Hi Andrew,
To add to Enkelena.
Driving and parking spots in the Balkans and especially in Prizren can be hectic in July. I have driven in the US, and Kosovo and especially Prizren is much more challenging.
ITP is at the edge of town and access to the highway is relatively easy. But Prizren streets are largely one way and busy, meaning walking is often easier than driving around town.
At least for towns, we recommend using public transportation or taxis whenever possible or just walking. Taxis in Prizren are plentiful and should take you anywhere in town for 2-3 EUR.
You may consider a car rental if you are planning to do intercity travel on your own.
Regards,
Arianit
On Thu, Jun 9, 2022 at 9:51 AM Enkelena Haxhiu <enkelena@debconf.org> wrote:Hi Andrew,
In my personal opinion, you would not want to drive a car here :) I
have never been to the US and I do not know how people drive there but
here they do not drive very well, compared to what I've seen in the EU
countries, considering also the opinion of my EU friends who drove
here. So avoid driving yourself in the city.
But no, drivers are not angry, and we do not have sheep in the city.
I suggest you take a taxi everywhere, or the bus. For that you will
need to either call them on the phone or take them from the city
center, you'll see many taxis waiting for costumers.
We will be making a list very soon with taxis in Prizren and their
phone numbers and share that here and in the website.
Here is the map of the urban buses in Prizren:
https://www.ecmandryshe.org/repository/images/main/Transporti_Urban_Final.jpg
Let me know if you have any questions.
Regards,
Enkelena
On Wed, Jun 8, 2022 at 11:48 PM Andrew McDaniel <awmcdaniel@gmail.com> wrote:
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> I have a fairly late arrival in PRN (19:00) and early departure afterwards (09:00). My Hotel is also in central Prinzen, which Google Maps estimates at a 30 minute walk to and from the conference venue each day.
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> I saw the info that taxi's from the airport are pretty easy to obtain, but relatively little info about transportation to the venue or within Prizren, as well as how easy it would be to get a return airport transfer to PRN early in the morning (assuming I need to be at the airport 2 hours before departure, I will need to leave Prizren around 06:00). So, I am wondering if there is more info somewhere (or general opinions from locals) about renting a car vs. just using taxis (or local buses?) the whole time. It's actually relatively difficult to find information online (at least in English language) about car rentals and driving around Kosovo for foreigners. Most of the results either seem like low-info content mills, or warn me that I will instantly die falling off a decrepit mountain road filled with sheep and angry Balkan drivers. Similarly, other than the taxi information for leaving the airport, I couldn't find much info of the cost and speed of booking taxi's for local travel once I get to Prizren.
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> I have a US drivers license and IDP, and it appears I can book a car at PRN for a reasonable daily cost on a corporate rate, with insurance included. I'm comfortable driving in city and highway traffic, at least on US roads. I'm mostly looking for input which option would be easiest for the week for travelling to and from the airport and conference venue each day.