Best route to Hrodno

Hi,

I%26#39;m planning on visiting friends in Hrodno over the next few months. Can anyone recommend the quickest and easiest route to take.

My options are the following:

(1)Fly to Minsk, then find either a bus or train to take me to Hrodno??

(2) or Take a train or bus from Warsaw direct to Hrodno. This would seem to be the easiest route?

Can anyone advise me on this? or has any other suggestions?

Regards,Alex

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A lot of your countrymen prefer to land in Vilnius and then proceed by train to Minsk. Grodno is much closer to Lithuania than Minsk, so this might be a good option.

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Many thanks for you suggestion of landing in Vilnius. I will have a look at the train option of travelling to Hrodno from Vilnius. This will be a new experience for me.

Thank you!

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just spent a weekend there

a very nice city

there are plenty of buses from Minsk(3,5 - 4,5 hrs) and a couple of trains (6-7 hrs)

Both variants cost 8-12$.

A small restaurant Karczma(Карчма)in the city center is a must go place. Food and drinks are very nice there

Cheers

ps:

my piece of advice: fly to Minsk and take a bus

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Many thanks for the above recommendations. The bus journey from Minsk is a bit long. Does anyone know a web link for buses from Vilnius to Grodno? and from Grodno back to Vilnius?

I want to check all options properly for suitable times etc.

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Will check with my Lithuanian colleague and get back soon. The site will for sure be Lithuanian, because in our land there is only a short inquiry number that can be dialled - surprisingly - only from Grodno itself. So it was on Christmas when I wanted to check a getaway option for my Briton. (He departed all right))

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Here are some links:

http://www.litrail.lt/ - doesn%26#39;t seem to work)

http://www.ecolines.net/ - doesn%26#39;t even list Minsk

http://www.autobusustotis.lt/en - looks like working - plenty buses to Minsk, nothing to Grodno.

Finally it is either cost-cutting (if it is) Vilnius - Minsk (budget overnight and sightseeing) - Grodno; or Minsk-Grodno.

Tell us of the outcome. If any.

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Thank you for the web links, I%26#39;ve had a quick look on the web sites and it looks as though it may be easier just to fly to Minsk, then catch a bus to Grodno. I%26#39;ve been to Minsk a few times and I have always enjoyed my time there. But this time I would like to explore a bit more of the country.

Would you recommend hiring a car in Minsk, or would it be safer on the bus?

Time is a factor which is why I was looking for a more direct route to Grodno. I%26#39;ll keep looking for other options.

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Shuttle buses (legitimate ones) are pretty frequent. Some US 20 and you are there. Much better than a car.

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Thank you, can you point me in the direction where I can get these shuttle buses.

What is the name of the street they leave from?

Where, or who do I buy the bus tickets from?

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It%26#39;s Vostochny Vokzal(Vostochny Bus Station) situated at 34, Vaneeva str.