There are 10 ways to get from Prague to Žalec by bus, train, night train, car, 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.
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Bus
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Take the bus from Prague Main station to Maribor bus station
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Take the bus from Avtobusna postaja Maribor to Žalec
Train
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Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien Hbf
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Take the train from Wien Hbf to Celje
Train, night train
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Take the train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Bruck/Mur
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Take the night train from Bruck/Mur to Celje
Drive
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Drive from Prague to Žalec
Fly to Ljubljana, shuttle
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Fly from Prague (PRG) to Ljubljana (LJU)
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Take a shuttle bus from Ljubljana Airport to Celje
Fly to Graz, shuttle
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Fly from Prague (PRG) to Graz (GRZ)
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Take a shuttle bus from Graz Airport to Celje
Fly to Vienna, shuttle, train
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Fly from Prague (PRG) to Vienna (VIE)
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Take a shuttle bus from Vienna Airport to Maribor
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Take the train from Maribor to Celje
Fly to Klagenfurt, shuttle
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Fly from Prague (PRG) to Klagenfurt (KLU)
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Take a shuttle bus from Ljubljana Airport to Celje
Fly to Zagreb, shuttle, train
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Fly from Prague (PRG) to Zagreb (ZAG)
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Take a shuttle bus from Zagreb Airport to Maribor
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Take the train from Maribor to Celje
Shuttle, bus
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Take a shuttle bus from Praha to Ljubljana
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Take the bus from Avtobusna postaja Ljubljana to Žalec
Prague to Žalec by train and bus
The journey time between Prague and Žalec is around 10h 35m and covers a distance of around 746 km. This includes an average layover time of around 1h 34m. Operated by Czech Railways (ČD), ÖBB EuroCity and Izletnik Celje D.O.O., the Prague to Žalec service departs from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi and arrives in Žalec. Typically 12 services run weekly, although weekend and holiday schedules can vary so check in advance.
12
Weekly Services
10h 35m
Average Duration
€67
Cheapest Price
Questions & Answers
What is the cheapest way to get from Prague to Žalec?
The most affordable way to get from Prague to Žalec is to bus, which costs 1 200 Kč - 2 000 Kč and takes 10h 2m.
What is the fastest way to get from Prague to Žalec?
The quickest way to get from Prague to Žalec is to drive which costs 2 400 Kč - 3 500 Kč and takes 6h 16m.
Is there a direct bus between Prague and Žalec?
No, there is no direct bus from Prague station to Žalec. However, there are services departing from Prague Main station and arriving at Žalec via Avtobusna postaja Maribor. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 2m.
How far is it from Prague to Žalec?
The distance between Prague and Žalec is 430 km. The road distance is 590.8 km.
How do I travel from Prague to Žalec without a car?
The best way to get from Prague to Žalec without a car is to bus which takes 10h 2m and costs 1 200 Kč - 2 000 Kč.
How long does it take to get from Prague to Žalec?
It takes approximately 10h 2m to get from Prague to Žalec, including transfers.
Where do I catch the Prague to Žalec bus from?
Prague to Žalec bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Prague Main station.
Train or bus from Prague to Žalec?
The best way to get from Prague to Žalec is to bus which takes 10h 2m and costs 1 200 Kč - 2 000 Kč. Alternatively, you can train, which costs 1 600 Kč - 3 000 Kč and takes 10h 35m.
How long is the flight from Prague to Žalec?
There is no direct flight from Prague Airport to Ljubljana Airport. The quickest flight takes 3h 55m and has one stopover.
Where does the Prague to Žalec bus arrive?
Prague to Žalec bus services, operated by Izletnik Celje D.O.O., arrive at Žalec station.
Launch map view
- Distance: 430.1 km
- Duration: 10h 2m
What companies run services between Prague, Czech Republic and Žalec, Slovenia?
You can take a bus from Prague to Žalec via Maribor bus station and Avtobusna postaja Maribor in around 10h 2m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Prague to Žalec via Wien Hbf, Celje, and Celje ŽP in around 10h 35m.
