Lonely Planet Eastern Europeon on a Shoestring

by Dydynski, Krzysztof; Fallon, Steve; Hellander, Paul; McNelly, Scott; Nebesky, Richard; Oliver, Jeanne; Stanley, David

• ISBN13: 9780864424235
• ISBN10: 086442423X
• Edition: 4th
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-01-01
• Publisher: Lonely Planet

Summary

Covering Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia and Yugoslavia, this classic guide was the first to provide the vital, practical information necessary for independent travel in these countries. This edition contains over 150 detailed maps of countries, regions, cities, villages, updated historical and political background notes, useful words and phrases in 10 languages and details on border crossings, visas and local currencies.

Table of Contents

The Authors	p. 7
This Book	p. 11
Foreword	p. 12
Introduction	p. 15
Facts about the Region	p. 16
History	p. 16
Geography	p. 20
Economy	p. 20
Population and People	p. 21
Society and Conduct	p. 22
Religion	p. 23
Language	p. 23
Facts for the Visitor	p. 24
Highlights	p. 24
Planning	p. 24
Responsible Tourism	p. 27
Visas and Documents	p. 27
Embassies and Consulates	p. 31
Customs	p. 31
Money	p. 31
Post and Communications	p. 34
Internet Resources	p. 36
Books	p. 36
Newspapers and Magazines	p. 37
Radio and TV	p. 37
Video Systems	p. 37
Photography	p. 38
Time	p. 38
Electricity	p. 38
Weights and Measures	p. 38
Laundry	p. 38
Health	p. 38
Women Travellers	p. 45
Gay and Lesbian Travellers	p. 45
Disabled Travellers	p. 45
Senior Travellers	p. 45
Travel with Children	p. 46
Dangers and Annoyances	p. 46
Activities	p. 47
Courses	p. 48
Work	p. 48
Accommodation	p. 49
Food	p. 51
Drinks	p. 52
Getting there and Away	p. 53
Air	p. 53
Land	p. 58
Sea	p. 61
River	p. 61
Getting Around	p. 62
Air	p. 62
Bus	p. 62
Train	p. 62
Car and Motorcycle	p. 63
Taxi	p. 66
Bicycle	p. 66
Hitching	p. 67
Boat	p. 67
Public Transport	p. 67
Organised Tours	p. 68
Albania	p. 69
Facts about Albania	p. 69
Facts for the Visitor	p. 75
Getting There and Away	p. 80
Getting Around	p. 81
Tirana	p. 82
Around Tirana	p. 88
Durres	p. 88
Kruja	p. 90
Northern Albania	p. 91
Shkodra	p. 91
Kukes	p. 91
Southern Albania	p. 91
Fier and Apollonia	p. 92
Vlora	p. 92
Saranda	p. 92
Butrint	p. 92
Gjirokastra	p. 93
Berat	p. 93
Elbasan	p. 93
Bosnia-Hercegovina	p. 95
Facts about Bosnia-Hercegovina	p. 95
Facts for the Visitor	p. 101
Getting There and Away	p. 104
Getting Around	p. 104
Bosnia	p. 104
Sarajevo	p. 104
Around Sarajevo	p. 109
Travnik	p. 109
Banja Luka	p. 110
Hercegovina	p. 111
Mostar	p. 111
Around Mostar	p. 113
Medugorje	p. 113
Bulgaria	p. 117
Facts about Bulgaria	p. 117
Facts for the Visitor	p. 124
Getting There and Away	p. 131
Getting Around	p. 133
Sofia	p. 135
South-Western Bulgaria	p. 144
Rila Mountains	p. 145
Bansko	p. 147
Melnik	p. 148
Thrace	p. 149
Koprivshtitsa	p. 149
Plovdiv	p. 151
Around Plovdiv	p. 155
Black Sea Coast	p. 156
Burgas	p. 156
Sozopol	p. 158
Sunny Beach	p. 160
Nesebar	p. 160
Varna	p. 162
