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  • Sofia to Bucharest: A Timeless Rail Adventure in the Balkans πŸ‡§πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄

    Sofia to Bucharest: A Timeless Rail Adventure in the Balkans πŸ‡§πŸ‡¬πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄

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    A summer-only rail adventure linking two Balkan capitals. Join us aboard the Sofia–Bucharest train as a single carriage travels through the dramatic Iskar Gorge, across northern Bulgaria and over the Danube into Romania.


    Bulgaria, River Valleys, Romania, Scenic Trips

    July 25, 2026
    11–17 minutes
  • A Transylvanian trip of endurance? New route from Cluj Napoca πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄ to Budapest πŸ‡­πŸ‡Ί

    A Transylvanian trip of endurance? New route from Cluj Napoca πŸ‡·πŸ‡΄ to Budapest πŸ‡­πŸ‡Ί

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    Due to long term engineering works, the once daily train from Cluj Napoca to Budapest has become an endurance test with the already-slow journey times extended to over eleven hours! Join me on a trip on the InterCity Claudiopolis and see why the duration wasn’t everything and the journey turned out to be an enjoyable…


    Countryside, European Train Travel, Hungary, Romania, Scenic Trips, Train Travel

    October 18, 2024
    10–15 minutes

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