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Travel to Croatia
Flying to Croatia
The national carrier is Croatia Airlines (www.croatiaairlines.hr), but several of the budget airlines fly to Croatia including Ryanair (www.ryanair.com) and easyJet (www.easyjet.com) all year round. Flights to Croatia are at their most expensive in July, August and around Christmas – book as far in advance as possible at these times of year.
London to Zagreb is 2hrs 20mins; there are no direct flights to the US, but plenty of routes via various European capitals.
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Travel by rail
Croatian Railways (tel: 060 333 444, within Croatia only; www.hznet.hr) operates trains in Croatia. Direct trains run from Austria, Bosnia & Herzegovina, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland. Express services run from Zagreb to major cities including Berlin, Budapest, Munich, Venice and Vienna.
InterRail: offers unlimited first- or second-class travel in up to 30 European countries for European residents of over six months with two pass options. The Global Pass allows travel for 22 days, 15 days, one month, five days in 10 days or 10 days in 22 days across all countries. The One-Country Pass offers travel for three, four, six or eight days in one month in one country. Travel is not allowed in the passenger's country of residence. Travellers under 26 years receive a reduction. Children's tickets are reduced by about 50%. Supplements are required for some high-speed services, seat reservations and couchettes. Discounts are offered on Eurostar and some ferry routes. Available from Inter Rail (www.interrailnet.com).
Eurail: the global Eurail pass offers unlimited train travel in 22 European countries including Croatia. A Select Pass is valid in three, four or five bordering countries whilst Regional Passes (Croatia is grouped with Slovenia plus either Austria or Hungary) and one-country Eurail passes are also available. Train travel days number from three days to three months. The passes cannot be sold to residents of Europe (including Turkey and the Russian Federation). Available from The Eurail Group The passes cannot be sold to residents of Europe (including Turkey and the Russian Federation). Available from The Eurail Group (www.eurail.com).
Note: The express trains running from Zagreb to Split are still comparatively slow next to buses.
Driving to Croatia
There are good, easy routes by road from all neighbouring countries. Hrvatski Autoklub (the Croatian Automobile) (www.hak.hr) can provide information.
Getting to Croatia by boat
Major ports include Rijeka (www.lukarijeka.hr), Zadar (www.port-authority-zadar.hr), Split (www.portsplit.com), and Dubrovnik (www.portdubrovnik.hr).
Dubrovnik is an established cruise destination and the city is visited by hundreds of vessels and thousands of passengers each year. An increasing number of cruise ships also stop at Split.
Passenger and car ferry services run to Italy. The main routes are: Split-Ancona, Zadar-Ancona and Dubrovnik-Bari. Throughout the summer, fast hydrofoil services also operate on some routes. Jadrolinija (tel: (051) 666 111; www.jadrolinija.hr) is the main service provider.
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