Any advice on a route Rotterdam to Split in Croatia would greatfully received.
Got six days to kill.
Got six days to kill.
Croatia
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If time is on your side, youre in no rush and you love driving, then personally I would do the following as a rough guide....
Rotterdam - Antwerp - Brussels and down to Luxembourg.
Avoid Germany, to many road works and traffic jams.
Into Lux for cheap diesel then south, out of Lux into France following Metz, Nancy, Mulhouse and down to the border at Basle.
Enter Swiss at Basle (think you have to pay a tax here) then have a lovely and scenic drive across and down through Swiss exiting into northern Italy at Chiasso.
Head south towards the north of Milan before turning left and head towards Monza, Vicenza, keep heading east, you can bypass or drop into Venice if you wish. Head on east towards Trieste where you leave Italy and enter Slovenia. A short hop across Slovenia will bring you to Croatia.
Head down towards Rijeka, then (my personal choice) take the coastal road heading south down to Zadar, Vodice, Sebenik and on to Split.
There are quicker routes and Im not sure about which countries require you to pay a tax charge.
Stay off the motorways where you can and enjoy the drive.
Hope this helps.
Rotterdam - Antwerp - Brussels and down to Luxembourg.
Avoid Germany, to many road works and traffic jams.
Into Lux for cheap diesel then south, out of Lux into France following Metz, Nancy, Mulhouse and down to the border at Basle.
Enter Swiss at Basle (think you have to pay a tax here) then have a lovely and scenic drive across and down through Swiss exiting into northern Italy at Chiasso.
Head south towards the north of Milan before turning left and head towards Monza, Vicenza, keep heading east, you can bypass or drop into Venice if you wish. Head on east towards Trieste where you leave Italy and enter Slovenia. A short hop across Slovenia will bring you to Croatia.
Head down towards Rijeka, then (my personal choice) take the coastal road heading south down to Zadar, Vodice, Sebenik and on to Split.
There are quicker routes and Im not sure about which countries require you to pay a tax charge.
Stay off the motorways where you can and enjoy the drive.
Hope this helps.
Is that 6 days total, or six days to get there? Expect 24 hours of driving each way in a motorhome!
Best route from Rotterdam, in my opinion, would be down to Munich, into Austria at Salzburg, then into Slovenia. Recommended Ljubljana, very nice capital city!
Then you are into Croatia.
Lots of interesting places on route in all five countries if you have time to stop!
Best route from Rotterdam, in my opinion, would be down to Munich, into Austria at Salzburg, then into Slovenia. Recommended Ljubljana, very nice capital city!
Then you are into Croatia.
Lots of interesting places on route in all five countries if you have time to stop!
We did it last summer.
This was our rough route, I would give the opposite advise to post #2 above.
I would stick to the German road system and avoid Belgium/France/Switzerland for the same reason, too much traffic and roadworks. (Also no tolls on the German roads.)
We took about a week each way, but we were not in a hurry (and stayed in a fabulous campsite in Austria for a few days)
Once you get to Split there is only one campsite that is close to the city and has a bus stop outside the gate Camping Stobrec Split
We parked up there, did all the tourist things and then caught a catamaran ferry to Dubrovnik.
We stayed at Edies Sea Rooms (Also spelt Edi and Edie), right next to the main Pile Gate, but not a main gate prices and with spectacular views from the windows.
If you call him direct it's cheaper than going through the booking web sites.
You will need:
An Umwelt sticker for the German section. Buy on line from the city of berlin, takes a week to arrive.
A Vignette sticker for the Austrian section: Buy in Germany at the Austrian border.
A Vignette for the Slovenian section: Buy online on the day before you get to Slovenia, they have ANPR on all main roads
This was our rough route, I would give the opposite advise to post #2 above.
I would stick to the German road system and avoid Belgium/France/Switzerland for the same reason, too much traffic and roadworks. (Also no tolls on the German roads.)
We took about a week each way, but we were not in a hurry (and stayed in a fabulous campsite in Austria for a few days)
Once you get to Split there is only one campsite that is close to the city and has a bus stop outside the gate Camping Stobrec Split
We parked up there, did all the tourist things and then caught a catamaran ferry to Dubrovnik.
We stayed at Edies Sea Rooms (Also spelt Edi and Edie), right next to the main Pile Gate, but not a main gate prices and with spectacular views from the windows.
If you call him direct it's cheaper than going through the booking web sites.
You will need:
An Umwelt sticker for the German section. Buy on line from the city of berlin, takes a week to arrive.
A Vignette sticker for the Austrian section: Buy in Germany at the Austrian border.
A Vignette for the Slovenian section: Buy online on the day before you get to Slovenia, they have ANPR on all main roads
Umwelt sticker is only needed in German cities with low emission zone requirements.
Vignette for Austria only needed for toll roads.
Vignette for Slovenia only needed for toll roads.
So depends on your final route.
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Yes we are staying at Camping Strobec
We were going but when checking out our insurance with NFU we were only insured 3rd party, we didn’t want to take the risk so didn’t go.
Söbec is one of our must haves, avoid in August like the plague is my only advice...
Stay away from Köln and Dusseldorf if possible, the traffic is a nightmare, cut further over towards Kassel and drop down to Nürnberg, the middle is better than the edges...
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Slovenia and Croatia are part of the EU.
There is also a 'new' (2020) road which means you do not have to drive through Bosnia to get to the end of Croatia
There no reason for Croatia to be 3rd party insurance any more.
I'd look for a proper insurer!
Most of the others cover Croatia like any other EU countries.
(Serbia, Monte Negro, Bosnia, Kosovo, Albania however are all not EU and therefore 3rd party insurance, if they will insure you at all!)
Also depends if for the sake of about £10 you are going to spend ages pouring over a map to avoid the tolls.
One slip (or closed road) and you get a fine.
Crossing from Italy to Croatia would be an exiting navigational challenge on singletrack mountain roads to do without a E-Vignette.
I'd do it, but I'd want to know my navigator could really read a paper map.
(No point in using the GPS, as it will go the 'logical' way)
Strange, but we don't use physical maps. We have never bought a vignette for any of our trips through Slovenia or Croatia. We simply set Google maps navigation options to 'no tolls'. We are not in a rush.
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