Balkan budget spine: Zagreb, Sofia, Bucharest, Athens
How south-east Europe coaches and Wizz-style hops combine when summer coastal fares spike.
5 хв читання · оновлено 2026-09-29 · balkans · romania · bulgaria · croatia · greece
Bucharest, Sofia, Zagreb, and Athens sit on a useful cheapest-first spine: Wizz-style hops mixed with overnight coaches toward Hungary and Austria.
Croatian coastal fares (Split and friends) spike hard in summer — routing via Zagreb coaches often restores sanity.
For Greece, land the mainland on the cheap chain, then buy island ferries separately when summer air goes feral.
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