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« on: February 07, 2013, 05:14:03 pm »
I just checked out the Budapest - Bucharest route, and decided on just flying to Bucharest instead. So with that, I am thinking of doing a lot of little trips for a night or two.
I assume train/bus travel between Bucharest and Brasov - Sibiu - Sighsoara - Bucharest are fairly easy. What I'm wondering is if it's worth skipping Sibiu and tring to make it to Varna and back as I do want to at least spend 1-2 nights in Bulgaria and not really sure Ruse will have much at all for me to see (as the caves are located to the south).
So right now here's two sample ideas:
Bucharest (arrival, Wed night) - Brasov (Thurs night, Fri night) - Sibiu (Sat night, Sun night) - Sighsoara (Mon night) - Bucharest (Tues night) - Ruse (Wed night) - Bucharest (Thurs - Sun Night) - Flight out Mon
Or I could do this way
Bucharest (arrival, Wed night) - Varna (Thurs, Fri night), Constanta (Sat night) - Bucharest (Sun night) - Sighsoara or Sibiu (Mon, Tues night) - Brasov (Wed, Thurs night) - Bucharest (Fri, Sat, Sun night).
Only thing is I don't want to be on a bus for over 6 hours really (Bucharest to Sighsoara or Sibiu would be the only one).
So out of the two options (or any better ideas you might have) which would seem the best option to incorporate at least something in Bulgaria?
Thanks
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« on: February 06, 2013, 04:05:15 pm »
Yes the Constanta option might be the best as I am trying to fill up 2 weeks between the two cities anyways. I know I have Brasov on my list, and that is a fairly easy bus from Bucharest. If I take the Constanta way, I could use up maybe 2 days there as well before heading to Varna for a few days.
Either way flight prices now just went up, so I may try for another trip and then have questions about buses later. Thanks once again for always making my Eurotrips so much easier to navigate year after year...
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« on: February 05, 2013, 03:22:41 pm »
Ok this is just one of the ideas I have for May this year (as flights aren't too bad). I was looking at taking a bus from Bucharest to Varna around May 25th.
Now I don't think there is a good train service without changing over. And I have heard that Autogari bus timetables aren't very accurate online and some people have shown up, just to find out there is no bus service to Varna that day.
I know in June regular train and bus schedules seem to operate everyday, but not so much in May. So just wondering what the best options was to get to Varna.
Thanks
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« on: April 17, 2012, 06:55:14 pm »
It might be if I miss my trains and buses and I have to walk across all 3 countries 
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« on: April 16, 2012, 06:52:31 pm »
Well I hope the weather is good and not too cold  . Trying to decide if I should bring my winter jacket or not on the trip...
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« on: April 13, 2012, 06:50:08 pm »
Ok great, thanks for the information. As long as I can figure out that I'm in Sigulda on the E77/A2 then I have no issues walking. It looks though in Sigulda I can get buses from the main bus station AO back to Riga though correct? Or am I reading that wrong and would need to catch the bus where I got dropped off on E77/A2 road?
And thanks for the tips about getting the local bus tickets right there at the bust station for the Pärnu trip from Tallin, as I won't really know until I'm there what time I would want to leave at...
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« on: April 12, 2012, 06:52:56 pm »
Ok great, I know where the station is and was just hoping there wasn't another one in town that the Sebe left from. Good that it's the same place then and part of the Lux Express. Another question is my day trip from Riga to Cēsis and then back to Silgulda to Riga. There is a train that goes to Cēsis from http://www.ldz.lv of course, but the times aren't that great. So I would assume the best bet is to just show up at the bus station in Riga and get a ticket or buy one in advance from the ww.autoosta.lv website as it seems there are a lot more options for buses. So my trip will look like this: Rīgas SAO(Rīgas raj. : (pilsēta Rīga) : Latvija) - Cēsu AO(Cēsu raj. : (pilsēta Cēsis) : Latvija) Then from: Cēsu AO(Cēsu raj. : (pilsēta Cēsis) : Latvija) - Sigulda(Rīgas raj. : Sigulda : Latvija) And finally from: Sigulda(Rīgas raj. : Sigulda : Latvija) - Rīgas SAO(Rīgas raj. : (pilsēta Rīga) : Latvija) So I am thinking just taking the bus would be the best option? And not sure if I would need to book my tickets in advance or just get them whenever I feel like leaving? Thanks
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« on: April 11, 2012, 05:56:06 pm »
Ok talked before about this and I have all my other plans and buses worked out using Lux Express. I'm finding that Lux Express does not have good times for my travel dates (Sunday, May 20th) from Tallinn to Pärnu. I also found that the train also has too early of a time (and takes a lot longer).
So I looked at Sebe. When I do, it takes me to Bussi Reisid website that shows the buses available, which then shows all of the buses being operated by Sebe. So what is the Bussi Reisid website then and why does Sebe direct me to it?
Also, does the Sebe bus leave from the main bus station in Tallinn as the Lux Express buses will? It almost looks like Sebe buses leave from another bus station so I'm a bit confused.
I'm figuring this is probably the fastest way to get to Pärnu isn't it? Unless I'm missing something...
Thanks...
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« on: January 30, 2012, 07:42:29 pm »
I'll just do what I did the last time and write down the various bus and times they leave (and train schedule's) for days I'll be needing them and then get the tickets there when I need them. Seems it'll be easier than buying them a head of time then. Thanks again...
