There are 8 ways to get from Budapest to Cres by bus, ferry, train, plane, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus, ferry
best- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Zagrebbus 976 / ...
- Take the bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
9h€103–132Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Budapest-Deli 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 Cres, Peškerabus
13h 33m€23–27Fly to Rijeka Airport, line 332 ferry
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Rijeka Airport (RJK)plane BUD - RJK
- Take the ferry from Valbiska to Meragferry
8h 40m€133–472Bus
- Take the bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Zagrebbus 976 / ...
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Cres, Peškerabus Arriva
10h 34m€33–74Train, ferry
- Take the train from Budapest-Deli to Ljubljanatrain Ic
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Rijekatrain 481
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
14h 12m€63–83Fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, shuttle, ferry
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane BUD - ZAG
- Take a shuttle bus from Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport to Rijeka
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
10h 44m€307–624Fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle, ferry
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane BUD - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Rijeka
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
10h 56m€148–682Fly to Treviso Airport, shuttle, ferry
- Fly from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport (BUD) to Treviso Airport (TSF)plane BUD - TSF
- Take a shuttle bus from Treviso, Aeroporto to Rijeka
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
10h 59m€181–752
Budapest to Cres by bus, foot, and ferry
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Budapest to Cres is to train and bus which costs €22 - €27 and takes 13h 33m.
The fastest way to get from Budapest to Cres is to fly and line 332 ferry which takes 8h 40m and costs €130 - €480.
No, there is no direct bus from Budapest to Cres. However, there are services departing from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar and arriving at Cres, Peškera via Zagreb. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 34m.
The distance between Budapest and Cres is 563 km.
The best way to get from Budapest to Cres without a car is to bus and ferry which takes 9h and costs €100 - €140.
It takes approximately 9h to get from Budapest to Cres, including transfers.
Budapest to Cres bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar station.
Budapest to Cres bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zagreb station.
Book your Budapest to Cres bus tickets online with Omio and 12go.asia.
There are 1807+ hotels available in Cres.
What companies run services between Budapest, Hungary and Cres, Croatia?
You can take a bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Cres, Peškera via Zagreb in around 10h 34m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Rijeka Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–440
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Rijeka Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–480
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 33m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–290
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Rijeka Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–430
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–270
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €24–150
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Treviso Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–260
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €21–140
- Website
- wizzair.com
Flights from Budapest Ferenc Liszt International Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–190
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- informacio@mavcsoport.hu
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Deli to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 28m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–19
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Budapest-Deli to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–28
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Zagreb Glavni Kol. to Karlovac Centar
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €5
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Ljubljana to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- potnik.info@slo-zeleznice.si
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
Train from Ljubljana to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 57m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €11
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Budapest, Népliget Autóbusz-Pályaudvar to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €1–12
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
Bus from Karlovac, Autobusni Kolodvor to Cres, Peškera
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €1–3
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
Bus from Zagreb to Cres, Peškera
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €2–29
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
- Phone
- +385 52 356 500
- brioni@brioni.hr
- Website
- Brioni Pula d.o.o.
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €13–26
- Website
- Brioni Pula d.o.o.
- Phone
- +385 043 277 100
- info@cazmatrans.hr
- Website
- Cazmatrans NOVA d.o.o.
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €25
- Website
- Cazmatrans NOVA d.o.o.
- 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
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €47
- Schedules at
- polet.hr
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €220–380
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €96–480
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €96
- Private
- €223
Shuttle from Treviso, Aeroporto to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €96–480
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €96
- Private
- €223
Rome2Rio's guide to Jadrolinija
Contact Details
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- Jadrolinija
Ferry from Rijeka to Cres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Jadrolinija
Ferry from Valbiska to Merag
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- Jadrolinija
Ferry from Rijeka to Cres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Jadrolinija
Ferry from Rijeka to Cres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Jadrolinija
Ferry from Rijeka to Cres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Jadrolinija
Ferry from Rijeka to Cres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Jadrolinija
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