grainne
Traveller
1 comments
Posted 12 years ago
Hi
Wondering if anyone can help. Myself and my boyfriend are planning an inter-rail trip from Croatia to Malta as my sister is getting married in Malta on the 11th of oct. So we already have our flight booked to Dubrovnik on the 21st sep and our flight home from Malta booked for the 13th of oct. We are planning on getting to Malta on the 8th or 9th of oct which gives us about 18 days to make it from Dubrovnik to Malta. I know its not that long and we want to see as much as we can. We are thinking of flying to Malta from Bari in Italy or from Sicily depending on time and are not sure if we should book before we go so that we know that is sorted?
The very rough plan is to get bus from Dubrovnik to split, train to Zagreb-Ljubljana-bled then onto Trieste-Venice-bologna-Florence-Rome and the either to bari or Sicily to get to Malta!!! We want to know the best places to stay where we have access to doing tours of close by attractions, this is only a very rough plan and any better routes, must see's and ideas would be gratefully appreciated as i am getting overwhelmed trying to plan what is best to do as there is so many options!!! We are open to everything, love towns with character, nature, outdoor activities, culture. Planning on staying in hostels and hotels.
Thank you :)
nltrainer
Traveller
1416 comments
1.there are not many hoStels in that area-and the few are often closed by that time.
2.for general tourist-info (what seems to be the major part of your not very clear question) go to a guidebook, library. DO decide if you also want to visit mainland Hravtska=Croatia/Slovenija or rather spend most time in IT-in that case an IR makes not much sense, take a ferry across to there. But as you say to spend about 20 days-and the general distance, even then i guess an IR for all that time will not really pay off
3. have no idea about what ferries/flights to malta will operate by that time of year and I fear this is the main bottleneck-do investigate that before setting up plans. Check sites like ferries.com or whichbudget.com for budget flights- or simply airmalta.com (Ryan etc does not fly there). Ferries often have 1 price for all-like a local bus, but flights-as you will know-the earlier the better
grainne
Traveller
1 comments
Hey, thanks for reply...i was kinda thinking an interrail would be good value as i will be travelling a long distance altogether?? The flight from bari to malta works out at about €70 each with ryanair who flys this route, air malta fly from catatonia sicily for bout €50 inc bag etc which is good and only a 40min flight, even better :) just depends on time...
i know my question wasnt very clear as it is alot of questions together, what i really want to know is does anyone have experience of this kind of route or individual country information on croatia, slovenia and italy, places to see and not to see in a short space of time?? :)