Airlines
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Prague to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220 - €700
Flights from Prague to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220 - €700
Flights from Prague to Ljubljana via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220 - €700
Flights from Prague to Ljubljana via Munich, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 50m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €220 - €700
Flights from Prague to Graz via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140 - €850
Flights from Prague to Graz via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170 - €650
Flights from Prague to Graz via Munich, Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140 - €850
Flights from Prague to Graz via Frankfurt, Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140 - €850
Flights from Prague to Zagreb via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 51m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190 - €650
Flights from Prague to Zagreb via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €190 - €650
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Prague to Graz via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140 - €550
Flights from Prague to Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130 - €420
Flights from Prague to Klagenfurt via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160 - €700
Flights from Prague to Zagreb via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160 - €650
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Prague to Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130 - €420
Flights from Prague to Zagreb via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160 - €650
- Website
- klm.com
Flights from Prague to Graz via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €200 - €1100
Flights from Prague to Zagreb via Amsterdam Schiphol
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €220 - €900
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Prague to Ljubljana via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €230 - €700
Flights from Prague to Zagreb via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €210 - €700
- Website
- lot.com
Flights from Prague to Ljubljana via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €170 - €480
Flights from Prague to Zagreb via Warsaw Chopin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €130 - €500
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Prague to Ljubljana via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €280 - €700
Flights from Prague to Zagreb via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €210 - €700
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Prague to Zagreb via Gothenburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55 - €370
Flights from Prague to Zagreb via London Stansted
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55 - €370
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Prague to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €200 - €650
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Prague to Ljubljana via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 50m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100 - €420
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Prague to Zagreb via Dusseldorf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130 - €750
- Website
- en.aegeanair.com
Flights from Prague to Zagreb via Athens
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €150 - €700
Train operators
- Phone
- +420 221 111 122
- info@cd.cz
- Website
- cd.cz
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €27 - €60
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €27 - €40
- Business
- €38 - €39
- 1st Class
- €35 - €60
Train from Praha Hlavni Nadrazi to Bruck/Mur
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €35 - €80
- Website
- https://www.cd.cz/en/default.htm
- 2nd Class
- €35 - €55
- Business
- €52 - €54
- 1st Class
- €50 - €80
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Wien Hbf to Celje
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40 - €65
- Website
- http://fahrplan.oebb.at/bin/query.exe/en?revia=yes&existOptimizePrice=1&country=overseas&initialAvail=ON&S={fromName}&Z={toName}&start=1
Train from Maribor to Celje
- Ave. Duration
- 52 min
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18 - €26
- Website
- http://fahrplan.oebb.at/bin/query.exe/en?revia=yes&existOptimizePrice=1&country=overseas&initialAvail=ON&S={fromName}&Z={toName}&start=1
- Website
- bahn.com
Night train from Bruck/Mur to Celje
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25 - €35
- Website
- reiseauskunft.bahn.de
- Phone
- +386 129 13 332
- potnik.info@slo-zeleznice.si
- Website
- potniski.sz.si
Train from Maribor to Celje
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €5 - €12
- Website
- https://potniski.sz.si/en/
- Intercity 2nd Class Ticket
- €5 - €8
- Regional Train Ticket
- €5 - €7
- Intercity 1st Class Ticket
- €9 - €12
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- Website
- mavcsoport.hu
Train from Maribor to Celje
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €3 - €4
- Website
- https://www.mavcsoport.hu/en
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from Maribor to Celje
- Ave. Duration
- 53 min
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €13 - €19
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/
Bus operators
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.de
Bus from Prague Main station to Maribor bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45 - €65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Book at
- https://shop.global.flixbus.com/
Frequently asked questions
Is there Wi-Fi on FlixBus?
Yes - FlixBus offers free Wi-Fi
Are there power outlets on FlixBus?
Yes
Does FlixBus offer meals or snacks?
Yes - snacks and drinks may be purchased from the driver. Please note, this is not available on all services.
- Phone
- +386 3 425 34 00
- marko.caks@izletnik.si
- Website
- nomago.si
Bus from Avtobusna postaja Maribor to Žalec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 47m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- nomago.si
Bus from Avtobusna postaja Ljubljana to Žalec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 26m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- nomago.si
- Phone
- +386 2 530 16 00
- vozni.redi@apms.si
- Website
- apms.si
Bus from Avtobusna postaja Maribor to Žalec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6 - €8
- Schedules at
- apms.si
Bus from Avtobusna postaja Ljubljana to Žalec
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €8 - €10
- Schedules at
- apms.si
- Phone
- +386 1 431 77 00
- info@nomago.si
- Website
- nomago.si
Bus from Avtobusna postaja Maribor to Žalec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €7 - €17
- Schedules at
- nomago.si
- Economy
- €7 - €17
Bus from Avtobusna postaja Ljubljana to Žalec
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9 - €18
- Schedules at
- nomago.si
- Economy
- €9 - €18
- Phone
- +386 (0) 31 30 41 41
- info@zup-prevozi.eu
- Website
- zup-prevozi.eu
Shuttle from Ljubljana Airport to Celje
- Ave. Duration
- 59 min
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €10 - €75
- Schedules at
- zup-prevozi.eu
- Economy class
- €60 - €75
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Graz Airport to Celje
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €30 - €170
- Schedules at
- goopti.com
- Shared
- €30 - €40
- Private
- €90 - €170
Shuttle from Vienna Airport to Maribor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €30 - €390
- Schedules at
- goopti.com
- Shared
- €30 - €45
- Private
- €150 - €390
Shuttle from Zagreb Airport to Maribor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €30 - €200
- Schedules at
- goopti.com
- Shared
- €32 - €34
- Private
- €100 - €200
- Phone
- +36 70 282 1827
- info@eurobusways.com
- Website
- eurobusways.com
Shuttle from Praha to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €75 - €150
- Schedules at
- eurobusways.com
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More Questions & Answers
Can I drive from Prague to Žalec?
Yes, the driving distance between Prague to Žalec is 591 km. It takes approximately 6h 16m to drive from Prague to Žalec.
Which airlines fly from Prague Airport to Ljubljana Airport?
Swiss, Brussels Airlines, Air Serbia and three other airlines offer flights from Prague Airport to Ljubljana Airport.
Where can I stay near Žalec?
There are 295+ hotels available in Žalec. Prices start at €87 per night.