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Buses is by far the most popular kind of public transportation in Croatia, which is no wonder, as busy prices are relatively cheap and coverage is high. The buses are not only used for people but often also for sending packages across the country.

All major cities in Croatia, like Pula, Rijeka, Zagreb, Zadar and Split has international routes to several European destinations like, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the neighboring countries.

After the main part of the Croatian Motorway has been finish, bus has also become a relative fast way of traveling, a bus trip from Split to Zagreb can now be done in 5 hours, which is about 1 hour more then you would need by car.

Here are a few prices examples for national bus routes, PLEASE NOTE that prices can very a bit depending on which bus company you go with.

2009 bus prices (One way tickets)

From

To

Price

Distance km*

Price / Km

Zagreb

Split

170 kn

App 400

0.43 kn

Zagreb

Rijeka

113 kn

172

0.65 kn

Zagreb

Rovinj

167 kn

App 280

0.60 kn

Zagreb

Zadar

124 kn

250

0.50 kn

Split

Dubrovnik

98 kn

220

0.45 kn

Split

Trogir

16 kn

30

0.50 kn

The distance in the table is the shortest driving distance between the cities mentioned, the bus might go by route which would make the actual travel distance longer.

As you can see from table the price per km is around 50-70 lipa, so for easy calculation of your fair price, you just have to multiply distance of your trip with 70 Lipa, then you roughly know what you have to pay for your trip.

Some companies offer a discount if you buy return trip.

Tickets:

Reservation of ticket is generally not possible expect if you are traveling on internal routes, so you basically would have to show up at the bus and by ticket from the driver, in some of the larger cities there is also a tickets office.

Here you find further information about regional / city buses and times tables of bus lines

Bus Split region

Bus Dubrovnik region

Bus Zadar region

Bus Sibenik region

Bus Rijeka Region

Bus Pula Region

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7 Comments »

  • Croatia 2010 said:

    [...] Bus [...]

    - 17 January 2010 at 18:01
  • Eugene said:

    Hi! Great site with very decent articles.
    May I ask for a piece of advice?

    I intend to go from Zagreb to Zadar at the beginning of September, so I need to choose between a bus in the evening or an overnight train.
    I lean towards the train, but I am not sure if I will be able to buy a seat without prior reservation (I want to depart on Thursday, by the way). On the other hand, bus seems to be faster and I could see Croatian nature from my window.

    What would you advise?

    - 1 July 2010 at 09:51
  • Croatia Expert (author) said:

    Hi Eugene

    I am not sure about the train prices, but the bus should be around 120-150 kuna. I am also not aware if you have to reserve ticket for the train.

    PS: although the bus travel on the highway it is still a beautiful trip.

    Brgds, Morten

    - 1 July 2010 at 12:12
  • Eugene said:

    Thank you so much for answering. I did a little research on the web-site of Croatian Railways and it turns out that ticket costs 170 kuna. The difference in price does not matter so much, but I suspect I might not get a ticket for this overnight train, because I will try to buy it at the last minute before departure.

    So, I guess, I will stick with a bus (only 4 hours on the road) and then stay in a hostel in Zadar. Can you recommend some place to stay? Is one day enought to see the beauties of Zadar?

    - 2 July 2010 at 12:43
  • Croatia Expert (author) said:

    Hi Eugene,

    The bus trip is also quite nice, and 4 hours is a small trip :)

    Try to Google Hostel in Zadar or something similar, I once had some friend staying in one not far from the main bus station, but I don’t remember name of the place.

    You can see old town in Zadar and the sour Try to google Hostel in Zadar or something similar, i once had some friend staying in one not far from the main bus station, but i dont remember name of the place.

    You can see old town in Zadar and the surroundings in 1 day

    Brgds, Morten

    - 5 July 2010 at 17:10
  • Lena said:

    Hi, we would like to go from Split to Plitvice for two days.
    What is the best way to get there? To rent a car or to take a bus? We have booked Villa Lika. Thank you for advice, Kind regards
    Lena

    - 27 July 2010 at 14:52
  • Croatia Expert (author) said:

    Hi Lena

    Getting to Plitvice by bus is of course the cheapest solution, but it is also a long trip (up to 6 hours with bus), depending on which bus you catch. If you rent car you have about 3 hours drive. the bus should be around 150 kuna oneway/person, renting a car? i would guess 400 kuna + gas and motorway tool fees.

    Brgds, Morten

    - 27 July 2010 at 15:15

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