There are 6 ways to get from Malta to Novalja by plane, bus, ferry, shuttle, or train
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, bus, ferry
best- Fly from Malta International Airport (MLA) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane MLA - TRS
- Take the bus from Trieste Airport to Rijeka bus stationbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Novaljaferry
8h 45m€90–213Fly to Split Airport, bus
- Fly from Malta International Airport (MLA) to Split Airport (SPU)plane MLA - SPU
- Take the bus from Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvor to Šibenik, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the bus from Šibenik to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvorbus
9h 46m€120–297Fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, bus, ferry
- Fly from Malta International Airport (MLA) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane MLA - ZAG
- Take the bus from Zagreb Airport to Rijeka - Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Novaljaferry
9h 5m€99–290Fly to Treviso Airport, shuttle, ferry
- Fly from Malta International Airport (MLA) to Treviso Airport (TSF)plane MLA - TSF
- Take a shuttle bus from Treviso, Aeroporto to Rijeka
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Novaljaferry
10h 35m€93–535Fly to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train, ferry
- Fly from Malta International Airport (MLA) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane MLA - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Pesarotrain
- Take the ferry from Pesaro to Novaljaferry
11h 55mFly to Zadar Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Malta International Airport (MLA) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane MLA - ZAD
- Take a shuttle bus from Zadar Airport to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
6h 40m€126–305
Malta International Airport (MLA) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Malta to Novalja is to fly and bus and ferry which costs €90 - €220 and takes 8h 45m.
The fastest way to get from Malta to Novalja is to fly and shuttle which takes 6h 40m and costs €120 - €310.
The distance between Malta and Novalja is 1330 km.
It takes approximately 8h 45m to get from Malta to Novalja, including transfers.
There are 3577+ hotels available in Novalja.
What companies run services between Malta and Novalja, Croatia?
There is no direct connection from Malta to Novalja. However, you can take the taxi to Malta-Airport-MLA 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 Novalja. Alternatively, you can take the taxi to Malta-Airport-MLA airport, fly to Split Airport (SPU), walk to Split Airport, take the line 37 bus to Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvor, take the bus to Šibenik, Autobusni Kolodvor, then take the bus to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Malta International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Malta International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €45–180
Flights from Malta International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–190
Flights from Malta International Airport to Treviso Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–180
Flights from Malta International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €30–160
Flights from Malta International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 13m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €30–160
Flights from Malta International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €30–160
Flights from Malta International Airport to Zadar Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 42m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €45–250
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Malta International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Malta International Airport to Split Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Malta International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Website
- airmalta.com
Flights from Malta International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–190
Flights from Malta International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–200
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Malta International Airport to Split Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–240
Flights from Malta International Airport to Split Airport via Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
Flights from Malta International Airport to Zadar Airport via Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Malta International Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–160
Flights from Malta International Airport to Split Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €180–360
Flights from Malta International Airport to Split Airport via Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–240
Flights from Malta International Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Malta International Airport to Split Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €85–120
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Malta International Airport to Split Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–300
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Pesaro
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–30
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Pesaro
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Pesaro
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–27
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Bologna Centrale to Pesaro
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–40
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
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
- €12–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +385 60 300 300
- info@ap.hr
- Website
- ap.hr
Bus from Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvor to Šibenik, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €13–15
- Schedules at
- ap.hr
- Phone
- +385 52 356 500
- brioni@brioni.hr
- Website
- brioni.hr
Bus from Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvor to Šibenik, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–7
- Website
- https://www.brioni.hr/en-gb/
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Šibenik to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €1–2
- 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
Shuttle from Zadar Airport to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €19
- Schedules at
- plesoprijevoz.hr
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Treviso, Aeroporto to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €35–320
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €35–100
- Private
- €170–320
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- jadrolinija.hr
Ferry from Rijeka to Novalja
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
- Passenger Fare
- €6–9
- Phone
- +39 0721.21332
- info@gomoviaggi.com
- Website
- gomoviaggi.com
Ferry from Pesaro to Novalja
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- gomoviaggi.com
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