Beach Resorts	p. 165
Balchik	p. 166
Northern Bulgaria	p. 167
Madara	p. 168
Shumen	p. 168
Preslav	p. 169
Ruse	p. 169
Around Ruse	p. 172
Veliko Tarnovo	p. 172
Around Veliko Tarnovo	p. 176
Stara Planina	p. 176
Etar	p. 176
Shipka	p. 177
Kazanlak	p. 177
Vidin	p. 178
Croatia	p. 181
Facts about Croatia	p. 181
Facts for the Visitor	p. 188
Getting There and Away	p. 195
Getting Around	p. 197
Zagreb	p. 200
Istria	p. 206
Porec	p. 206
Rovinj	p. 208
Pula	p. 210
Around Pula	p. 213
Gulf of Kvarner	p. 213
Rijeka	p. 213
Opatija	p. 215
Krk Island	p. 216
Rab Island	p. 217
Dalmatia	p. 219
Zadar	p. 219
Around Zadar	p. 222
Split	p. 223
Solin (Salona)	p. 228
Trogir	p. 229
Hvar Island	p. 229
Korcula Island	p. 231
Orebic	p. 233
Mljet Island	p. 233
Dubrovnik	p. 234
Czech Republic	p. 239
Facts about the Czech Republic	p. 239
Facts for the Visitor	p. 245
Getting There and Away	p. 256
Getting Around	p. 258
Prague	p. 262
Central Bohemia	p. 283
Karlstejn	p. 283
Konopiste	p. 285
Kutna Hora	p. 285
North Bohemia	p. 287
Litomerice	p. 287
Around Litomerice	p. 287
West Bohemia	p. 288
Karlovy Vary	p. 288
Around Karlovy Vary	p. 292
Cheb	p. 292
Marianske Lazne	p. 294
South Bohemia	p. 300
Ceske Budejovice	p. 300
Around Ceske Budejovice	p. 303
Cesky Krumlov	p. 303
Around Cesky Krumlov	p. 306
Sumava	p. 306
Tabor	p. 306
Moravia	p. 308
Telc	p. 308
Brno	p. 310
Around Brno	p. 315
Hungary	p. 317
Facts about Hungary	p. 317
Facts for the Visitor	p. 323
Getting There and Away	p. 334
Getting Around	p. 338
Budapest	p. 341
The Danube Bend	p. 361
Szentendre	p. 361
Visegrad	p. 364
Around Visegrad	p. 366
Esztergom	p. 366
Western Transdanubia	p. 369
Gyor	p. 369
Sopron	p. 373
Fertod	p. 376
Koszeg	p. 376
Szombathely	p. 378
Lake Balaton	p. 379
Balatonfured	p. 380
Siofok	p. 382
Tihany	p. 382
Badacsony	p. 384
Keszthely	p. 385
Heviz	p. 388
Southern Transdanubia	p. 389
Pecs	p. 389
Harkany	p. 393
The Great Plain	p. 394
Kecskemet	p. 394
Kiskunsag National Park	p. 396
Szeged	p. 397
Northern Hungary	p. 400
Eger	p. 400
Szilvasvarad	p. 403
Tokaj	p. 404
Macedonia	p. 405
Facts about Macedonia	p. 405
Facts for the Visitor	p. 408
Getting There and Away	p. 412
Getting Around	p. 413
Skopje	p. 413
Around Skopje	p. 417
Southern Macedonia	p. 417
Ohrid	p. 417
Around Ohrid	p. 420
Bitola	p. 421
Pelister National Park	p. 421
Poland	p. 423
Facts about Poland	p. 423
Facts for the Visitor	p. 430
Getting There and Away	p. 440
Getting Around	p. 442
Warsaw	p. 447
Malopolska	p. 459
Krakow	p. 460
Oswiecim	p. 471
Czestochowa	p. 472
Trail of the Eagles' Nests	p. 474
Zakopane and the Tatras	p. 474
Dunajec Gorge	p. 481
South-East Poland	p. 481
Lublin	p. 485
Kozlowka	p. 489
Kazimierz Dolny	p. 489
Silesia	p. 490
Wroclaw	p. 490
Around Wroclaw	p. 496
Sudeten Mountains	p. 496
Wielkopolska	p. 497
Poznan	p. 497
Around Poznan	p. 502
The Piast Trail	p. 503
Pomerania	p. 504
Torun	p. 504
Around Torun	p. 508
Malbork	p. 508
Gdansk	p. 510
Sopot	p. 516
Gdynia	p. 516
Hel	p. 517
Leba	p. 518
Slowinski National Park	p. 518
