There are 12 ways to get from Zadar to Ascona by bus, train, car ferry, car, shuttle, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Bus
best- Take the bus from Zadar to Bellinzonabus
12h 22mCHF 145–149Car ferry, train
cheapest- Take the car ferry from Port of Zadar to Port of Anconacarferry 51
- Take the train from Ancona to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarnotrain
14h 42mCHF 44–122Bus, train
- Take the bus from Zadar bus station to Triestebus
- Take the train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centraletrain Fr
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarnotrain
13h 8mCHF 63–149Drive 787.1 km
- Drive from Zadar to Asconacar 787.1 km
9h 14mCHF 126–182Bus, shuttle, train
- Take the bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take a shuttle bus from Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor to Milano Centrale Station
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Locarnotrain
20h 29mCHF 62–743Bus to Split Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Take the bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane SPU - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Locarnotrain
9h 32mCHF 114–314Bus to Split Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Fly from Split Airport (SPU) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane SPU - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bellinzonatrain
9h 11mCHF 133–346Bus to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Take the bus from Zadar bus station to Triestebus
- Fly from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane TRS - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Locarnotrain
12h 5mCHF 110–250Car ferry to Raffaello Sanzio Airport, fly to Milan Linate Airport, train
- Take the car ferry from Port of Zadar to Port of Anconacarferry
- Fly from Raffaello Sanzio Airport (AOI) to Milan Linate Airport (LIN)plane AOI - LIN
- Take the train from Monza to Locarnotrain
14h 23mCHF 107–203Bus to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, fly to Zurich Airport, train
- Take the bus from Zadar bus station to Zagrebbus
- Fly from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) to Zurich Airport (ZRH)plane ZAG - ZRH
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Bellinzonatrain
11h 4mCHF 131–341Car ferry, train to Abruzzo Airport, fly to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Take the car ferry from Port of Zadar to Port of Anconacarferry
- Take the train from Ancona to Pescara Centraletrain
- Fly from Abruzzo Airport (PSR) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane PSR - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisiotrain
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Locarnotrain
15h 14mCHF 57–236Fly Zadar Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport, train
- Fly from Zadar Airport (ZAD) to Milano Malpensa Airport (MXP)plane ZAD - MXP
- Take the train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisiotrain
- Take the train from Mendrisio to Locarnotrain
6h 49mCHF 52–218
Zadar to Ascona by bus and train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zadar to Ascona is to car ferry and train which costs SFr 40 - SFr 130 and takes 14h 42m.
The fastest way to get from Zadar to Ascona is to fly and train which takes 6h 49m and costs SFr 50 - SFr 220.
The distance between Zadar and Ascona is 818 km. The road distance is 787.1 km.
The best way to get from Zadar to Ascona without a car is to bus which takes 12h 22m and costs SFr 144 - SFr 149.
It takes approximately 12h 22m to get from Zadar to Ascona, including transfers.
Yes, the driving distance between Zadar to Ascona is 787 km. It takes approximately 9h 14m to drive from Zadar to Ascona.
There are 2643+ hotels available in Ascona.
What companies run services between Zadar, Croatia and Ascona, Switzerland?
Zelic Reisen operates a bus from Zadar to Bellinzona 4 times a week. Tickets cost CHF 134 and the journey takes 11h 25m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Abruzzo Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–140
Flights from Zadar Airport to Milano Malpensa Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–180
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Split Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–270
Flights from Split Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 50m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–240
Flights from Split Airport to Zurich Airport via Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 120–240
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–230
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Split Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 90–270
Flights from Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 70–180
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–410
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Milan Linate Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Wednesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- CHF 130–410
Flights from Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport to Zurich Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- CHF 75–230
- Website
- dat.dk
Flights from Raffaello Sanzio Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- CHF 100–140
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Split Airport to Milan Linate Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–260
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Split Airport to Zurich Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–290
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Split Airport to Zurich Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- CHF 80–340
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 36m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 14–27
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–50
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ancona to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 40–95
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Ancona to Pescara Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 13–28
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 14m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ancona to Pescara Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–13
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–25
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ancona to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 25–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Ancona to Pescara Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–17
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Trieste Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–24
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 22m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 22–50
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- ufficiogruppi@trenitalia.it
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 35–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- 1st Class
- CHF 35–55
- 2nd Class
- CHF 45–60
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- my-link@trenord.it
- Website
- trenord.it
Train from Milano Centrale to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 7–10
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Monza to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 5–7
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
Train from Mendrisio to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 4–6
- Website
- https://www.trenord.it/en/
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 30–65
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Malpensa Aeroporto T1 to Mendrisio
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 24–45
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Mendrisio to Locarno
- Ave. Duration
- 57 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–23
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +41 58 580 70 70
- info@sob.ch
- Website
- sob.ch
Train from Zürich HB to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Schedules at
- sob.ch
- Phone
- +41 79 445 39 68
- info@zelicreisen.ch
- Website
- zelicreisen.ch
Bus from Zadar to Bellinzona
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 25m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 134
- Schedules at
- zelicreisen.ch
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Zadar bus station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 27–50
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zadar bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 9–18
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- info@arriva.com.hr
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–30
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
Bus from Zadar bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- CHF 2–13
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Rovinj, Autobusni Kolodvor to Milano Centrale Station
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 59m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- CHF 50–700
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- CHF 50–54
- Private
- CHF 370–700
- Phone
- +385 60 300 300
- info@ap.hr
- Website
- ap.hr
Bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 15–17
- Schedules at
- ap.hr
Bus from Zadar bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 19–35
- Schedules at
- ap.hr
- Phone
- +385 52 356 500
- brioni@brioni.hr
- Website
- brioni.hr
Bus from Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor to Trogir, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 13
- Website
- https://www.brioni.hr/en-gb/
- Phone
- +385 800 88 85
- info@velebit-tours.hr
- Website
- velebit-tours.hr
Bus from Zadar bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 45–55
- Schedules at
- velebit-tours.hr
- Phone
- +385 (23) 315 331
- info@puntamika-line.hr
- Website
- puntamika-line.hr
Bus from Zadar bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- CHF 12–15
- Schedules at
- puntamika-line.hr
- Phone
- +385 91 454 1121
- francuzevic@gmail.com
- Website
- francuzevic-prijevoz.hr
Bus from Zadar bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 17–21
- Schedules at
- francuzevic-prijevoz.hr
- Phone
- +385 35 415 165
- info@slavonija-bus.hr
- Website
- slavonija-bus.hr
Bus from Zadar bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 18–24
- Schedules at
- slavonija-bus.hr
- Phone
- +385 1 3335 170
- uprava@samoborcek.hr
- Website
- samoborcek.hr
Bus from Zadar bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 19
- Schedules at
- samoborcek.hr
- Phone
- +385 043 277 100
- info@cazmatrans.hr
- Website
- cazmatrans.hr
Bus from Zadar bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- CHF 16–35
- Website
- https://cazmatrans.hr/en/
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- jadrolinija.hr
Car ferry from Port of Zadar to Port of Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- CHF 8–11
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
- Passenger Fare
- CHF 8–11
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