There are 11 ways to get from Spain to Croatia by plane, train, bus, night train, shuttle, or car
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Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
best- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane BCN - ZAG
5h 29m€58–180Bus via Venice
cheapest- Take the bus from Barcelona Carrer de Ribes to Venezia, Tronchetto fermata dell'autobusbus Itabus
- Take the bus from Venezia, Tronchetto to Zagrebbus N544 / ...
25h 1m€47–107Train, bus
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Torino Porta Susatrain Fr
- Take the train from Torino Porta Susa to Trieste Airporttrain Fr
- Take the bus from Trieste Airport to Zagrebbus
22h 1m€179–334Train, night train
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the night train from Stuttgart Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.nighttrain En
29h 1m€165–415Fly Málaga Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane AGP - ZAG
6h 21m€64–216Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane BCN - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Pula railway Stattion
8h 12m€66–516Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, bus
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane BCN - TRS
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvorbus
7h 20m€154–280Fly Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane MAD - ZAG
6h 15m€65–239Fly Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane MAD - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Pula railway Stattion
8h 57m€73–535Bus
- Take the bus from Barcelona Sants Central Bus Station to Zagreb Central Bus Stationbus Union Ivkoni - Unibus 3602 / ...
29h 4m€68–98Drive 1,516.8 km
- Drive from Barcelona to Zagrebcar 1,516.8 km
16h 19m€234–338
Spain to Croatia by train, bus, and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Spain to Croatia is to bus via Venice which costs €45 - €110 and takes 25h 1m.
The fastest way to get from Spain to Croatia is to fly which takes 5h 29m and costs €55 - €180.
No, there is no direct train from Spain to Croatia. However, there are services departing from Barcelona-Plaça De Catalunya and arriving at Trg bana J. Jelačića via Barcelona-Sants, Lyon Part Dieu, Strasbourg, Stuttgart Hbf and Glavni kolodvor. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 29h 1m.
The distance between Spain and Croatia is 1263 km. The road distance is 1516.8 km.
The best way to get from Spain to Croatia without a car is to train and bus which takes 22h 1m and costs €170 - €340.
It takes approximately 5h 29m to get from Spain to Croatia, including transfers.
Spain to Croatia train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Barcelona-Sants station.
The best way to get from Spain to Croatia is to fly which takes 5h 29m and costs €55 - €180. Alternatively, you can bus via Venice, which costs €45 - €110 and takes 25h 1m.
Spain to Croatia train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Lyon Part Dieu station.
Yes, the driving distance between Spain to Croatia is 1517 km. It takes approximately 16h 19m to drive from Spain to Croatia.
What companies run services between Spain and Croatia?
Croatia Airlines, Ryanair, and two other airlines fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Barcelona Carrer de Ribes to Trg bana J. Jelačića via Venezia, Tronchetto fermata dell'autobus, Venezia, Tronchetto, Zagreb, and Autobusni kol. in around 25h 1m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–150
Flights from Málaga Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Málaga Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Málaga Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Pisa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €60–160
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €25–110
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €30–140
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €35–150
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €20–120
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–130
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €20–120
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–130
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 43m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €35–170
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–250
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–170
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €75–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–240
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €21–85
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €25–120
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €30–160
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €40–180
- Website
- aireuropa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–180
Rome2Rio's guide to Renfe Viajeros
Contact Details
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- renfe.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €50–75
- Website
- https://www.renfe.com/es/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Torino Porta Susa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €55–140
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 23m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–200
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–75
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- Phone
- +49 30 311 682904
- Website
- bahn.de
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–60
- Website
- https://int.bahn.de/en
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Night train from Stuttgart Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 2m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Trieste Airport to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–19
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Venezia, Tronchetto to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Barcelona Carrer de Ribes to Venezia, Tronchetto fermata dell'autobus
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €25–70
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Pula railway Stattion
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €40–390
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €40–44
- Private
- €210–390
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €105–107
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Phone
- 07001 8282
- booking@union-ivkoni.com
- Website
- union-ivkoni.com
Bus from Barcelona Sants Central Bus Station to Zagreb Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 28h
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–95
- Website
- https://union-ivkoni.com/en
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