There are 9 ways to get from Athens to Novalja by plane, shuttle, bus, ferry, train, or car
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Fly to Zadar Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane ATH - ZAD
- Take a shuttle bus from Zadar Airport to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
12h 27m€123–318Fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle, ferry
cheapest- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane ATH - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Rijeka
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Novaljaferry
13h 18m€80–498Bus, ferry
- Take the bus from Athens to Beograd, Autobuska stanicabus
- Take the bus from Belgrade bus station to Zagrebbus
- Take the bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Novaljaferry
27h 34m€88–166Bus, ferry, train
- Take the bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Patrasbus
- Take the ferry from Patras to Ancona M.Maferry Asf
- Take the train from Ancona to Pesarotrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Pesaro to Novaljaferry
36h 17mDrive 1,327.9 km
- Drive from Athens to Novaljacar 1,327.9 km
17h 58m€234–337Fly to Split Airport, bus
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Split Airport (SPU)plane ATH - SPU
- Take the bus from Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvor to Šibenik, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the bus from Šibenik to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvorbus
10h 23m€87–280Fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train, ferry
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane ATH - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Pesarotrain
- Take the ferry from Pesaro to Novaljaferry
14h 56mFly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, bus, ferry
- Fly from Athens International Airport (ATH) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane ATH - ZAG
- Take the bus from Zagreb Airport to Rijeka - Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Novaljaferry
11h 46m€101–293Bus
- Take the bus from Athens to Lezhëbus
- Take the bus from Lezhë to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvorbus
30h 11m€81–92
Athens to Novalja by bus, foot, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Athens to Novalja is to bus which costs €80 - €95 and takes 30h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Athens to Novalja is to fly and bus which takes 10h 23m and costs €85 - €280.
No, there is no direct bus from Athens to Novalja. However, there are services departing from Athens and arriving at Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor via Lezhë and Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 30h 11m.
The distance between Athens and Novalja is 1110 km. The road distance is 1327.9 km.
The best way to get from Athens to Novalja without a car is to bus and ferry which takes 27h 34m and costs €85 - €170.
It takes approximately 12h 27m to get from Athens to Novalja, including transfers.
Athens to Novalja bus services, operated by Euro Interlines Komatas Tours, depart from Athens station.
Athens to Novalja bus services, operated by Euro Interlines Komatas Tours, arrive at Lezhë station.
Novalja is 1h behind Athens. It is currently 10:49 AM in Athens and 9:49 AM in Novalja.
Yes, the driving distance between Athens to Novalja is 1328 km. It takes approximately 17h 58m to drive from Athens to Novalja.
What companies run services between Athens, Greece and Novalja, Croatia?
You can take a bus from Athens to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor via Lezhë and Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor in around 30h 11m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zadar Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zadar Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €75–280
Flights from Athens International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–260
Flights from Athens International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €26–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Mykonos
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €26–130
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- When
- Monday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €29–260
Flights from Athens International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €26–190
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–250
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–180
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–150
Flights from Athens International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–190
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Zadar Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–280
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Split Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €95–230
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Athens International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ancona to Pesaro
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–28
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Pesaro
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ancona to Pesaro
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–7
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Pesaro
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–27
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ancona to Pesaro
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Bologna Centrale to Pesaro
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Ancona to Pesaro
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–28
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bologna Centrale to Pesaro
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +385 01/6331-933
- plesoprijevoz@plesoprijevoz.hr
- Website
- plesoprijevoz.hr
Shuttle from Zadar Airport to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €19
- Schedules at
- plesoprijevoz.hr
Bus from Zagreb Airport to Rijeka - Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–35
- Schedules at
- plesoprijevoz.hr
- Phone
- +302105233969
- fptravel@otenet.gr
- Website
- fptravel.gr
Bus from Athens to Beograd, Autobuska stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 15h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €60–90
- Schedules at
- fptravel.gr
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Belgrade bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–10
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €1–12
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
Bus from Šibenik to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €1–2
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
Bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €1–2
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
- Phone
- +385 52 356 500
- brioni@brioni.hr
- Website
- brioni.hr
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–22
- Website
- https://www.brioni.hr/en-gb/
Bus from Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvor to Šibenik, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–7
- Website
- https://www.brioni.hr/en-gb/
- Phone
- +385 (0) 32 308 935
- polet@polet.hr
- Website
- polet.hr
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €47
- Schedules at
- polet.hr
- Phone
- +385 043 277 100
- info@cazmatrans.hr
- Website
- cazmatrans.hr
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €10–16
- Website
- https://cazmatrans.hr/en/
- Phone
- +30 2610 623 888
- info@ktelachaias.gr
- Website
- ktelachaias.gr
Bus from Athens, Leoforou Kifisou - KTEL to Patras
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–23
- Website
- https://www.ktelachaias.gr/en/homepage-en/
- Phone
- +385 60 300 300
- info@ap.hr
- Website
- ap.hr
Bus from Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvor to Šibenik, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–15
- Schedules at
- ap.hr
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €35–320
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €35–100
- Private
- €170–320
- Phone
- +355 68 407 6607
- komatastours.al@gmail.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Athens to Lezhë
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 51m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +383 44 119 284
- info@vectortravelgroup.com
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Lezhë to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +385 91 616 0990
- antonio.tours@zd.t-com.hr
- Website
- antoniotours.hr
Bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €9–13
- Schedules at
- antoniotours.hr
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- jadrolinija.hr
Ferry from Rijeka to Novalja
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
- Passenger Fare
- €6–9
Ferry from Patras to Ancona M.Ma
- Ave. Duration
- 22h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- https://www.bluestarferries.com/en-gb/
- Economy
- €70–100
- 2 Bed Inside Cabin
- €100–130
- 4 Bed Outside Cabin
- €110–140
- 2 Bed Lux Cabin
- €140–170
- Phone
- +39 0721.21332
- info@gomoviaggi.com
- Website
- gomoviaggi.com
Ferry from Pesaro to Novalja
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- gomoviaggi.com
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