There are 11 ways to get from Essen to Zadar by plane, car train, car, train, or bus
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Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Zadar Airport
best- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane DUS - ZAD
5h 51m€107–349Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Düsseldorf central bus station to Zagrebbus N261
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus stationbus 952 / ...
21h 40m€55–186Car train, drive
- Take the car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Zadarcar
11h 11m€170–1,107Train, bus via Munich
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich Hbf to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
17h 39m€142–229Drive 1,343.7 km
- Drive from Essen to Zadarcar 1,343.7 km
13h 23m€186–269Train to Cologne Bonn Airport, fly to Zadar Airport
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bftrain
- Fly from Cologne Bonn Airport (CGN) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane CGN - ZAD
6h 14m€121–446Fly Düsseldorf International Airport to Split Airport, bus
- Fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Split Airport (SPU)plane DUS - SPU
- Take the bus from Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvor to Sukošanbus
8h 11m€108–337Train to Frankfurt, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane FRA - ZAG
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus stationbus
10h 4m€129–470Train to Frankfurt, fly to Split Airport, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Split Airport (SPU)plane FRA - SPU
- Take the bus from Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvor to Sukošanbus
9h 15m€133–396Train, bus
- Take the train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurttrain 41 / ...
- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Zadar bus stationbus N948
21h 43m€80–188Bus via Sanski Most
- Take the bus from Essen to Sanski Most, Autobuska Stanicabus
- Take the bus from Sanski Most, Autobuska Stanica to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
30h 16m
Essen to Zadar by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Essen to Zadar is to bus which costs €55 - €190 and takes 21h 40m.
The fastest way to get from Essen to Zadar is to fly which takes 5h 51m and costs €100 - €350.
No, there is no direct bus from Essen station to Zadar station. However, there are services departing from Essen central train station and arriving at Zadar bus station via Düsseldorf central bus station and Zagreb. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 21h 40m.
The distance between Essen and Zadar is 1074 km. The road distance is 1343.7 km.
The best way to get from Essen to Zadar without a car is to train and bus via Munich which takes 17h 39m and costs €140 - €230.
It takes approximately 5h 51m to get from Essen to Zadar, including transfers.
Essen to Zadar bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Düsseldorf central bus station.
The best way to get from Essen to Zadar is to fly which takes 5h 51m and costs €100 - €350. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €55 - €190 and takes 21h 40m.
Essen to Zadar bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zagreb station.
Yes, the driving distance between Essen to Zadar is 1344 km. It takes approximately 13h 23m to drive from Essen to Zadar.
What companies run services between Essen, Germany and Zadar, Croatia?
Eurowings, Lufthansa, and Airbus France fly from Düsseldorf International Airport (DUS) to Zadar Airport (ZAD) 3 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Essen central train station to Zadar bus station via Düsseldorf central bus station and Zagreb in around 21h 40m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zadar Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €200–420
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zadar Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Split Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Split Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 53m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from Frankfurt to Split Airport via Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–290
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zadar Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €120–280
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Split Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–300
Flights from Frankfurt to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Split Airport via Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 36m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–370
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Zadar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–360
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zadar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–230
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Düsseldorf International Airport to Split Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–410
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Split Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €95–290
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Cologne Bonn Airport to Zadar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–110
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–290
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Car train from Düsseldorf Hbf to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 53m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–1,000
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Car Single Bed
- €270–550
- Car Compartment
- €550–1,000
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Essen Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €55–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–55
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Essen Hbf to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–85
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- 0221 13 999 444
- Website
- nationalexpress.de
Train from Essen Hbf to Köln Messe/Deutz Bf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €15–22
- Schedules at
- nationalexpress.de
- Phone
- +49 711 3041678
- lubina.busfahrten@t-online.de
- Website
- lubina-busfahrten.de
Bus from Munich Hbf to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €86
- Schedules at
- lubina-busfahrten.de
- Phone
- +385 60 300 300
- info@ap.hr
- Website
- ap.hr
Bus from Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvor to Sukošan
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–17
- Schedules at
- ap.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Schedules at
- ap.hr
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Düsseldorf central bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 5m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €2–17
- 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
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–26
- Schedules at
- slavonija-bus.hr
- Phone
- +385 91 454 1121
- francuzevic@gmail.com
- Website
- francuzevic-prijevoz.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €19–22
- Schedules at
- francuzevic-prijevoz.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
- €8–20
- 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
- €18–40
- Website
- https://cazmatrans.hr/en/
- Phone
- +49 (0)7051 93 03 44
- info@prosicbus.com
- Website
- prosicbus.com
Bus from Essen to Sanski Most, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 25h 32m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €55–110
- Website
- http://www.prosicbus.com
- Schedules at
- http://www.prosicbus.com/#redvoznje-faq
- Phone
- +387 36 551 900
- booking@autoprevoz-bus.ba
- Website
- autoprevoz.ba
Bus from Essen to Sanski Most, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 25h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €115
- Schedules at
- autoprevoz.ba
- Phone
- +387 066 890 490
- tourist@teol.net
- Website
- touristcompany.ba
Bus from Sanski Most, Autobuska Stanica to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- touristcompany.ba
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