsites safety etc would be gratefull many thanks. carl

I'm told that Kosovo is still a bit dodgy to go to, but Macedonia, Albania and Croatia are good. Be very careful with your credit and debit cards in Serbia, they are very good at cloning them. Roads aren't too good in Romania, but lots of good campsites. I recommend De Oude Willj, in the village of Carta, just east of Sibiu. It's run by a really nice dutch woman, and her romanian husband. Also, do a google search for Sakar Hills Camping, and you may decide to include Bulgaria. You'll certainly have a great trip in this part of the world. Enjoy.
Best wishes
Martin Jeffes
Sakar Hills Camping
Bulgaria

hi carl.
if you go to the left handside of the HU page scroll down to the orange section community you will find contacts in all the countries your going to visit, so local knowledge should be there, i am there brasov romanian contact. dont belive martin about the roads being dodgy here if you follow the E68 other than one bumpy section just outside Sibiu the roads are perfect. Have friends in slovakia and croatia so no problems there. do you have a set milage per day? and how long do you have before return. what do you want to do just ride or soak up the culture. i have some photos on facebook under Mike Craven or you can email me mcraven2004@yahoo.com and i can start putting you in touch. on june the 11-13 there is a biker meeting which may inertest you. keep in touch mike

many thanks guys great info, we are planning a 5 week trip,aim to do avge 200 miles a day an stopping in between, pherphaps hook up with you mike some will be camping some hotels thanks again guys,

Hi there,

we did a 5 weeks trip last year which took in Romania...

We entered Romania through the Oradea border point and then sort of followed a clockwise route. We crossed the border really late and where struggling to find anywhere to camp, we stopped a car to ask and they motioned for us to follow them! After a 45min break neck speed car chase they pulled up at a campsite on the outskirts of Baile Felix. As we pulled into the entrance we saw that the whole family had been ordered out of the car to wave goodbye to us! We came across this sort of generosity many times! It's an amazing country!

Highlights for us was the north of Romania. Sapanta, Prislop Pass, the Carparthian Mountains, the Monastery's and the Transfaggaras Pass.

We found a great place to stay after the Prislop Pass in the Carparthian Mountains. As you come along this road the place is on the right in a village called Ciocanesti. It is run by a very friendly Romanian called Vladimir who speaks very good English and French. He offers both camping (10 lei per person) and B&B (50 lei per room). He also offers food, good food and lots of it! Breakfast (10 lei per person), Dinner (20 lei per person). He also let us use his washing machine and will fill you with Romanian Beer and Palinka and very good coffee! His email is; vladimir_tomoiaga@yahoo.fr


As for the roads... they are poor... my SV shouldn't have been on some of them and I bottomed out a few times... no harm done though! Expect to find lots of pot holes, gravel, horse & carts, cows, horses and even a donkey on each hairpin bend!!!!!!!


You'll have a blast!!!! Let me know if you have any other questions.

Beej

hi there thanks for the advice beej,sounds great wonderd where else you went did you make any of the balkans?