Swinoujscie	p. 519
Miedzyzdroje and Wolin National Park	p. 521
Warmia and Masuria	p. 521
Olsztyn	p. 522
Around Olsztyn	p. 524
The Great Masurian Lakes	p. 526
Romania	p. 531
Facts about Romania	p. 531
Facts for the Visitor	p. 538
Getting There and Away	p. 547
Getting Around	p. 549
Bucharest	p. 552
Wallachia	p. 562
Snagov	p. 563
Calafat	p. 563
Drobeta-Turnu Severin	p. 564
Transylvania	p. 564
Sinaia	p. 565
The Bucegi Mountains	p. 568
Brasov	p. 570
Bran and Rasnov	p. 573
Poiana Brasov	p. 574
Prejmer and Harman	p. 575
Sighisoara	p. 575
Sibiu	p. 578
The Fagaras Mountains	p. 582
Cluj-Napoca	p. 583
Turda	p. 587
Crisana and Banat	p. 587
Oradea	p. 588
Baile Felix	p. 591
Pestera Ursilor	p. 591
Timisoara	p. 592
Maramures	p. 595
Sighetu Marmatiei	p. 596
Sapanta	p. 598
Izei Valley	p. 598
Prislop Pass	p. 600
Moldavia and Southern Bucovina	p. 600
Suceava	p. 602
Gura Humorului	p. 604
Voronet	p. 605
Humor	p. 605
Moldovita	p. 605
Sucevita	p. 606
Putna	p. 606
Radauti	p. 607
Dobruja	p. 607
Constanta	p. 608
Mamaia	p. 612
Eforie Nord	p. 613
Neptun-Olimp	p. 614
Mangalia	p. 615
The Danube Delta	p. 617
Tulcea	p. 618
Sulina	p. 621
Russia	p. 623
Facts about Russia	p. 623
Facts for the Visitor	p. 626
Getting There and Away	p. 630
Getting Around	p. 631
Moscow	p. 631
Around Moscow	p. 643
Vladimir	p. 643
Suzdal	p. 644
Plyos	p. 644
Rostov-Veliky	p. 645
Sergiev Posad	p. 645
St Petersburg	p. 646
Around St Petersburg	p. 654
Petrodvorets	p. 654
Pushkin and Pavlovsk	p. 654
Slovakia	p. 655
Facts about Slovakia	p. 655
Facts for the Visitor	p. 659
Getting There and Away	p. 666
Getting Around	p. 667
Bratislava	p. 669
Around Bratislava	p. 678
West Slovakia	p. 678
Trencin	p. 678
Central Slovakia	p. 680
Zilina	p. 680
Mala Fatra	p. 680
East Slovakia	p. 682
Vysoke Tatry	p. 682
Poprad	p. 688
Kezmarok	p. 688
Dunajec Gorge	p. 689
Slovensky Raj	p. 690
Levoca	p. 692
Spisske Podhradie	p. 693
Bardejov	p. 694
Bardejovske Kupele	p. 696
Kosice	p. 696
Slovenia	p. 701
Facts about Slovenia	p. 701
Facts for the Visitor	p. 704
Getting There and Away	p. 710
Getting Around	p. 712
Ljubljana	p. 712
Julian Alps	p. 720
Bled	p. 720
Bohinj	p. 723
Hiking Mt Triglav	p. 724
Soca Valley	p. 725
Bovec and Kobarid	p. 725
Karst Region	p. 725
Postojna	p. 725
Skocjan Caves	p. 726
Lipica	p. 726
The Coast	p. 726
Koper	p. 726
Piran	p. 729
Portoroz	p. 731
Yugoslavia	p. 733
Facts about Yugoslavia	p. 733
Facts for the Visitor	p. 737
Getting There and Away	p. 740
Getting Around	p. 741
Serbia	p. 742
Belgrade	p. 742
Vojvodina	p. 747
Montenegro	p. 749
Podgorica	p. 749
Ulcinj	p. 750
Budva	p. 751
Kotor	p. 752
Cetinje	p. 752
Durmitor National Park	p. 752
Kosovo	p. 753
Prishtina (Pristina)	p. 755
Peja (Pez)	p. 756
Prizren	p. 757
Appendices
Climate Charts	p. 758
Telephones	p. 760
European Organisations	p. 762
Alternative Place Names	p. 765
International Country Abbreviations	p. 768
Language	p. 769
Albanian	p. 769
Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian	p. 770
Bulgarian	p. 773
Czech	p. 775
Hungarian	p. 776
