There are 10 ways to get from Bucharest to Zadar by bus, train, night train, car, plane, shuttle, or ferry
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Bus
best- Take the bus from Bucharest to Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvarbus
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Zadar bus stationbus N949
16h 57mFly Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Zadar Airport
cheapest- Fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane BBU - ZAD
12h 29m€63–276Train, bus
- 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
- Take the bus from Perušić to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
31h 2m€142–182Night 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 bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus stationbus 952 / ...
26h 56m€86–137Drive 1,163.5 km
- Drive from Bucharest to Zadarcar 1,163.5 km
14h 58m€161–233Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Split Airport, bus
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Split Airport (SPU)plane OTP - SPU
- Take the bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar bus stationbus
11h 16m€157–454Fly 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 Zadar bus stationbus
8h 52m€128–427Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport (BEG)plane OTP - BEG
- Take a shuttle bus from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Zadar
11h 29m€210–352Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Zadar Airport
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane OTP - ZAD
5h 36m€130–380Fly Bucharest Otopeni to Abruzzo Airport, train, Catamaran
- Fly from Bucharest Otopeni (OTP) to Abruzzo Airport (PSR)plane OTP - PSR
- Take the train from Pescara Centrale to Anconatrain
- Take the ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Zadarferry
12h 7m€163–394
Bucharest to Zadar by train, foot, and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Bucharest to Zadar is to night train and train and bus which costs €85 - €140 and takes 26h 56m.
The fastest way to get from Bucharest to Zadar is to fly which takes 5h 36m and costs €130 - €380.
No, there is no direct bus from Bucharest to Zadar station. However, there are services departing from Bucharest and arriving at Zadar bus station via Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 57m.
The distance between Bucharest and Zadar is 1446 km. The road distance is 1163.5 km.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Zadar without a car is to bus which takes 16h 57m and costs .
It takes approximately 16h 57m to get from Bucharest to Zadar, including transfers.
Bucharest to Zadar bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, depart from Bucharest station.
The best way to get from Bucharest to Zadar is to bus which takes 16h 57m and costs . Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €60 - €280 and takes 12h 29m.
Bucharest to Zadar bus services, operated by Maxibus Travel, arrive at Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar station.
Zadar is 1h behind Bucharest. It is currently 10:23 AM in Bucharest and 9:23 AM in Zadar.
What companies run services between Bucharest, Romania and Zadar, Croatia?
You can take a bus from Bucharest to Zadar bus station via Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar in around 16h 57m. Alternatively, Ryanair and Ulendo Airlink fly from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport (BBU) to Zadar Airport (ZAD) 3 times a week.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Thessaloniki
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Zadar Airport via Krakow
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 14m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–270
Flights from Bucharest Băneasa Aurel Vlaicu International Airport to Zadar Airport via Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zadar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–160
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Abruzzo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Abruzzo Airport via Tirana
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Split Airport via Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–240
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €70–180
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Split Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 58m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–450
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Split Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–360
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Split Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–220
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
- Website
- tarom.ro
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Belgrade Nikola Tesla Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Split Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–390
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Split Airport via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Bucharest Otopeni to Abruzzo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €20–110
- 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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €66–72
- 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 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–20
- Website
- https://jegy.mav.hu/
Train from Budapest-Kelenfoeld to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–19
- 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
- €55–80
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Pescara Centrale to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Pescara Centrale to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Pescara Centrale to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 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
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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
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Perušić to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7–13
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +385 91 454 1121
- francuzevic@gmail.com
- Website
- francuzevic-prijevoz.hr
Bus from Perušić to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8–11
- Schedules at
- francuzevic-prijevoz.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–22
- Schedules at
- francuzevic-prijevoz.hr
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–10
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
- Phone
- +385 800 88 85
- info@velebit-tours.hr
- Website
- velebit-tours.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–60
- Schedules at
- velebit-tours.hr
- Phone
- +385 (23) 315 331
- info@puntamika-line.hr
- Website
- puntamika-line.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–16
- Schedules at
- puntamika-line.hr
- Phone
- +385 35 415 165
- info@slavonija-bus.hr
- Website
- slavonija-bus.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Schedules at
- slavonija-bus.hr
- Phone
- +385 1 3335 170
- uprava@samoborcek.hr
- Website
- samoborcek.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Schedules at
- samoborcek.hr
- Phone
- +385 043 277 100
- info@cazmatrans.hr
- Website
- cazmatrans.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €30–36
- Website
- https://cazmatrans.hr/en/
- Phone
- +385 60 300 300
- info@ap.hr
- Website
- ap.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Schedules at
- ap.hr
- Phone
- +385 91 255 0999
- prijevoz.knezevic@gmail.com
- Website
- prijevoz-knezevic.hr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–25
- Schedules at
- prijevoz-knezevic.hr
- Phone
- +385 91 616 0990
- antonio.tours@zd.t-com.hr
- Website
- antoniotours.hr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Schedules at
- antoniotours.hr
- Phone
- +385 21 612 005
- kontakt@promet-makarska.hr
- Website
- promet-makarska.hr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–50
- Website
- https://www.promet-makarska.hr/en/
Shuttle from Beograd, Autobuska stanica to Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €85
- Schedules at
- kombiprevozputnika.net
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- jadrolinija.hr
Ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
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