Rome2Rio alternative for the Balkans/Eastern Europe?
So I've quickly come to find out that Rome2Rio is terrible when it comes to Eastern Europe and the Balkans.
Here's some examples:
- When trying to go from Levoča (Slovakia) to Lviv (Ukraine), R2R suggested an insane series of 5 trains, or a series of 4 buses (that included a bus that only runs monthly.) There was, in fact, a single direct train as well as a direct bus. - See Question.
- When trying to go from Dubrovnik (Croatia) to Trebinje (Bosnia), R2R is telling me the only way is a 7-hour, 2-bus odyssey via Montenegro. I know for a fact there's a 45-minute daily direct bus.
Furthermore, when looking at suggested bus routes that it gave me in Slovenia, I found that R2R was linking to schedules that were 4 years old.
So I've given up with Rome2Rio in this part of the world. Are there any route planning websites that are reasonably up-to-date for this region? Or is it still a matter of "use google" and "Site X is great for Croatia, Site Y works for Czech/Slovakia" etc?
There is a question about Rome2Rio alternatives here: Are there other sites such as Rome2Rio?. That question offers three alternatives:
- GoEuro.com - No route found between Dubrovnik and Trebinje
- Waymate.de - Unable to find Trebinje as a destination
- RouteRank.com - No route found between Dubrovnik and Trebinje
So Rome2Rio is already a superior choice to these three since it did suggest a [terrible] route to get between these places.
Best Answer
No, there is no such universal website. The simple reason is that far from everything is computerized and even if it is, the infrastructure is often so primitive it's not linked to any search engines. In your specific case you've got two options:
Estimate the driving time on Google Maps and plan to grab a taxi instead of a bus.
Use GetByBus to find the schedule of this particular bus. However it in turn fails to find the Levo?a to Lviv route, which shows it's far from universal.
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