There are 11 ways to get from Spain to Zadar by plane, train, ferry, bus, car ferry, or car
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Fly Son Sant Joan Airport to Zadar Airport
best- Fly from Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane PMI - ZAD
7h 21m€56–120Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Zadar Airport
cheapest- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane BCN - ZAD
5h 39m€48–150Train, Catamaran
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Anconatrain Fr
- Take the ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Zadarferry 51
21h 46m€246–453Bus
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Padovabus
- Take the bus from Padua to Zadar bus stationbus N535
27h 17m€151–203Car ferry, train, Catamaran
- Take the carferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Genoacarferry
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe to Piacenzatrain Ic
- Take the train from Piacenza to Anconatrain Ic
- Take the ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Zadarferry 51
33h 6m€201–367Fly Valencia Airport to Zadar Airport
- Fly from Valencia Airport (VLC) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane VLC - ZAD
10h 20m€60–200Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Split Airport, bus
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Split Airport (SPU)plane BCN - SPU
- Take the bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
7h 42m€64–220Fly Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Split Airport, bus
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Split Airport (SPU)plane MAD - SPU
- Take the bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
8h 27m€88–259Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, bus
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane BCN - ZAG
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus stationbus
9h 18m€72–307Bus via Milan
- Take the bus from Barcelona - North Bus Station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnanobus
- Take the bus from Milano Centrale Station to Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the bus from Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
32h 21m€695–1,797Drive 1,617.7 km
- Drive from Barcelona to Zadarcar 1,617.7 km
18h 11m€254–366
Spain to Zadar by train, bus, foot, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Spain to Zadar is to fly which costs €55 - €120 and takes 7h 21m.
The fastest way to get from Spain to Zadar is to fly which takes 5h 39m and costs €45 - €150.
No, there is no direct bus from Spain to Zadar station. However, there are services departing from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord and arriving at Zadar bus station via Padua. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 17m.
The distance between Spain and Zadar is 1179 km. The road distance is 1617.7 km.
The best way to get from Spain to Zadar without a car is to train and Catamaran which takes 21h 46m and costs €240 - €460.
It takes approximately 7h 21m to get from Spain to Zadar, including transfers.
Spain to Zadar bus services, operated by Tabita Tour, depart from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord station.
The best way to get from Spain to Zadar is to fly which takes 7h 21m and costs €55 - €120. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €150 - €210 and takes 27h 17m.
Spain to Zadar bus services, operated by Tabita Tour, arrive at Padova station.
Yes, the driving distance between Spain to Zadar is 1618 km. It takes approximately 18h 11m to drive from Spain to Zadar.
What companies run services between Spain and Zadar, Croatia?
Ryanair, easyJet, and two other airlines fly from Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI) to Zadar Airport (ZAD) once daily. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Zadar bus station via Padova and Padua in around 27h 17m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Zadar Airport via Marseille
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–110
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Zadar Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–110
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Zadar Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–190
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Zadar Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 22m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Valencia Airport to Zadar Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Valencia Airport to Zadar Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 6m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €40–210
Flights from Valencia Airport to Zadar Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Valencia Airport to Zadar Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- When
- Tuesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Valencia Airport to Zadar Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–150
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Zadar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–130
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Zadar Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- When
- Sunday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €45–130
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–130
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Split Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €40–130
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–190
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Split Airport via Barcelona–El Prat Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–190
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Split Airport via Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–170
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Split Airport via Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 15m
- When
- Monday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €90–190
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–280
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–280
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €55–90
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Piacenza to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 36m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €40–75
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Piacenza to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–110
- Schedules at
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Milano Centrale to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €45–95
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Piacenza
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–30
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Piacenza to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €35–80
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–140
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Padua to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–70
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +385 91 255 0999
- prijevoz.knezevic@gmail.com
- Website
- prijevoz-knezevic.hr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Schedules at
- prijevoz-knezevic.hr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Schedules at
- prijevoz-knezevic.hr
- Phone
- +385 91 616 0990
- antonio.tours@zd.t-com.hr
- Website
- antoniotours.hr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–45
- Schedules at
- antoniotours.hr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–45
- Schedules at
- antoniotours.hr
- Phone
- +385 21 612 005
- kontakt@promet-makarska.hr
- Website
- Promet Makarska
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–55
- Website
- Promet Makarska
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–55
- Website
- Promet Makarska
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- info@regiojet.com
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- RegioJet
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- RegioJet
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–10
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
Bus from Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €3–35
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
- Phone
- +385 800 88 85
- info@velebit-tours.hr
- Website
- velebit-tours.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–60
- Schedules at
- velebit.traveling.com
- Phone
- +385 (23) 315 331
- info@puntamika-line.hr
- Website
- puntamika-line.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–16
- Schedules at
- puntamika-line.hr
- Phone
- +385 91 454 1121
- francuzevic@gmail.com
- Website
- francuzevic-prijevoz.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–22
- Schedules at
- francuzevic-prijevoz.hr
- Phone
- +385 35 415 165
- info@slavonija-bus.hr
- Website
- slavonija-bus.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Schedules at
- slavonija-bus.hr
- Phone
- +385 1 3335 170
- uprava@samoborcek.hr
- Website
- samoborcek.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Schedules at
- samoborcek.hr
- Phone
- +385 043 277 100
- info@cazmatrans.hr
- Website
- Cazmatrans NOVA d.o.o.
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- Cazmatrans NOVA d.o.o.
- Phone
- +3 318 576 2228
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
Bus from Barcelona - North Bus Station to Milano, Autostazione Lampugnano
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- BlaBlaCar Bus
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Milano Centrale Station to Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €600–1,600
- Website
- GoOpti
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- Jadrolinija
Ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- Jadrolinija
Ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- Jadrolinija
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- booking@gnv.it
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Car ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 20h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €85–130
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
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