Balkan Rally 2025 – Vintage Enthusiast
Make sure to pick your race kit up in the Balkan Rally Garden Lounge, register your car for GPS installation and join us in the university’s main building first floor for the Opening Ceremony starting at 15:00 sharp!
Competitor parking in the Racers Zone (entry from Gellért Square). Please stick to this time slot and arrive as early as possible!
Registration, race kit collection
GPS installation by NavCenter
Riders Meeting (Grand Hall, BME “K” Building)
Getting the cars ready, meet fellow racers, sponsors, and relax in the Balkan Rally Garden Lounge
Vehicles should remain on-site overnight with 24/7 surveillance until the start due to parking logistics. (If you absolutely cannot leave your vehicle overnight, please inform your contact person by Thursday.)
Vehicle entry to race zone
Race Office / Coffee by LaMarzocco
Please stay in your designated parking spot until our start team guides you to the starting line
Start according to grid order
The finish gate will be in front of the hotel. If you would like, you can park into the underground garage, but the gathering will be in the outside parking lot.
Finish Race Office in hotel lobby
Parking lot gathering by Fehér Nyúl Brewery & Bortársaság
Hotel spa closes
Dinner in the hotel's restaurant
Riders meeting in hotel meeting room
Hotel bar closes
Breakfast & Checkout
Race Office / Coffee by LaMarzocco
If you parked in the garage, please come up to the outside parking lot 30 minutes before your starting time. Our team will help to start everyone in the correct order.
Start
The finish gate will be in the P1 parking lot closest to the hotel building. Once you have offloaded your luggage, please park to the P2 parking lot where we will be waiting for you with cold refreshments.
Finish Race Office in hotel lobby
Parking lot gathering by Fehér Nyúl Brewery & Bortársaság in the further parking lot (P2).
Meeting in the lobby for riders briefing, please dress warm and wear comfortable shoes.
Dinner in the hotel's restaurant
Hotel bar closes
Breakfast & Checkout
Race Office / Coffee by LaMarzocco
The start gate will be in the P2 parking lot further away from the hotel. Our team will help you line up in the correct order.
Start
Finish Race Office
The finish gate will be 30 minutes outside of Opatija at Hotel Flanona. Once you have passed the finish line, please follow the itinerary to the GRAND HOTEL 4 OPATIJSKA CVIJETA. The first 30 vintage cars will be asked to park on the pier for an exhibition, the other vehicles can head straight to the underground garage. At sunset, kindly park with your vintage car to the underground garage as well.
Riders Club beach party by ICJ Marine
Dinner in the hotel's restaurant
Pool closes - the Spa can only be used for a surcharge of 25,5€/person
Riders meeting in the Conference building - Room 1A
Hotel bar closes
Breakfast & Checkout
Race Office / Coffee by LaMarzocco
Please be at your vehicle in the garage 15 minutes before your starting time, but do not start the car, or leave your parking spot until our team instructs you to do so, as we do not want unnecessary CO emissions in the garage, or a blocked exit for the vehicles heading for the starting line. The start gate will be just a bit outside of the garage.
Start
The finish line will be at the entry of the hotel garage.
Finish Race Office
For Friday afternoon in Dubrovnik, if you would like a transfer and / or a 90-minute English language guided tour of Dubrovnik please sign up now or tomorrow morning in the race office. The transfer is 20 EUR / per person, the guided tour is an additional 20 EUR and you need to pay in the race office to secure your spot.
Vans will leave at 16:00 and arrive at 19:00 back to the hotel, the gala dinner will start at 20:00.
Enjoy the hotel's spa facilities
Wellness closes, use of swimming pool area, fitness area and sauna area is included
Dinner in the hotel's restaurant
Riders meeting in the Sotto Voce bar in front of the restaurant
Hotel bar closes
Breakfast & Checkout
Race Office / Coffee by LaMarzocco
The start will be through the exit of the garage. Please remain in your parking spot, until our team instructs you to line up.
Start
The course will finish at the Rizman winery, have a drink and enjoy before driving down to the hotel.
When you arrive, please hand in your Instax camera & album for scoring and place your vote for the Perfect Gear and the Fair Play awards in the Race Office.
Finish Race Office
Meet in the hotel lobby for dinner
Balkan Dinner Outing
Wellness closes, sauna and pool
Riders meeting in the restaurant
Hotel bar closes
Breakfast & Checkout
Set off for your journey:
Route options:
- per itinerary (Mostar included) - 5,5 hours net driving time
- per Google (Mostar included) - 3 h 55 mins
- straight to the Dubrovnik hotel - 1 h - recommend to stop on the way and take a dip in the sea, there are a lot of small beaches along the road
After arrival we will start to remove the GPS devices from the vehicles. A red sticker on your windshield will mark its completion.
Race Office in hotel lobby
Optional Dubrovnik excursion
Gala dinner, awards ceremony & party
Breakfast & Checkout
Please check with the Race Office about your pick-up times
Departure to Sarajevo at your own pace.
You can stop in front of the hotel to offload your luggage with the bell boys, then take the first right hand turn and you will see the entrance to the hotel garage on your right after entering a metal gate. Make sure to validate your parking ticket at the reception.
Race Office Dubrovnik: in hotel lobby
Race Office Sarajevo: in hotel lobby
Free guided sightseeing in English & Hungarian - meet in hotel lobby
Dinner in hotel restaurant

