There are 8 ways to get from Catania to Zadar by plane, train, ferry, bus, car, or car ferry
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Fly to Zadar Airport
best- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane CTA - ZAD
4h 55m€75–146Train, ferry, Catamaran
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centraletrain Re
- Take the ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanniferry M1 / ...
- Take the train from Villa S.Giovanni to Roma Terminitrain Fr
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Anconatrain
- Take the ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Zadarferry 51
19h 32mBus, Catamaran
- Take the bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Caserta Piazza Carlo Terzobus
- Take the bus from Caserta to Anconabus
- Take the ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Zadarferry 51
21h 53m€139–211Drive, car ferry, ferry
- Drive from Catania to Tresmestiericar
- Take the car ferry from Tresmestieri to Villa S. Giovannicarferry
- Drive from Villa S. Giovanni to Baricar
- Take the ferry from Bari to Dubrovnikferry 54
- Drive from Dubrovnik to Zadarcar
19h 38m€218–350Fly to Split Airport, bus
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Split Airport (SPU)plane CTA - SPU
- Take the bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
6h 43m€84–237Fly to Raffaello Sanzio Airport, Catamaran
- Fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Raffaello Sanzio Airport (AOI)plane CTA - AOI
- Take the ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Zadarferry
7h 33m€113–310Train, Catamaran
- Take the train from Catania Centrale to Roma Terminitrain Ic
- Take the train from Roma Termini to Anconatrain
- Take the ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Zadarferry 51
19h 38m€174–328Bus
- Take the bus from Catania to Bologna Centralebus N597
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Zadar bus stationbus N535
27h 35m€146–242
Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Zadar Airport (ZAD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Catania to Zadar is to fly which costs €75 - €150 and takes 4h 55m.
The fastest way to get from Catania to Zadar is to fly which takes 4h 55m and costs €75 - €150.
No, there is no direct bus from Catania to Zadar station. However, there are services departing from Catania and arriving at Zadar bus station via Bologna Centrale. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 27h 35m.
The distance between Catania and Zadar is 747 km.
The best way to get from Catania to Zadar without a car is to train and ferry and Catamaran which takes 19h 32m and costs .
It takes approximately 4h 55m to get from Catania to Zadar, including transfers.
Catania to Zadar bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Catania station.
The best way to get from Catania to Zadar is to fly which takes 4h 55m and costs €75 - €150. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €140 - €250 and takes 27h 35m.
Catania to Zadar bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Bologna Centrale station.
Book your Catania to Zadar bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.
What companies run services between Catania, Italy and Zadar, Croatia?
Ryanair, ITA Airways, and two other airlines fly from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport (CTA) to Zadar Airport (ZAD) 3 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Catania to Zadar bus station via Bologna Centrale in around 27h 35m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Zadar Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–190
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Zadar Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Saturday, Wednesday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €35–180
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Zadar Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–130
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Zadar Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–130
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Raffaello Sanzio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €45–190
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Split Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 56m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–370
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Zadar Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–130
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Split Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–340
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Zadar Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Tuesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €65–130
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Split Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–200
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Split Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–210
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Split Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday to Thursday
- Estimated price
- €65–180
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Catania–Fontanarossa Airport to Raffaello Sanzio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–210
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 9m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–19
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Termini to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Termini to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 47m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Catania Centrale to Messina Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €10–21
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 44m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Termini to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Catania Centrale to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 42m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–170
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Roma Termini to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–65
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €95–190
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- italotreno.it
Train from Villa S.Giovanni to Roma Termini
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–160
- Website
- https://www.italotreno.it/en
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- itabus.it
Bus from Catania Fontanarossa Airport Bus Stop to Caserta Piazza Carlo Terzo
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €35–75
- Website
- https://www.itabus.it/en/home
- Phone
- +39 0733 671222
- [email protected]
- Website
- linea2mari.com
Bus from Caserta to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €34–37
- Schedules at
- linea2mari.com
- Phone
- +385 91 255 0999
- [email protected]
- Website
- prijevoz-knezevic.hr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Schedules at
- prijevoz-knezevic.hr
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–21
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Catania to Bologna Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–160
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 55m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €50–85
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +385 91 616 0990
- [email protected]
- Website
- antoniotours.hr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–45
- Schedules at
- antoniotours.hr
- Phone
- +385 21 612 005
- [email protected]
- Website
- promet-makarska.hr
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €15–55
- Website
- https://www.promet-makarska.hr/en/
- Phone
- +420 222 222 221
- [email protected]
- Website
- regiojet.com
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €12–17
- Website
- https://regiojet.com/
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Ferry from Messina Marittima to Villa S.Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 20 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- [email protected]
- Website
- jadrolinija.hr
Ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
Ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
Ferry from Bari to Dubrovnik
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €75–120
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
Ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
Ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Zadar
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–100
- Website
- https://www.jadrolinija.hr/en
- Phone
- 090774409
- [email protected]
- Website
- bluferries.it
Car ferry from Tresmestieri to Villa S. Giovanni
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Schedules at
- bluferries.it
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