Macedonian	p. 778
Polish	p. 781
Romanian	p. 782
Russian	p. 784
Slovak	p. 786
Slovene	p. 788
Index	p. 800
Map Legend
Metric Conversion
Maps
Albania
Albania	p. 71
Tirana	p. 84
Durres	p. 89
Bosnia-Hercegovina
Bosnia-Hercegovina	p. 97
The Two Entities of Bosnia-Hercegovina	p. 98
Sarajevo	p. 105
Mostar	p. 112
Medugorje	p. 114
Bulgaria
Bulgaria	p. 118
Bulgarian Railways	p. 133
Sofia	p. 137
Central Sofia	p. 140
Rila Mountains	p. 145
Koprivshtitsa	p. 150
Plovdiv	p. 152
Burgas	p. 157
Sozopol	p. 159
Nesebar	p. 161
Varna	p. 164
Ruse	p. 170
Veliko Tarnovo	p. 173
Croatia
Croatia	p. 182
Zagreb	p. 202
Porec	p. 207
Pula	p. 211
Rijeka	p. 214
Zadar	p. 220
Split	p. 224
Central Split	p. 226
Central Dalmatia Ferry Routes	p. 227
Solin (Salona)	p. 228
Dubrovnik	p. 234
Dubrovnik--Old Town	p. 236
Czech Republic
Czech Republic	p. 240
Czech Railways	p. 259
Prague	p. 264
Prague Castle	p. 268
Central Prague	p. 270
Kutna Hora and Sedlec	p. 284
Karlovy Vary	p. 290
Cheb	p. 293
Marianske Lazne	p. 295
Plzen	p. 298
Ceske Budejovice	p. 301
Cesky Krumlov	p. 304
Telc	p. 309
Brno	p. 311
Hungary
Hungary	p. 318
Hungarian Railways	p. 339
Budapest	p. 342
Central Pest	p. 346
Castle District	p. 350
Szentendre	p. 362
Visegrad	p. 365
Esztergom	p. 367
Gyor	p. 371
Sopron and Lover Hills	p. 374
Koszeg	p. 377
Lake Balaton	p. 380
Central Balatonfured	p. 381
Tihany	p. 383
Keszthely	p. 386
Heviz	p. 388
Central Pecs	p. 390
Kecskemet	p. 395
Szeged	p. 398
Macedonia
Macedonia	p. 406
Skopje	p. 415
Ohrid	p. 418
Poland
Poland	p. 424
Polish Railways	p. 444
Warsaw	p. 448
Central Warsaw	p. 452
Krakow	p. 461
Krakow--Old Town and Wawel	p. 464
Krakow--Kazimierz	p. 466
Zakopane	p. 476
Tatra National Park	p. 478
Zamosc	p. 483
Lublin	p. 486
Wroclaw	p. 492
Poznan	p. 498
Torun	p. 505
Tri-City Area	p. 509
Gdansk	p. 512
Swinoujscie	p. 520
Olsztyn	p. 523
The Great Masurian Lakes	p. 525
Romania
Romania	p. 532
Romanian Railways	p. 550
Bucharest	p. 554
Central Bucharest	p. 558
Transylvania	p. 566
The Bucegi Mountains	p. 569
Central Brasov	p. 571
Sighisoara	p. 577
Sibiu	p. 579
The Fagaras Mountains	p. 582
Central Cluj-Napoca	p. 584
Oradea	p. 589
Central Timisoara	p. 593
Maramures	p. 594
Sighetu Marmatiei	p. 597
Southern Bucovina	p. 601
Suceava	p. 602
The Black Sea Coast	p. 608
Constanta	p. 609
Central Constanta	p. 611
The Danube Delta	p. 617
Tulcea	p. 619
Russia
European Russia	p. 624
Central Moscow	p. 632
Moscow Kremlin	p. 636
Around Moscow	p. 643
Central St Petersburg	p. 648
Nevsky Prospekt	p. 652
Slovakia
Slovakia	p. 656
Slovakian Railways	p. 668
Bratislava	p. 671
Central Bratislava	p. 673
Trencin	p. 679
Mala Fatra	p. 681
Vysoke Tatry (High Tatras)	p. 684
Spisska Nova Ves and Slovensky Raj	p. 690
Levoca	p. 693
Bardejov	p. 695
Kosice	p. 697
Slovenia
Slovenia	p. 702
Ljubljana	p. 714
Bled	p. 721
Koper	p. 727
Piran	p. 730
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia	p. 735
Belgrade	p. 743
Central Belgrade	p. 745
Novi Sad	p. 747
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