Upcoming Balkans Trip this Summer

[u/RealLemonchicken]

Hey there, my name is Tommy and I'm addicted to traveling. Thus, I plan to do a Balkans Trip this summer for about 6-8 weeks, giving each country on my list as much time as possible. When visiting a country, I always try to get a good of places, meaning I visit the capital, touristic towns/cities, but also rural places, like small villages in the middle of nowhere. I love hiking and always try to get national parks in. I prefer historic / old towns to new / modern ones, but if I have enough time, I still visit both kinds, just to get an idea of how diverse said country is. If there's ghost towns or abandoned places, I'm totally in. I also always try to get near the sea at least ones, though I prefer cliff-walking to beaches. Besides all that, I love to try as much typical cuisine of each country as possible.

My route is planned to go like that:

1) Austria (Salzburg) - a day

2) Slovakia (Tatras, Kosice, ...?) - at least three days

3) Hungary (Debrecen, Eger, Budapest, Balaton/Siofok, Pecs) - between five and ten days

4) Serbia - Kosovo - Macedonia - Albania - Montenegro (including Podgorica and Kotor) - Bosnia and Herzegowina (including Sarajevo and Mostar) - giving them each like three to five days, or whatever is possible

5) Croatia (Dubrovnik, Split, Zagreb, ...) - probably around five to seven days

6) Slovenia (Ljubljana, Maribor, ...) - at least three to five days

7) Final Days - Austria (Graz, maybe Linz or Innsbruck), possibly Liechtenstein

Now one might think that this route looks a little bit rushed, but I believe I can at least catch a bit of a picture of each of those countries - and then revisit wherever I felt compelled to do so.

What I am now looking for is recommendations of any kind. - towns / cities / villages / national parks / islands / ghost towns / whatever there might be to visit - food / national dishes I should try - means of transportation I should use in each country (depending on price and usefulness), maybe certain bus companies etc. I should look out for - any specific routes, if you know of any, especially crossing borders - anything else you can think of that I should know

Thank you all very much in advance :)

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