Where to go in Eastern Europe? - Clubhouse

yorksroyal

24/06/2006 at 17:17

Going on holiday next week, which involves flying into Budapest, having a week spare before going to a festival in Serbia, then another week spare afterwards. Anyone got any advice of places in Hungary or ex-Yugoslavian countries worth going to?

Everything I know about that region of the world was learnt off Newsround during the Balkans War. So if we go with what I know we'll be going to Sarajevo and Split...

the dude abides

24/06/2006 at 17:23

Slovenia is nice :)

Buney

24/06/2006 at 17:26

the former Yugoslavian coast is supposed to be very nice and recovering its tourism from the years of upheaval

Llubijana (sp)?

Shiva

24/06/2006 at 19:15

So many places are worth seeing:

Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia, great beaches and scenery, especially MOntenegro. Croatia is very similar to some Italian resorts.

Slovenia is great too.

Estonia is worth visiting, Tallinn is an amazing city, and there is some nice countryside in Estonia also.

Budapest is also fantastic, get there now before its taken over by stag partys like Prague has. Once you've decided I can probably tell you some good stuff to see and do etc.

Stranded in Turkey

24/06/2006 at 21:24

Labe Balaton in Hungary has superb reputation and Budapest itself is a fantastic city.

Belgrade also a great place and Sarajevo is fascinating too.

Simon

moomoo

24/06/2006 at 22:10

Would be nice if things picked up again in Bosnia after the ghastly time they had. There was a very famous stone bridge in Visegrad, over the river Drina (and subject of a novel by Ivo Andric for which he got the noel prize in literature), wich spanned several centuries of generations and creeds in conflict but the bridge was somehow there as a symbol of one thing they had to share, whatever their differences.
I think the original has been rebuilt.

Absolut Angel

25/06/2006 at 13:32

Lake Balaton is lovely - stayed in Balatonfoldvar which is a small place with a nice little beach etc. Found it very peaceful, but there wasn't much to do that didn't revolve around the beach and watersports. Depends what you're looking for really.

Have heard lots of good things about Croatia though I haven't been.

Potting Shed

25/06/2006 at 13:35

dubrovnik - not been but it'd be my first choice from what people have told me

yorksroyal

25/06/2006 at 19:33

Is Lake Balaton to the East of Budapest? We're talking about going to some big lake east of Budapest. Budapest is supposed to be lovely - we'll be doing that after the festival I think. My parents went to Dubrovnik a couple of years ago and loved it, but I think it'd be a bit of mission for us to get to.

Absolut Angel

27/06/2006 at 17:31

I wasn't sure so just checked a map, its south west of Budapest. We went to the south side but from memory was told a lot of German tourists visit the north of the lake. Was amazed to see Crystal tour operator features Lake Balaton, guess more and more of eastern Europe is being discovered.

hammerite

27/06/2006 at 20:14

A Croatian friend has highly recommended the Croatian coast.

In Eastern Europe I've only really been to Prague (lovely, but stag do's could be a problem in the summer - I went in January). I've only recently come back from Vilnius in Lithuania, which would be a fair trek from Hungary and the Balkans. It was a lovely place though, not a huge amount to do, but a lot of good bars, cafe's restaurants and good for people watching!!

Ready Brek

29/06/2006 at 16:37

Highly recommend Slovenia - have spent 2 summer holidays there in Lake Bled - lovely!!

Also Croatia - spent a week in Dubrovnik which is well worth a visit

candy ollier

29/06/2006 at 18:05

bratislava. tell them alexi sent you.

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