Carol, How long did it take you to get from Dubrovnik to Zagreb? I assume you took a bus? Do you have a recommendation for a place to stay in Dubrovnik? Dick Puz

It was supposed to take 8-9 hours - it actually took 11. We left at 7am, arrived 6 pm. There were some 10 minute stops, and one 25 minute stop. The bus travels along the coast as far as Split, then turns inland. There are no hotels within the old walls. We stayed out at Lapad Bay. We stayed at the Hotel Lapad, it was about $50/night for a double with bath. We tried to get rooms at the Hotel Zagreb and Hotel Sumratin (about $45/night), but they were both full. Hotel Lapad includes breakfast - they had tons of German tourists there, and the breakfasts were huge buffets - eggs, sausage, breads, cheeses, cereals, fruit, rolls, etc. The only other place we did the hotel breakfast was Zagreb, where it was bread, ham, cheese, salami, juice, tea/coffee -more like your basic European bread/coffee breakfast, with a slice or two of meat and cheese added. Usually, we went out and scavenged for something tasty for breakfast at the many bakeries in Croatia. There are big American style (expensive) hotels farther out Lapad Bay - easy bus connection to the Pile Gate (entry to the town). There is an internet cafe just outside the gate where the bus stops. Very reasonable rates to send email home (in the range of $1) for a half hour. Lots of restaurants inside the walls. From anywhere along the Placa (main street), go left up stone steps to the first street that runs parallel to the Placa - this is restaurant row, lined with fancy sit down places. There are many less expensive, more casual places, lots of pizza places; many place their menus and prices out on sandwich boards along the Placa. You can get a pizza (enough for 2 people) and 2 beers for $8-10 total, sometimes less. (In Zagreb we found a great pizza place, large pizza and 2 Karlovacko(beers) for 40 kuna (about $5). We lunched there 3 times in 6 days! ----- Original Message ----- From: <PUZEXPRESS@aol.com> To: <CROATIA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 6:39 AM Subject: [CROATIA-L] Trip > Carol, > > How long did it take you to get from Dubrovnik to Zagreb? I assume you took > a bus? Do you have a recommendation for a place to stay in Dubrovnik? > > Dick Puz > > ______________________________