Excuse my terrible map…..but this summer I'll be cycling through this area and I'm stuck whether to take the mediterranean balkan route or head in-land towards Romania and Bulgaria (both following eurovelo). I'm conscious of the Med summer traffic but haven't heard much about the inland route.
I'd love to hear your opinions please.
Thanks
by GazpachoGuzzler
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You haven’t seen both I guess.
Both is interesting. Only con for you is that sea is more touristy in the time you go.
For me, I love the sea and like to go by the sea whenever I can.
I did the Mediterranean route from Croatia to Greece.
You really should do a search of this sub and the other one (r/bikepacking). The question of the Mediterranean (usually more precisely referred to as “Adriatic”) route versus the inland route has come up time and time again on this sub for years, and there have been several discussions just in the last weeks.
Besides the heavy traffic, I recommend against these routes just because they miss much of the cultural richness of the region. The Croatian, Montenegrin, and Albanian coasts are highly touristed and increasingly generic resort communities, and you will just be another one of the millions of tourists. If you go inland, you’ll actually meet local people, be able to talk to them about the history and culture of their country, and sometimes you’ll even be invited in.