There are 11 ways to get from Spain to Zadar by plane, train, bus, ferry, car ferry, shuttle, or car
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Fly to Zadar Airport
best- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane BCN - ZAD
5h 59m€77–300Fly to Raffaello Sanzio Airport, car ferry
cheapest- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Raffaello Sanzio Airport (AOI)plane BCN - AOI
- Take the car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Zadarcarferry
13h 46m€57–258Train, 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 Centraletrain Fr
- Take the bus from Trieste to Zadar bus stationbus
23h 33m€162–393Bus via Padova
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Padovabus
- Take the bus from Padua to Zadar bus stationbus N535
27h 18m€90–126Ferry, train, car ferry
- Take the ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Civitavecchiaferry
- Take the train from Civitavecchia to Roma Terminitrain Re
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Anconatrain
- Take the car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Zadarcarferry 51
36h 1m€77–166Fly 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 19m€74–322Fly 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 to Zadar bus stationbus
11h 50m€72–209Fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle, ferry
- 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
- Take the ferry from Port of Pula to Port of Zadarferry
14h 4m€92–560Train, car ferry
- 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 car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Zadarcarferry 51
25h 3m€126–360Bus
- Take the bus from Barcelona - North Bus Station to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Stationbus BlaBlaCar Bus
- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Zadar bus stationbus N535
29h 55m€113–172Drive 1,617.7 km
- Drive from Barcelona to Zadarcar 1,617.7 km
18h 8m€254–367
Spain to Zadar by train and bus
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Spain to Zadar is to bus via Padova which costs €85 - €130 and takes 27h 18m.
The fastest way to get from Spain to Zadar is to fly which takes 5h 59m and costs €75 - €300.
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 18m.
The distance between Spain and Zadar is 1158 km. The road distance is 1617.7 km.
The best way to get from Spain to Zadar without a car is to train and bus which takes 23h 33m and costs €160 - €400.
It takes approximately 5h 59m to get from Spain to Zadar, including transfers.
Spain to Zadar bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, depart from Barcelona - North Bus Station.
The best way to get from Spain to Zadar is to fly which takes 5h 59m and costs €75 - €300. Alternatively, you can bus via Padova, which costs €85 - €130 and takes 27h 18m.
Spain to Zadar bus services, operated by BlaBlaCar Bus, arrive at Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station.
Yes, the driving distance between Spain to Zadar is 1618 km. It takes approximately 18h 8m to drive from Spain to Zadar.
What companies run services between Spain and Zadar, Croatia?
Ryanair flies from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Zadar Airport (ZAD) 3 times a week. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Zadar bus station via Padova and Padua in around 27h 18m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Zadar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Zadar Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Zadar Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €60–230
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 27m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–140
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €35–120
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €35–120
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €26–110
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €45–260
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Raffaello Sanzio Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 47m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €70–380
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €20–110
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–190
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–180
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Raffaello Sanzio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €29–160
- 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
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Nice
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €30–170
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–240
- 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
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- sncf-connect.com
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €100–180
- Website
- https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en
- 2nd Class
- €100–140
- 1st Class
- €140–180
- 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
- €17–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Civitavecchia to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Termini to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 44m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Torino Porta Susa to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €75–150
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Civitavecchia to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 47 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–22
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Milano Centrale to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €60–120
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Civitavecchia to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €7–18
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Termini to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €27–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Milano Centrale to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 16m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–95
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Trieste to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Padua to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 10m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €17–30
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–80
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- 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
- €55–75
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–10
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
- 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-tours.hr
- 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 35 415 165
- info@slavonija-bus.hr
- Website
- slavonija-bus.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 4m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €20–26
- Schedules at
- slavonija-bus.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 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
- €19–25
- Schedules at
- samoborcek.hr
- Phone
- +385 043 277 100
- info@cazmatrans.hr
- Website
- cazmatrans.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €18–40
- Website
- https://cazmatrans.hr/en/
- Phone
- +385 60 300 300
- info@ap.hr
- Website
- ap.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Schedules at
- ap.hr
- 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
- Phone
- +3-389-268-0068
- Website
- blablacar.co.uk
Bus from Barcelona - North Bus Station to Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–95
- Website
- https://www.blablacar.co.uk/bus
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- info@grimaldi.napoli.it
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Civitavecchia
- Ave. Duration
- 20h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €40–60
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- jadrolinija.hr
Car ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–12
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
- Passenger Fare
- €9–12
- Phone
- +385 21 645 476
- luka@krilo.hr
- Website
- krilo.hr
Ferry from Port of Pula to Port of Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- https://www.krilo.hr/en/
- Normal
- €30–45
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