Design your very own trip. choose your route around our network and stop where you want. Our Flexitrip is the ultimate flexible travel option, you can choose anywhere you'd like to go and then buy the number of corresponding flexistops. This is ideal if you really want a true trans-continental adventure or have a clear idea of what cities you want to experience.
How it works
A Busabout Flexitrip Pass (6 or more flexistops) will give you access to the entire Busabout coach network. A flexistop is any time you jump off the coach overnight - compulsory overnight stops are indicated with red dots on the map below.
Flexitrip Passes are perfect for travellers who are looking to go from point A to point B without wanting to get the whole "Loop". Your Flexistops are valid for the entire operating season giving you maximum flexibility (thus the clever name). Break away from the network and explore destinations like Greece or Morocco. Start and finish anywhere - just keep travelling until you run out of stops, or buy more as you go.
For example : Start in Paris, Bruges, Amsterdam, Berlin, Prague, Vienna, Munich, Venice and finish in Rome - all with only 8 'flexistops'. Stay in each city as long as you like. If you'd like to make an extra 'stop' in say Salzburg, simply buy an extra 'flexistop' from your On-board Guide.
The Flexitrip Pass is valid for the entire 2008 operating season (May to October). Each "sector" may be travelled once and departures from each city are every other day.
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Start and finish anywhere.
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Travel at your own pace.
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No 'time-limit'
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Minimum recommended travel time: 18 days
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Break your loop - make it into more than one trip.
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Door to door.
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Every other day service.
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Travel Dates and Accommodation
We recommend that you utilise the "MyBusabout" feature on the website, so you can make confirmed seat reservations and pre-book you budget accommodation. Once you have booked your Busabout pass you can just log-on to the website with your booking reference number and start planning and booking your trip.
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Ancona, a grimly industrial port city and capital of Le Marche, Italy is worth mentioning mostly because you may be catching ferries to Croatia, Greece or Turkey from here.
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Take bus No 1 from the train station to the port. The main APT tourist office ((071 35 89 91; www.comune.ancona.it; Via Thaon de Revel 4; h9am-2pm & 3-6pm Mon-Fri, 9am-1pm & 3-6pm Sat, 9am-1pm Sun, fewer in winter) is out of the way. Stazione Marittima has a tourist office ((071 20 11 83; h 8am-8pm Tue-Sat & 2-8pm Sun & Mon summer). There’s a post office (Largo XXIV Maggio; h8.15am-7pm Mon-Sat).
Buses depart from Piazza Cavour for towns throughout Le Marche. Rome is served by Marozzi ((071 280 23 98). Ancona is on the Bologna–Lecce train line and easily accessible from major towns. Connect to Rome via Foligno.
Ferry operators have booths at the terminal, off Piazza Kennedy. Companies include Superfast ((071 207 02 40) to Patras in Greece (€78), Minoan Lines ((071 20 17 08) to Igoumenitsa and Patras (€68) and Adriatica ((071 20 49 15) to Durrës in Albania (€86) and Split in Croatia (€47). These prices are one-way, deck class in high season.
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