janey46 Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 I have been to the lonigo and cardiff gp and would like next year to do a few more, I would have gone to more this year but as i left it so late the airfares were sky high. I have checked the airfares for some of next years venues and they are really good value but if i book them now can i be guaranteed that the race will take place on the dates advertised. I notice the only tickets available are Denmark and Great Britain. Im interested in Wroclaw, Parken, Prague, Latvia and Slovenia are all these tracks easily accessable and is there fairly cheap accomodation nearby? any help would be much appreciated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob B Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 Why start a new topic? Seeing as all the dates apart from Germany say confirmed. All of them are accessible apart from Latvia which is quite hard to get to apparently. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 (edited) In my opinion, Latvia is NOT hard to get to. We drove to Daugavpils, but also had family who flew out. You can fly Ryan Air to Riga, get the airport bus into town (20p) & a train to Daugavpils for around £5. Easy. The road between Riga & Daugavpils is good & is a bit quicker than the train if you want to drive. Beware of cops with speed traps - don't do anything you shouldn't & you'll be ok You can get a ferry to Latvia from Sweden or Germany & even fly into Kaunas in Lithuania - have a day in Villnius & then head up to Daugavpils which isn't far away. Plenty of English menu food in Daugavpils & the stadium had very good facilities. NB. If you want to take your own car, check the green card options with your insurers. It will auto cover 3rd party as they are in EU, but we couldn't get fully comp with Direct Line. You can't upgrade on the border as you'd end up double insured which is illegal. I don't know if other companies offer LV & LT. Not too concerned as plenty of guarded parking available & public transprt is clean, cheap & efficient. Edited October 19, 2006 by Jools Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shalewhale Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 (edited) Latvia is NOT hard to get to. We drove to Daugavpils, but also had family who flew out. You can fly Ryan Air to Riga, get the airport bus into town (20p) & a train to Daugavpils for around £5. Easy. The road between Riga & Daugavpils is good & is a bit quicker than the train if you want to drive. Beware of cops with speed traps - don't do anything you shouldn't & you'll be ok You can get a ferry to Latvia from Sweden or Germany & even fly into Kaunas in Lithuania - have a day in Villnius & then head up to Daugavpils which isn't far away. Plenty of English menu food in Daugavpils & the stadium had very good facilities. NB. If you want to take your own car, check the green card options with your insurers. It will auto cover 3rd party as they are in EU, but we couldn't get fully comp with Direct Line. You can't upgrade on the border as you'd end up double insured which is illegal. I don't know if other companies offer LV & LT. Not too concerned as plenty of guarded parking available & public transprt is clean, cheap & efficient. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well said. And if you want train times, ask me and i'll tell you them! Edited October 19, 2006 by Shalewhale Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jools Posted October 19, 2006 Report Share Posted October 19, 2006 I have been to the lonigo and cardiff gp and would like next year to do a few more, I would have gone to more this year but as i left it so late the airfares were sky high. I have checked the airfares for some of next years venues and they are really good value but if i book them now can i be guaranteed that the race will take place on the dates advertised. I notice the only tickets available are Denmark and Great Britain. Im interested in Wroclaw, Parken, Prague, Latvia and Slovenia are all these tracks easily accessable and is there fairly cheap accomodation nearby? any help would be much appreciated. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Hi Janey, Parken, Wroclaw & Prague tracks are very easy by trams/bus from centre. There's loads of hotels in Wroclaw & Prague. Depends how much you want to spend! DK is never cheap for accomodation. If you really want to reduce costs, options include campsites where you could hire a log cabin, or even stay in Malmo & get the train accross the bridge. Slovenija is a bit trickier - depends where you fly into (we drive everywhere coz Paragon won't fly, so we have the car). Ppl we know have flown to Zagreb & stayed there, just coming by train for the mtg. OK option but you can miss last heat / presentation if mtg overruns & you have to run for last train back! Also ppl have flown to Trieste, Gratz or Ljubljana & hired a car. The other option is staying in Krsko & getting a taxi or walking. See previous post for Latvia - it really isn't that difficult to do independently. We'll maybe see you at some GPs then! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob B Posted October 20, 2006 Report Share Posted October 20, 2006 Spoke to people who drove from Riga to Daugavpils and they said it was a terrible road. Getting the train is probably easier. We always fly to Ljubijana for Slovenia then drive to Krsko. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballinger Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Spoke to people who drove from Riga to Daugavpils and they said it was a terrible road. Getting the train is probably easier. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> We caught the train this year, 1300 from Riga Central Station, rolled into Daugavpils at 1645, walked to the hotel, jumped in a cab to the track, and had time for something to eat before start time. It was easy peasy, the train tickets were under a fiver return Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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