Looking at traveling around Yugoslavia with a friend, and setting

>Yugoslavia
That's not a real place

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>>1180939
I drove from Tirana to Sarajevo via Kotor in Crna Gora in September this year. From Tirana to Kotor it took about 6 hours with 1,5 hours on the border (unusual I was told - all other crossings took 15-20 mins). From Kotor to Sarajevo via Mostar was about the same time but with an hour to see Mostar.

The roads are fine in all countries (we took the main routes though). They're all single carriageway though, except just outside Sarajevo where there was a brand new toll motorway where you could drive at 130km/hr. Driving standards are quite shit but Albania is 10 times worse compared to everywhere else. You'll need an insurance green card to cross the border in a hire care.

>Would another country in the region be better for a "home base"

It depends where you want to visit ? For me personally Sarajevo was the best city, Slovenia the most all round beautiful (but then again Slovenia is the best country in the world), Montenegro had the best nature, Albania the best food, Serbia the most friendly people and I haven't been to Hrvatska or Makedonia. Dont bother with inland Montenegro/Podgorica - it's pretty bleak.

However having said this,
>2 Americans
>Yugoslavia

Maybe it's better you dont go

>>1180939

I found Kotor on the higher end of prices for the area, but thats probably because Montenegro uses Euro.

Sarajevo was definitely the best city to visit while there.

I found car was better than train, when travelling.

>>1180939
Montenegro is fine if you are planing on going during summer/fall since the weather is pretty shit right now. I assume you will be staying near the coastline so i recommend checking out most cities along it if you have enough time ( if you wanted you could do it in a week).As for the rest of Montenegro i really don't know, but if you consider going inland by car i hope you don't have a fear of heights since you'll be driving along an edge of a canyon most of the time.
As for Serbia, you have a shit tone of spas and monasteries if that's what you're into, but apart from that and few bigger cities (Belgrade,Nis,Novi Sad) for a tourist there isn't much else.You could go to river Uvac or Djavolja varos if you want some nice scenery. If you like summer festivals you could go to exit(novi sad) or sea dance(Budva).
As for the rest of the Balkan countries, i can't say since i was too young to remember or didn't visit.
As accessibility goes, there is no such thing if traveling by car.
Safety should not be a problem as long as you stay clear of any football games, you wouldn't want to end up like that french dude a few year back.

>>1180998
It's called autumn not """"fall""""

>>1181035
It's called both "autumn" and "fall", mostly by different people. It's also called "herbst" and "秋" by other people.