bus/ferry travel in croatia & greece

[floridaice99]

hey ya'll-i posted in the other sections but didnt get any feedback so thought id try here...2 part question...ok so it looks like the greece, croatia area doesnt have the extensive rail system of the mainland so..are busses a good option? where can i find some info on bus travel? can i travel overnight like the trains? ok part 2...anybody with any experience on taking a ferry from greece/croatia over to italy?? I have found some info on ferries from greece but none from italy-any info would be appreciated! thanks all!
p.s. any opinions on a trip to istanbul??

[bluepea]

Hi and welcome. I'm going to try my best to help, but I have no basis in my information except for what I'm reading and find on websites, so... use information at your own risk.

This is Croatia to/from Italy (ferry). Not sure exactly what your question is...

Ferry site 1

Here's another site on Croatia/Italy.

Again, haven't been to Greece yet, so I cannot vouch on behalf of any transport system.
Here's a link to a website for some transportation.

This is the main site for tourism in Greece. I'm sure they'll have lots of great links.

Remember if the site isn't in English, to look around for a US/Brit/Can flag .

Hope this helps a little.

[rjt98]

I think theres 2 main ferrys that depart from Italy and go to Petras Greece. One is from Brindisi, Italy and takes 8 hours. And the other is from anconda and takes like 20 hours. With the eurorail pass the one from anconda is free, and the one from brindisi is 50% off.

Not exactly sure on any of this information, its just what I remember from research of my last trip.

-Randy

[floridaice99]

guys thanmks so much for the information it has proved really helpful...I think were going to take a chance and go dubrovnik to Ancona-hopefully we can just walk up to the dock and go the day of? Now that this part of the trip is under control, I h\only have to figure out how to actually get from greece to Croatia by land right now the plan is rail through macedonia then belgrade to zagreb...I pray we dont need any visas or anything else crazy to make this trip...Thanks again for the info I really appreciate the help and any more you can offer!

[worldwidemike]

I've traveled by bus in Greece and it's fine. Might be a tad difficult figuring out which stop is yours if you don't speak the language or read Greek letters. Of course, you could do what I do and just ask the driver to let you know when you get to your stop. I don't believe they have many overnight buses traveling between cities in Greece, but I would check that. It's been a number of years since I've been there.

Istanbul is a great city to travel to...I had no problem there. I highly recommend it.

Feel free to shoot with any other questions...

worldwidemike