Belgrade Transportation

If you go around by car, I must tell you that the car will not be a clever option, traffic is chaotic and parking almost impossible. In the center you can live your car in the parking only for one or two hours. Alway go on parking places. (The majority of Belgrade streets is payed parking) And if you find a place where it is not allowed to park, police will surely give your car a wheel clamp.

From Belgrade to Timisoara I used gea tours service. This is a private transport company which takes you from Belgrade to Podgorica, Sarajevo or Timisoara. The service is pretty good as they do a door to door service so you do not need to take other transports once you arrive at destination.I did not find them so reliable in comunication and booking. Infact I emailed them the details of the transport I needed and they never confirmed anything, so I needed to go to their office in Belgrade to book the trip(they claim to be able to book service by email). They told me that 10 minuts before the pick up the driver would call me and this never happened, I had to do several international calls to their offices from Timisoara before understanding that I would have been picked up 2 hours later than expected.The return ticket from Belgrade to Timisoara is 40 euros so, all in all a convenient rate, just do not expect them to be so punctual.

INTERNATIONAL BUS LINES

Amsterdam
Basel
Vienna
Berlin
Bergamo
Bratislava
Braunau
Bregenz
Budapest
Dortmund
Freiburg
Frankfurt
Frederikswerk
Geneva
Gostivar
Graz
Hamburg
Heineheim
Heilbron
Innsbruck
Istanbul
Linz
Lion
Ljubljana
Momingen
Munchen
Montpellier
Ohrid
Paris
Prague
Rastadt
Salzburg
Skopje
Sofia
Struga
Stockholm
Stuttgart
Verona
Vukovar
Zagreb
Zurich

I flew to Belgrade from Rome with alitalia that now has some kind of good prices for this route: 200€ return tiket. If you want to use a low cost company you can fly with wizzair to Timisoara airport which is about 200 kilometers from Belgrade and from there use a private minibus company, Gea, that takes you to the city in 3 hours for 25€.

From the Belgrade airport to the city centre I decided to book an airport pick up as I needed to be in the downtown at a certain time and did not want to mess up with abusive drivers usually present outside airports.
I used the auto transfert and it was expensive for Belgrade standard but the service was good, price was 20 € and it took more than one hour to arrive downtown, probably cause of the rush hour.
You can easily book the pick up at their web site.

Marko is a good taxi driver I got to meet in Belgrade, he speaks an excellent english and italian.
He also likes to talk about history of his countries and its cultural tips and show you details not advised by guide books, I really had a good time with him, not to mention his theory of Tito's body being buried inside vatican, that story itself is worth a taxi ride.

Beograd lies at the crossing of the European main corridors E-70 and E-75.

Foreign drivers in Yugoslavia need an international driving license, an automobile registration card and an insurance policy.

For passenger vehicles no customs declaration needs to be filled out.

INSURANCE

Insurance policies from countries that have signed the "Vehicle Insurance Convention" are fully valid, and citizens of other countries must purchase an insurance policy when entering Yugoslavia.



TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS

In case of a traffic accident the Traffic Police (Saobraæajna policija) should be summoned using the Phone: 92. The police officers shall write an accident report. For vehicles with foreign license plates a certificate on damages should be requested. It is to be shown at the border crossing when leaving Yugoslavia.

Road Assistance Service (Služba "Pomoæ-informacije") - Phone: 987, of the Yugoslav Automobile Association (Auto-moto savez Jugoslavije - AMSJ) is available for all tourist assistance and towing/transport of damaged vehicles.

In case that the owner is permanently abandoning a vehicle with foreign license plates, this should be reported to the customs authorities or to the local AMSJ unit that will carry out the necessary procedure. In both cases, it is imperative to secure a certificate on having handed over the vehicle, to simplify formalities in the country where the vehicle was originally registered.

If a foreign tourist enters Yugoslavia driving a vehicle with damaged bodywork, he must contact the authorities at the border crossing to have the damage evaluated and to receive a certificate about it.



ROAD TOLL

For passenger vehicles with foreign license plates the following toll rates are applicable on roads through Serbia:

Subotica - Novi Sad: 5 EUR

Novi Sad - Belgrade: 5 EUR

Šid - Belgrade: 6 EUR

Belgrade - Niš: 13 EUR

Niš - Peèenjevce: 3 EUR

There is one airport in Belgrade, it is situated in Surcin, about 20 km from the center.
There are more than 20 daily international flights, and about ten domestic ones.

You can check the airport website for all the information and flight status:

http://www.aerodrom-beograd.co.yu/

"Aerodrome location indiactor and name: LYBE Beograd
Aerodrome geographical data

1. ARP coordinates WGS-84 and site at AD: 444909, 78N 0201825, 44E 122° GEO / 1500 m from THR 12
2. Direction and distance from city: 275o GEO, 18 km from main railway station in Belgrade
3. ELEV / Reference temperature: 98 m / 27°C (Aug)
4. MAG VAR / Annual change: 3° E (2000) / + 4.7'
5. Type of traffic permitted: IFR / VFR

Time reference: Summer (Mar / Sep) UTC+2, Winter (Oct / Feb) UTC+1
Aerodrome operational hours: 0500 - 2300 LT

Structure of airport services
The Belgrade Airport enterprise is registered for the following: ground handling of aircraft, passengers, cargo and mail in domestic and international traffic; maintenance of the runway, maneuvering areas, aprons and parking stands, equipment and insltallations that enable aviation activities; catering services, domestic and foreign trade; tourist services; leasing business premises; leasing advertising space and display of advertisements and propaganda material; representing foreign firms and consignments; shipping; maintenance of the airport and of the public-utility and energy infrastructure; market research, designing and engineering; running of bounded warehouses, cargo storage and handling; joint use of equipment and installations: leasing motor and other vehicles and machines; transport; cleaning the airport and garbage removal; leasing land; airport security service; special requests and other services as well."