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Motorcycle trip through Northern, Eastern and Mediterranean Europe

Posted by: jeairas on Feb 16, 13 at 04:00 PM Posted in: Europe Tagged: Albania , Greece , Romania , Turkey Jump to last reply

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I've taken 2 motorcycle trips through Europe, they were both quite similar: started in Northern Sweden, down through Norway, Denmark, Germany, Belgium, France, French Riviera, Spain, Ferry to Italy, down to Sicily via Tuscany and Amalfi, then through Switzerland, Germany and back to Sweden.

My girlfriend and I are planning a 8-9 week trip for the summer of 2014...I know, way in advance. Either way, here's what we're thinking so far:
Northern Sweden, ferry to Finland, down through Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine, Romania along the black sea, Bulgaria, Turkey. Then do some island hopping in Greece, then north through Albania, Montenegro, Croatia, Slovenia, Austria, Czech Republic and up back to Sweden.

Has anyone travelled through any of these countries via motorcycle before and perhaps might have some good suggestions for "must see" areas, towns, etc? Anything that we should stay away from?

Thanks so much in advance!

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Croesus on Feb 16, 13 at 06:28 PM

What bike do you have, jeairas? I've done about 80,000 kilometres around Europe on my R80GS over the last 20 years, been to Turkey 3 times on it. But not a lot of eastern Europe.

Both Turkey and Greece are really nice biking countries (and Aegean island hopping is very easy with a bike). My interests are ancient sites, so I tend to head for them.

Have a look at this website for ideas about Turkey - http://www.turkeytravelplanner.com/go/index.html
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jeairas on Feb 18, 13 at 12:34 PM

Thanks for the response Croesus. I have a yamaha xj 900 diversion.
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ronto on Mar 9, 13 at 11:26 AM

Peter Starr has an interesting article about his recent motorcycle tour in Romania. It was publishes in Motorcycle Magazine - March 2013. Let us know if you need a PDF version of the article.

Here is another itinerary idea
http://www.romaniatourism.com/upcoming-tours-romania-usa.html

Regards
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ElenaC on Apr 17, 13 at 04:02 AM

You could use some ideas for itineraries in Albania from this website http://www.outdooralbania.com/cycling-tours-albania. Good luck with the planning!

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jeairas on Apr 25, 13 at 07:04 PM

Thanks so much Ronto and ElenaC!

Ronto: I would love to get a PDF version of the article if at all possible!

Thanks,

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