There are 11 ways to get from Europe to Cres by train, plane, bus, ferry, night train, shuttle, car, or car ferry
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 Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, bus, Catamaran
best- 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
11h 49m€142–389Train, 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
- 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 1m€102–176Train, bus, Catamaran
- 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 to Rijeka bus stationbus 541
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
23h 17m€196–235Train, 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€123–535Train, 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 14m€147–362Train, 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
13h 41m€146–647Train, 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
12h 29m€184–587Train, 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 3m€145–381Train, fly to Graz Airport, shuttle, bus, Catamaran
- Take the train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurttrain
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Graz Airport (GRZ)plane FRA - GRZ
- Take a shuttle bus from Graz Airport to Trieste Centrale
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvorbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
14h 45m€204–1,397Drive, line 334 car ferry
- Drive from Europe to Brestovacar
- Take the car ferry from Brestova to Porozinacarferry 334
11h 10m€133–197
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 which costs €100 - €180 and takes 21h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Europe to Cres is to drive and line 334 car ferry which takes 11h 10m and costs €130 - €200.
The distance between Europe and Cres is 930 km.
The best way to get from Europe to Cres without a car is to train and bus which takes 21h 1m and costs €100 - €180.
It takes approximately 11h 49m to get from Europe to Cres, including transfers.
There are 5030+ 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 315 bus to Bebra Bahnhof, walk 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 Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS), walk to Trieste Airport, take the bus to Rijeka bus station, walk to Rijeka, then take the ferry to Cres. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Nentershausen Oderstraße to Cres, Peškera via Bebra Bahnhof, Bebra Bahnhof, Fulda Bahnhof, Würzburg Hbf, Würzburg Main Station, and Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor in around 21h 1m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 23m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from Frankfurt to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–480
Flights from Frankfurt to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–440
Flights from Frankfurt to Pula Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Pula Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–470
Flights from Frankfurt to Graz Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 19m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–470
Flights from Frankfurt to Graz Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–490
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Frankfurt to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Milan Linate
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–440
Flights from Frankfurt to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–290
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–390
Flights from Frankfurt to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €210–470
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Pula Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–310
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Frankfurt to Graz Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–490
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–210
Flights from Frankfurt to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–360
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–460
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bad Hersfeld Bahnhof to Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Fulda Bahnhof to Würzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 32 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €29–33
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from Eisenach Hbf to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €90–105
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
Train from München Hbf to Venezia Santa Lucia Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 53m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–95
- 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 Trieste Airport to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- 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
- €60–110
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Venezia, Tronchetto to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Villach Hbf to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–23
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- +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
- €28–110
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €28–31
- Private
- €55–110
Shuttle from Graz Airport to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 8m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €40–800
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €40–44
- Private
- €220–800
- 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
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- jadrolinija.hr
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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