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« on: January 27, 2012, 06:41:53 pm »
Yes I noticed that difference after checking out the link of the various buses. I think it would be ok to use the Simple Express to maybe Parnu (though Sebe has much better times), however the longer ones, I'll opt for the Lux Express as I can't imagine 4 hour trips without a bathroom...
Are the other prices (not the 3 EUR Simple Express) on Lux Express and Sebe internet only or do you know if that would also be the cost getting a ticket that day at the terminals?
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« on: January 26, 2012, 06:29:21 pm »
Oh that explains it. I was trying to figure out what the SimpleExpress was and LuxExpress and what all the coaches were. I had thought the SimpleExpress was just an online in advance booking special price of 3 EUR. So with that, I assume I could get a Simple Express bus right there at the station rather than booking it a head of time correct?
Thanks again for helping me with another trip, sure makes my life a lot easier knowing things before I go...
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« on: January 25, 2012, 06:54:29 pm »
Ahhh that site does make a difference then. Well I've decided that since I'll be going at the end of May that school is probably out anyways and Tartu might not be all that "happening". So I decided instead to go to Pärnu for 2 nights instead, since it should be a lot more going on at the end of May. This way I can just take a bus from Tallinn to Pärnu (using that website) on a Sunday (seems to have a lot of buses so may not need to book one in advance). Then on a Tuesday morning take the LuxExpress from Pärnu to Riga in the morning. Wednesday I would take the train early from Riga to Cesis, then see that and train to Segulda and then back to Riga (this then not having to worry about carrying around luggage and doing just a day trip). Then finally on the Fri or Sat, take the early bus (LuxExpress?) from Riga to Vilniuss and from there decide if I want to take a day trip to Kaunsas or Trakai or something. This would limit my hotel stays a bit which is nice and eliminate extra train/bus changes and such. So I take it I would use Tallinn to Pärnu using http://www.bussireisid.eePärnu to Riga using LuxExpress Riga to Cesis/Segulda and back using http://www.ldz.lvRiga to Vilnius using LuxExpress (or is there a better bus company to use between these two?) http://www.ldz.lv
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« on: January 24, 2012, 06:41:14 pm »
Well I'll have a good 4 days or so to kill In Riga, so what might be a fun idea is to just go direct there from Tallinn on the bus, stay a night, go to Sigulda and Cesis, spend the night in Cesis and then head back to Riga for another night or two. The Tartu thing was strange how I was not finding anymore buses on the Lux site, I had seen other things saying there are a lot of buses going there as you mentioned, but I just couldn't seem to pull that up on the site. Either way if I hit Tartu, I'd want to get there in the morning and spend the day there at least and night and leave the next morning and doing the train to Valga to Ceiss and maybe take the train to Sigulda and back to Ceiss and spend the night there. That way the next morning I can just take off to Riga for a few days before taking the bus to Vilnius. This is of course there would be enough time for both towns if I left Tartu at 10am (since http://www.edel.ee has that as the earliest time and I'm not finding a bus that goes to either Valga or Cesis from Tartu). I just don't want to be sightseeing and stuff with lugging my backpack around all day. Would rather just dump it off at a hotel somewhere in like Cesis and not have to worry about it when seeing Sigulda and Cesis. So maybe my best bet is to just take the bus from Tallinn to Riga, spend the night, take the train to Cesis and get the hotel there (found a decent one) and then see that and Sigulda and back to Cesis (I know I would be back tracking, but want to get rid of my backpack), stay the night and then go back to Riga for another 2 nights.
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« on: January 23, 2012, 06:33:59 pm »
Great ideas. I just booked the trip so flying into Helsinki and leaving from Vilnius. So looks like I'll just spend a few days in Helsinki, then take the boat to Tallinn for 2 or so days, then bus to Riga and take the train to Sigulda and maybe Cesis for a day side trip or overnight and then a few more days in Riga before taking the bus to Vilnius.
Would like to go to Belarus, but visas are a problem and borders could be a major pain, even though I'll be close to the border. So not going to try that this time. Will try and find something else close to Vilnius that I can do a few day long side trips as I will be there for almost 4 days.
So just glancing at the LuxExpress it looks like it's better for me to get my bus tickets online rather than getting them at the stations. Just glancing at sample dates for the past weekend it looked like some of them were already full. Also not sure if I would need to do the same for the ferry from Helsinki to Tallinn either?
Also I was thinking of possibly adding Tartu between Tallinn and Riga, but for some reason I'm only seeing one bus (I thought there were a lot more) and it supposedly only arrives at 22:00 which I really late. Plus the price seems really off too (32 €). So thinking I should just do the original plan and go straight from Tallinn to Riga...
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« on: January 20, 2012, 11:07:16 pm »
Yeah I did a bit more research and found the Lux site and didn't realize it was only about a 5 hour bus ride from Vilnuis to Tallinn so just doing the bus from Vilnuis to Riga would be my best bet I think (since you stated what I was hearing from others about the train not being as easy between the two).
From Riga to Tallinn then I could maybe take your suggestion and check out either Sigulda and Cesis or Tartu for a side trip on my way up to Tallinn. From there I could either fly out from Helsinki or Tallinn.
I'll do some more research on the cities and see what I can come up with. But looks like I can just stick to the buss this time and forgo the trains at least for Vilnuis to Riga. I do have a few other options for destinations (Zagreb-Ljubljana-???), but I'll see if I can't just get this trip first. I may have some more follow up questions after getting my bookings in the next few months on this itinerary. Thanks...
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