There are 10 ways to get from Bucharest to Novalja by plane, shuttle, bus, train, car, car ferry, night train, or ferry
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Fly to Zadar Airport, shuttle
best- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)OTP - ZAD
- Take a shuttle bus from Zadar Airport to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
7h 6m€157–384Train, bus, ferry
cheapest- Take the train from Bucharest to Ploieşti Sud
- Take the bus from Ploieşti to Trieste
- Take the bus from Trieste to Rijeka bus station406 / ...
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Novalja
23h 20m€69–110Bus
- Take the bus from Bucharest to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Zadar bus station
- Take the bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
19h 27mTrain, drive, line 335 car ferry
- Take the train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-KeletiIr
- Take the train from Budapest-Keleti to Zagreb Glavni Kol.Ic
- Take the train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to PerusicIc
- Drive from Perusic to Prizna
- Take the car ferry from Prizna to Zigljen335
31h 11m€101–122Night train, train, bus
- Take the night train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Take the train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Zagreb Glavni Kol.Ic
- Take the train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Karlovac CentarRe
- Take the bus from Karlovac, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
30h 23m€87–98Fly to Rijeka Airport, ferry
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Rijeka Airport (RJK)OTP - RJK
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Novalja
13h 35m€199–464Fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, bus, ferry
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)OTP - ZAG
- Take the bus from Zagreb Airport to Rijeka - Autobusni Kolodvor
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Novalja
13h 15m€160–329Fly to Treviso Airport, shuttle, ferry
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Treviso Airport (TSF)OTP - TSF
- Take a shuttle bus from Treviso, Aeroporto to Rijeka
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Novalja
13h€132–554Fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train, ferry
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)OTP - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Pesaro
- Take the ferry from Pesaro to Novalja
14h 21mDrive 1,204.2 km
- Drive from Bucharest to Novalja1,204.2 km
15h 29m€167–241
Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Zadar Airport (ZAD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Novalja is to train and bus and ferry which costs €65 - €110 and takes 23h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Novalja is to fly and shuttle which takes 7h 6m and costs €150 - €390.
No, there is no direct bus from Bucharest to Novalja. However, there are services departing from Bucharest and arriving at Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor via Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar and Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 19h 27m.
The distance between Bucharest and Novalja is 957 km. The road distance is 1204.2 km.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Novalja without a car is to bus which takes 19h 27m and costs .
It takes approximately 7h 6m 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 10:37 PM in Bucharest and 9:37 PM in Novalja.
Yes, the driving distance between Bucharest to Novalja is 1204 km. It takes approximately 15h 29m 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, Autobusni kolodvor via Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar, Zadar bus station, and Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor in around 19h 27m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zadar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–110
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Treviso Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €22–140
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Treviso Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €22–140
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–120
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–120
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €35–120
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Rijeka Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 8m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–650
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Rijeka Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–750
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–320
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zadar Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €90–380
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Rijeka Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130–430
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Rijeka Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–750
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 52m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Treviso Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €25–120
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Rijeka Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Rijeka Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €140–650
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Rijeka Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–390
- Phone
- 0219521
- petitii@cfrcalatori.ro
- Website
- cfrcalatori.ro
Train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Keleti
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €64–69
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Budapest-Kelenfoeld
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €66–72
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
Train from Bucharest to Ploieşti Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 40 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €7–8
- Website
- https://www.cfrcalatori.ro/en/
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- info@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- jegy.mav.hu
Train from Budapest-Keleti to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 37m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–18
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 18m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–18
- 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
- €11–16
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
Train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Karlovac Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Pesaro
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Pesaro
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Pesaro
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €25–27
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bologna Centrale to Pesaro
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bucharest to Ploieşti Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €2–7
- Schedules at
- transferoviarcalatori.ro
- 2nd Class
- €2–4
- 1st Class
- €4–7
- Phone
- 0310 800 900
- contact@regiocalatori.ro
- Website
- regiocalatori.ro
Train from Bucharest to Ploieşti Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €2–3
- Website
- https://regiocalatori.ro/
- Phone
- 0751.525.520
- office@astratranscarpatic.ro
- Website
- astratranscarpatic.ro
Train from Bucharest to Ploieşti Sud
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Book at
- astratranscarpatic.ro
- 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
- +40 745 766 766
- dispecerat@maxibustravel.ro
- Website
- maxibustravel.ro
Bus from Bucharest to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Schedules at
- maxibustravel.ro
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Trieste to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- €11–14
- Schedules at
- antoniotours.hr
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
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
Bus from Karlovac, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
- 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
- €35–320
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €35–100
- Private
- €170–320
- Phone
- +40 239 629 822
- office@transmarian.ro
- Website
- transmarian.ro
Bus from Ploieşti to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 26m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Schedules at
- transmarian.ro
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Trieste to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
Rome2Rio's guide to Jadrolinija
Contact Details
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- jadrolinija.hr
Car ferry from Prizna to Zigljen
- Ave. Duration
- 15 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €1–3
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
- Passenger Fare
- €1–3
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
- Phone
- +39 0721.21332
- Website
- gomoviaggi.com
Ferry from Pesaro to Novalja
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- gomoviaggi.com
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