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From Mostar's Main Bus Station:
BothAutoprevozandGlobtouroperatebusesto
Sa-
rajevo
(6/day on Autoprevoz, 4/day on Globtour, 2.5 hours). Globtour exclusively handles
buses to
Me
đ
ugorje
(6-7/day, 40 minutes),
Zagreb
(4/day, 9 hours, includes a night bus),
Split
(5/day, 4-4.5 hours; additional departures by Eurolines in summer), and
Dubrovnik
(3/day,4-5hours).ThatimportantDubrovnikconnectionistricky:Mostdays,allDubrovnik
buses depart early in the day, making an afternoon return from Mostar to Dubrovnik
impossible. However, in summer (June-Aug), Eurolines adds two more departures each
day—including a handy 17:30 departure, which makes day-tripping from Dubrovnik work-
able (tickets sold at Autoprevoz office). Globtour also runs a handy bus to Montenegro's
Bay of Kotor
(departs Mostar at 7:00, arrives at Kotor at 12:30 and Budva at 13:30, then
returns the same day); a second bus runs on a similar schedule, via Croatia.
From Mostar's West/Croat Bus Station:
A few additional buses, mostly to Croatian
destinations and to Croat areas of Bosnia-Herzegovina, depart from the west side of town.
These use a makeshift “station” (actually a gravel lot behind a gas station) on Vukovarska
street, called “Kolodvor.” It's about a 15-minute walk due west of the main bus station.
Most buses using the Kolodvor station are operated by the Euroherc company. In addition
to one daily bus apiece to
Zagreb, Split,
and
Sarajevo,
this station has several departures
to
Metkovi
ć
(at the Croatian border, with additional connections to Croatian destinations;
8/day) and to
Me
đ
ugorje
(7/day Mon-Fri, 3/day Sat, none Sun). Additionally, some Croat
buses leave from a bus stop near the Franciscan Church. But since the connections are
sparse, the location is inconvenient, and the “station” is dreary, I'd stick with the main bus
station and ignore this option unless you're desperate.
Mostar is on the train line that runs from Plo
č
e (on the Croatian coast between Split and
Dubrovnik) to Zagreb, via Mostar and Sarajevo. But I'd avoid the train, which tends to
be cramped and slow; buses are typically much more efficient and comfortable. The train
schedule changes frequently, but it's usually possible to go by train to
Plo
č
e
(with good bus
connections to elsewhere in Dalmatia; 2 hours) and
Sarajevo
(2.5 hours). Some trains con-
tinue from Sarajevo all the way to
Zagreb
(11.5 hours from Mostar; bus is faster). Train
info: Tel. 036/550-608.
You have two options for the drive between Dubrovnik and Mostar: easy and straightfor-
ward along the coast, or adventurous and off the beaten path through the Herzegovinian
mountains.I'venarratedeachrouteasyou'dencounteritdrivingfromDubrovniktoMostar,
but you can do either one in reverse—just hold this topic upside-down. (For driving direc-
tions from Mostar to Sarajevo, see the end of the Sarajevo chapter.)
