One leg of our proposed trip next spring had me puzzled. How do we get from Prague to Belgrade efficiently. I’ve seen flights that go through Rome and even Paris. There is no direct connection. The most common path is through Budapest, but we start in Budapest and would prefer visiting a “new” city.
Looking at a map of central and eastern Europe, there are two cities to the east that look interesting: Bucharest, Romania and Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Bucharest, Romania
Tarom, Romanian Airlines, has a direct flight from Prague to Bucharest! It’s a two hour flight at a reasonable price. Air Serbia has a direct flight from Bucharest to Belgrade at a reasonable price. What about a hop to Sofia? There are direct flight Bucharest to Sofia and Sofia to Belgrade. A stop over in both Bucharest and Sofia is possible.
Sofia, Bulgaria
I know nothing about either Serbian Airlines or Tarom. Time to get informed.
From Belgrade we plan to take the train to Podgorica, Montenegro and rent a car.