There are 12 ways to get from Europe to Cres by train, plane, car ferry, bus, ferry, night train, shuttle, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, fly to Rijeka Airport, line 332 car ferry
best- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Rijeka Airport (RJK)plane FRA - RJK
- Take the car ferry from Valbiska to Meragcarferry
10h€248–798Train, bus via Zagreb
cheapest- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain Re5
- Take the bus from Frankfurt am Main to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Cres, Peškerabus
25h 6m€97–153Train, bus, Catamaran
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain Rb5
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to München Hbftrain 25 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich central bus station to Rijeka bus stationbus 944
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
17h 28m€110–172Train, bus, Catamaran via Venice
- Take the train from Eisenach Hbf to München Hbftrain 11
- Take the train from München Hbf to Venezia Santa Lucia Stationtrain 89
- Take the bus from Venezia, Tronchetto fermata dell'autobus to Rijeka Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
24h 10m€114–317Train, night train, bus, Catamaran
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain Rb5
- Take the night train from Fulda to Villach Hbfnighttrain
- Take the bus from Villach Hbf to Rijeka bus stationbus 944
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
17h 55m€128–552Train, fly to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, bus, Catamaran
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane FRA - TRS
- Take the bus from Trieste Airport to Rijeka bus stationbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
12h 34m€148–350Train, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, bus, Catamaran
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane FRA - ZAG
- Take the bus from Zagreb Airport to Rijeka - Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
12h 59m€147–365Train, fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle, Catamaran
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane FRA - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Rijeka
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
14h 27m€151–630Train, fly to Ljubljana, shuttle, bus, Catamaran
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane FRA - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvorbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
13h 14m€181–600Train, fly to Pula Airport, ferry, line 9308 Catamaran
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Pula Airport (PUY)plane FRA - PUY
- Take the ferry from Port of Pula to Unijeferry
- Take the ferry from Unije to Cresferry
12h 49m€145–394Train, bus
- Take the train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhoftrain Rb5
- Take the train from Fulda Bahnhof to Würzburg Hbftrain 25
- Take the bus from Würzburg Main Station to Rijeka bus stationbus
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Cres, Peškerabus
21h 4m€101–193Drive, line 334 car ferry
- Drive from Europe to Brestovacar
- Take the car ferry from Brestova to Porozinacarferry 334
11h 10m€135–200
Europe to Cres by bus, train, foot, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Europe to Cres is to train and bus and Catamaran which costs €110 - €180 and takes 17h 28m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Cres is to train and fly and line 332 car ferry which takes 10h and costs €240 - €800.
The distance between Europe and Cres is 951 km.
The best way to get from Europe to Cres without a car is to train and bus and Catamaran which takes 17h 28m and costs €110 - €180.
It takes approximately 10h to get from Europe to Cres, including transfers.
There are 4296+ hotels available in Cres.
What companies run services between Europe and Cres, Croatia?
There is no direct connection from Europe to Cres. However, you can take the line 260 bus to Sontra Breitwiese, walk to Sontra Bahnhof, take the train to Bebra Bahnhof, take the train to Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof, take the train to Frankfurt, take the train to Frankfurt, walk to Frankfurt (FRA) airport, fly to Rijeka Airport (RJK), walk to Rijeka Airport, take the shuttle to Valbiska, walk to Valbiska, take the line 332 car ferry to Merag, then take the taxi to Cres. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Nentershausen-Süß Gerstunger Straße to Cres via Sontra Breitwiese, Sontra Bahnhof, Bebra Bahnhof, Fulda Bahnhof, München Hbf, Munich central bus station, Rijeka bus station, and Rijeka in around 17h 28m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Rijeka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Rijeka Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–650
Flights from Frankfurt to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–270
Flights from Frankfurt to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–490
Flights from Frankfurt to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–380
Flights from Frankfurt to Pula Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
Flights from Frankfurt to Pula Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €80–320
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–270
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Rijeka Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Rijeka Airport via Split
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €200–700
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–310
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Frankfurt to Pula Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–340
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
Flights from Frankfurt to Pula Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–290
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–420
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–310
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–250
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–70
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–150
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Venezia Santa Lucia Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–140
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 51m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 36 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24–35
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +49 561 766396-0
- info@cantus-bahn.de
- Website
- cantus-bahn.de
Train from Bebra Bahnhof to Fulda Bahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- cantus Verkehrsgesellschaft mbH
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- info@urlaubs-express.de
- Website
- urlaubs-express.de
Night train from Fulda to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 22m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €95–490
- Website
- https://urlaubs-express.de/?lang=en
- Single Bed
- €120–150
- Compartment
- €420–490
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Munich central bus station to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Villach Hbf to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Trieste Airport to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–20
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Würzburg Main Station to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 10m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Venezia, Tronchetto fermata dell'autobus to Rijeka Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €17
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +385 01/6331-933
- plesoprijevoz@plesoprijevoz.hr
- Website
- 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
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €35–320
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €35–100
- Private
- €170–320
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €31–170
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €31–34
- Private
- €95–170
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €30–110
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Cres, Peškera
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €1–16
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
Bus from Zagreb to Cres, Peškera
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 14m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €2–29
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
- Phone
- + 387 32 88 44 88
- jelinak@gmail.com
- Website
- jelinak.com
Bus from Frankfurt am Main to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–90
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Regular prices
- €70–85
Rome2Rio's guide to Jadrolinija
Contact Details
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- jadrolinija.hr
Car ferry from Valbiska to Merag
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–5
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
- Passenger Fare
- €2–3
- Adult
- €5
- Children 3-12
- €3
Ferry from Rijeka to Cres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
- Passenger Fare
- €3–5
Ferry from Unije to Cres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
- Passenger Fare
- €3–5
Car ferry from Brestova to Porozina
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €1–5
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
- Passenger Fare
- €1–3
- Adult
- €5
- Children 3-12
- €3
- Phone
- +385 21 645 476
- luka@krilo.hr
- Website
- krilo.hr
Ferry from Port of Pula to Unije
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- https://www.krilo.hr/en/
- Normal
- €9–14
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