EUROVELO 13 SERBIA BULGARIA.
In this episode, we explain how we travelled from Pirot in Serbia to Dragoman in Bulgaria. After hearing some horror stories about the road condition and new highway, it was generally suggested (by our EV13 guidebook too) that the short rail journey over the border was the best bet. We had no specific details on how to do this.. here’s how we got on!
Point to note, in Serbia the Eurovelo signs were near perfect. After this, they simply do not exist yet through Bulgaria Macedonia Greece and Turkey (as of Nov 2018).
In this series I hope to show you the way and help you prepare!
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6 Comments
Do you have exact map of your journey?
Did they check you passport ?
Haha had a nice laugh when I saw you got the alcohol free beers in Bulgaria 😀
I love your videos Cycling EV 6 has been fantastic. You make a great couple both with a dry sense of humour very entertaining. I’m hoping to do EV 6 as soon as I’m vaccinated against Covid. Thanks again for all your efforts in making quality videos.
FYI – I cycled from Knjazevac to Dragoman in one day, stopping for lunch at Pirot – about 110 KM.
The motorway was actually fine from Pirot to Dragoman; spacious and new with enough room for trucks and me, so whilst the trains make for an interesting change for the day, I don't think you need to.
We are currently on almost the same route going London to Istanbul and just made it to Belgrade…. Was a little worried about the Serbia to Bulgaria crossing because heard bad things about the road but think we will do the same and get the train from Dimtrovgrad. If anyone has any tips/ must sees from Belgrade let us know!