MSFS2020 Bush Trip: Upper NE Adriatic Countries: Leg 4: Zemunik to Kastelaon DA62

Upper Northeast Adriatic Countries

From Maribor to Sarajevo

The Adriatic Sea is one of the most storied and historically significant bodies of water in the world. A northern arm of the Mediterranean, the northwest-southeast trending Adriatic is bounded on its west by the Italian Peninsula, on its north by mainland Europe, and on its east by the Balkan Peninsula.

With Etruscans, Greeks, and Romans having plied and settled on and to the interior of its shores, the Adriatic was an important part of the cradle of Western Civilization. Subsequent centuries witnessed regional conquest by the Byzantines and Ottomans, among others. One of the most notable historic periods of the region was the rule of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which spanned from 1867 to the end of World War I in 1918. The empire comprised land on and inland of the northeast Adriatic, including the modern Balkan countries of Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia-Herzegovina. These three nations emerged as independent states in the 1990s along with Montenegro, North Macedonia, and Serbia with the dissolution of Yugoslavia. While bonded by history and northeastern Adriatic coastline, each of these three countries offers stunning vistas of unique natural landscapes and human development evocative of history both recent and centuries-old.

This bush trip weaves together the best of these three countries. Beginning at Maribor, near the Pohorje Mountains of northeastern Slovenia, the route traverses northern Slovenia and then meets the northeastern Adriatic coastline. The journey then winds southward, along the Croatian coastline and the Croatian archipelago, the most numerous group of islands in the Adriatic and second most numerous in all of the Mediterranean. The flight then heads inland to explore Bosnia-Herzegovina, which is dominated by the Dinaric Alps.

This bush trip visits a tremendous span of terrain, from large cities with a variety of architecture, to sweeps of coastline, to alpine regions of forests, rivers, and valleys. It offers boundless vistas of natural beauty and historical intrigue to enjoy from the cockpit.

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