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BALKAN TRAVEL

Planning a trip to the Balkans? If it's worth seeing, we have probably been there.
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ALBANIA -
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Bulgaria. Including Sofia, Tarnovo, Plevna, Plovdiv and the Shipka Pass.
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Greece
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Romania. Including Bucharest and Transylvania
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The Hungarian capital Budapest
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BOSNIA - Outstanding natural beauty and much else to see.
Croatia

We Start with Zagreb, the Croatian capital and then go down to the military border.

The next page hits the coast and the region of Istria, which has many fine castles and the ancient port of Pula.

We then drive down the coast to visit the Uskoks of Senj. Before going Dalmatian Coastdown the Dalmatian coast to Dubrovnik.

Finally we visit the Croatian island of Vis with its rich history.

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Montenegro
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Serbia. Including Belgrade, Petrovaradin and the Danube Castles
Turkey - Home of the Ottomans

Istanbul - The walls, military museum and the Bosphorus forts

The Dardanelles. The forts that defended Istanbul

​Gallipoli. The battlefield is now a national park
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This page covers places that are not geographically part of the Balkans, but have close links. Including Venice, Moscow and Tunisia. There are many more travelogues on the Editor's blog.
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Venice. Inextricably linked to the Balkans
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