Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
CROATIA, BOSNIA & HERCEGOVINA, & SERBIA
Koper, Piran and Portorož are the ports of entry from Croatian Istria and points further
south by bus. A bus leaves Koper daily on Monday and Friday at 10.10am for Rijeka
(€12.50, two hours) and there are buses at 7.30am weekdays and again at 2pm daily to
Pula (€16.50, 2½ hours) via Poreč, Umag and Rovinj.
From Ljubljana count on at least two daily departures to Belgrade, Serbia (€38.70 to
€40.70, eight hours). Buses depart from Ljubljana daily for Rijeka (€16.70 to €25.70, 2½
hours) and Split (€43.20, 10 hours) in Croatia, where you can change for Dubrovnik
(€20.40, 4½ hours). There are also daily buses to Sarajevo in Bosnia & Hercegovina
(€44.70 to €48.70, 9½ to 12 hours) and Banja Luka (€27.20, 5½ hours).
ITALY
Buses from Koper to Trieste (€3, one hour) run along the coast via Ankaran and Muggia
Monday to Saturday. There's a direct year-round service from Ljubljana to Trieste
(€11.60, 2½ hours). Two daily buses at 5.10am and 8.15am link Ljubljana with Mestre
(€25, four hours) near Venice.
Hourly buses link the train stations in the Italian city of Gorizia with Nova Gorica (€1,
25 minutes) just across the border.
GERMANY & AUSTRIA
From Germany,
Deutsche Touring
( in Frankfurt 069-790 35 01;
www.deutsche-tour-
return €90/139, under 26 & student one way/return €81/125, 11½ hours), via Stuttgart,
Ulm and Munich. The northbound bus leaves Ljubljana on Thursday, Friday and Saturday.
There's a daily overnight bus from Maribor across Austria to Munich, Stuttgart and
Frankfurt (€95, 14 hours).
HUNGARY
The Hungarian town of Rédics is only 7km to the north of Lendava, in northeastern
Slovenia, which can be reached from Murska Sobota (€3.60, 30 minutes, 29km). Two
buses a day link Murska Sobota and Ljubljana (€16, four hours). From Rédics, trains go to
Zalaegerszeg (795Ft, 1¼ hours) for connections to Budapest.
Car & Motorcycle
Slovenia maintains some 150 border crossings with its neighbours, but not all are open to
citizens of 'third countries' (ie those not from either side). On country maps and atlases,
those marked with a circle and a line are international ones; those with just a circle are
local ones.
