Reader’s questions
1) Is a visa required for Spanish citizens or is it enough with the passport? |
According to World Travel Guide, a visa is not required for people from EU countries. In this case, Spanish travelers don’t need Visa to travel to Bosnia. However, things might change so please double check with other sources before your trip.
The bus is the best transportation mean from Sarajevo to Dubrovnik in term of money and time factors. Since I never travel directly from Sarajevo to Dubrovnik; I went to Split first, I emailed my former roommate in Bosnia and got the following information. (Thanks, T.)
Frequency: Buses run three times a day during the summer from Jun. 15 to Sep. 3, 2007. Probably there are few buses in the winter.
Duration: slightly more than 6 hours.
Cost: 42 KM ~ 21 EUR for oneway and 62 KM ~ 31 EUR for a roundtrip.
Schedule
BUS LINES FROM SARAJEVO TO DUBROVNIK
-7:15 (every day): arrive in Dubrovnik at 13:40
-14:30 (on Friday and Saturday from Jun 30 to Sep 3): arrive in Dubrovnik at 21:00
-22:30 (every day from Jun 15 to Sep 3): arrive in Dubrovnik about 05:10
BUS LINES FROM DUBROVNIK TO SARAJEVO
-8:00 (every day): arrive in Sarajevo about 14:45
-13:00 (Sat and Sun from Jun 30 to Sep 3): arrive at 19:15
-22:30 (every day from Jun 15 to Sep 3): arrive at 5:00
For more information, please visit Centrotrans travel agency. For now, there is no English version, so you have to try to understand the information in Bosnian.
On the homepage, you’ll see two drop-down lists. The left one is the departure (Polazište), and the right one is arrival (Odredište). Pull down the lists and select Sarajevo and Dubrovnik. Or you can just scroll down and find the part Sarajevo-Dubrovnik and vice versa.
Now if you want to read English, visit Free Online Translation from Croatian (Bosnia) to English. Copy the URL of Centrotrans website: http://www.centrolines.ba/loc/ruter.wbsp into the URL text box. You should then see a semi-decent page in English mixed with Croatian.
Another useful site, Dubrovnik Online – Transportation by Coach
Important words to remember
It’s tough to find sufficient information about transportation in Bosnia as the country is still catching up with Internet technology. Once you arrive in Sarajevo, make a trip to the central bus station (information provided in your travel guide). There are updated timetables for both domestic and international buses. Please take into consideration that the people at the ticket counters speak English very little or not at all; however, they are helpful.
I used pen and paper to communicate when asking for information and buying ticket.
Dubrovnik is very cool. I was surprisingly impressed by how pretty it was. I almost decided not to visit this city. What a pity it might have been.
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