There are 9 ways to get from Zurich to Rab by bus, ferry, night train, train, plane, or shuttle
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Bus, ferry
best- Take the bus from Zürich Hbf to Rijekabus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry 9309
14h 2m€168–184Bus, ferry via Venice
cheapest- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Venice Mestrebus
- Take the bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) to Rijeka bus stationbus 406 / ...
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry
16h 24m€76–130Night train, train, ferry
- Take the night train from Zuerich Hb to Ljubljananighttrain En
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Rijekatrain 481
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry
17h€302–805Fly Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle, ferry
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane ZRH - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Rijeka
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry
11h 2m€198–782Fly Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, bus, ferry
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane ZRH - ZAG
- Take the bus from Zagreb Airport to Rijeka - Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry
9h 45m€139–307Fly Zurich Airport to Ljubljana, shuttle, bus, ferry
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane ZRH - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvorbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry
10h€213–742Fly Zurich Airport to Split Airport, bus, line 9309 ferry
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Split Airport (SPU)plane ZRH - SPU
- Take the bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvorbus
- Take the ferry from Novalja to Rabferry
11h 57m€136–342Train, train to Allgäu Airport, Memmingen, fly to Zadar Airport, shuttle, line 9309 ferry
- Take the train from Zürich HB to St. Margrethen SGtrain
- Take the train from St. Margrethen Sg to Memmingentrain
- Fly from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen (FMM) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane FMM - ZAD
- Take a shuttle bus from Zadar Airport to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
- Take the ferry from Novalja to Rabferry
12h 21m€161–542Fly Zurich Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport, train, bus, ferry
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)plane ZRH - BLQ
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Airporttrain
- Take the bus from Trieste Airport to Rijeka bus stationbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Rabferry
12h 52m€135–384
Zurich to Rab by bus, foot, and ferry
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Rab is to bus and ferry via Venice which costs €75 - €130 and takes 16h 24m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Rab is to fly and bus and ferry which takes 9h 45m and costs €130 - €310.
The distance between Zurich and Rab is 824 km.
The best way to get from Zurich to Rab without a car is to bus and ferry which takes 14h 2m and costs €160 - €190.
It takes approximately 14h 2m to get from Zurich to Rab, including transfers.
There are 4054+ hotels available in Rab.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Rab, Croatia?
There is no direct connection from Zurich to Rab. However, you can take the bus to Rijeka, walk to Rijeka, then take the ferry to Rab. Alternatively, you can take a vehicle from Zuerich Hb to Rab via Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Rijeka, Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor, Riva, and Rijeka in around 17h.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–330
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €75–360
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €95–380
Flights from Zurich Airport to Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–480
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–250
Flights from Zurich Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–240
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–280
Flights from Zurich Airport to Split Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–370
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–330
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Allgäu Airport, Memmingen to Zadar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–270
- Phone
- +41 848 446 688
- Website
- sbb.ch
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 17m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €250–750
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
Train from Zürich HB to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- https://www.sbb.ch/en
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- potnik.info@slo-zeleznice.si
- Website
- potniski.sz.si
Train from Ljubljana to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 44m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- https://potniski.sz.si/en/
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- hzpp.hr
Train from Ljubljana to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €28–45
- Website
- http://www.hzpp.hr/en
- Phone
- +49 (0) 7531 915109
- info@sbb-deutschland.de
- Website
- sbb-deutschland.de
Train from Zürich HB to St. Margrethen SG
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–13
- Schedules at
- sbb-deutschland.de
- Phone
- +43 5 1717
- Website
- oebb.at
Train from St. Margrethen Sg to Memmingen
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- https://www.oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
- Website
- https://shop.oebbtickets.at/en/ticket
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–45
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–35
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €14–29
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €15–35
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €11–26
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +41 79 445 39 68
- info@zelicreisen.ch
- Website
- zelicreisen.ch
Bus from Zürich Hbf to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €144
- Schedules at
- zelicreisen.ch
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- goopti.com
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €96–500
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €96
- Private
- €223
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €31–280
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- €31
- Private
- €138
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €65–170
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- flixbus.fr
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Venice Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–65
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €15–27
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Trieste Airport to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €6–12
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +385 01/6331-933
- plesoprijevoz@plesoprijevoz.hr
- Website
- plesoprijevoz.hr
Bus from Zagreb Airport to Rijeka - Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €26–35
- Schedules at
- plesoprijevoz.hr
Shuttle from Zadar Airport to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €19
- Schedules at
- plesoprijevoz.hr
- Phone
- +385 91 616 0990
- antonio.tours@zd.t-com.hr
- Website
- antoniotours.hr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Novalja, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–55
- Schedules at
- antoniotours.hr
Rome2Rio's guide to Jadrolinija
Contact Details
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- passdept_h@jadrolinija.hr
- Website
- jadrolinija.hr
Ferry from Rijeka to Rab
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 45m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €24–40
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
Ferry from Novalja to Rab
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–15
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
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