There are 8 ways to get from Bucharest to Novalja by bus, train, car, night train, plane, shuttle, or ferry
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus
best- Take the bus from Bucharest to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Zagrebbus 976 / ...
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Novalja Autobusna Stanicabus
18h 37mFly Bucharest Otopeni to Zadar Airport, shuttle
cheapest- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane OTP - ZAD
- Take a shuttle bus from Zadar Airport to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
7h 6m€75–173Train, drive
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keletitrain Ir
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Zagreb Glavni Kol.train Ic
- Take the train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Perusictrain Ic
- Drive from Perusic to Novaljacar
30h 42m€140–182Night train, train, bus
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Kelenfoeldnighttrain
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Zagreb Glavni Kol.train Ic
- Take the train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Karlovac Centartrain Re
- Take the bus from Karlovac, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvorbus
31h 3m€92–141Drive 1,205.1 km
- Drive from Bucharest to Novaljacar 1,205.1 km
15h 38m€173–250Fly Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Zadar Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane BBU - ZAD
- Take a shuttle bus from Zadar Airport to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
12h 26m€80–160Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, bus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane OTP - ZAG
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Novalja Autobusna Stanicabus
12h 43m€84–308Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Treviso Airport, shuttle, ferry
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Treviso Airport (TSF)plane OTP - TSF
- Take a shuttle bus from Treviso, Aeroporto to Rijeka
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Novaljaferry
13h€166–939
Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Zadar Airport (ZAD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Novalja is to fly and shuttle which costs €75 - €180 and takes 7h 6m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Novalja is to fly and shuttle which takes 7h 6m and costs €75 - €180.
No, there is no direct bus from Bucharest to Novalja. However, there are services departing from Bucharest and arriving at Novalja Autobusna Stanica via Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar and Zagreb. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 18h 37m.
The distance between Bucharest and Novalja is 1387 km. The road distance is 1205.1 km.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Novalja without a car is to bus which takes 18h 37m and costs .
It takes approximately 18h 37m to get from Bucharest to Novalja, including transfers.
Bucharest to Novalja bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, depart from Bucharest station.
Bucharest to Novalja bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, arrive at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar station.
Novalja is 1h behind Bucharest. It is currently 4:19 PM in Bucharest and 3:19 PM in Novalja.
Yes, the driving distance between Bucharest to Novalja is 1205 km. It takes approximately 15h 38m to drive from Bucharest to Novalja.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Novalja, Croatia?
You can take a bus from Bucharest to Novalja Autobusna Stanica via Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar and Zagreb in around 18h 37m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Zadar Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 14m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–120
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Zadar Airport via Wroclaw
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €80–140
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Zadar Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–140
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Zadar Airport via Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zadar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–140
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Corfu
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–170
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Treviso Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–250
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Wednesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Zadar Airport via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 11h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–140
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Zadar Airport via Budapest
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–330
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–330
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–380
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Zadar Airport via Basel
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Treviso Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €27–210
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €62–67
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–70
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–20
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–20
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Perusic
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 27m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Karlovac Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–17
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Bus from Bucharest to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.autogari.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zagreb to Novalja Autobusna Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Karlovac, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €1–35
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
- 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
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Treviso, Aeroporto to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €96–650
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €96
- Private
- €223
- 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
- €35–55
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
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