There are 8 ways to get from Ciudad Real to Zagreb by train, plane, bus, train (Renfe, TGV), car, or shuttle
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Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
best- Take the train from Ciudad Real-Central to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane MAD - ZAG
7h 11m€85–289Train, bus
- Take the train from Ciudad Real-Central to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain Avn / ...
- Take the train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Marseille St Charlestrain
- Take the bus from Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles to Zagrebbus
30h 25m€257–413Train
- Take the train from Ciudad Real-Central to Barcelona-Santstrain Ave
- Take the train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieutrain
- Take the train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourgtrain Tgv
- Take the train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbftrain Ice / ...
- Take the train from Stuttgart Hbf to Salzburg Hbftrain 963 / ...
- Take the train from Salzburg Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.train Ec
31h 28m€430–786Drive 2,201.5 km
- Drive from Ciudad Real to Zagrebcar 2,201.5 km
22h 41m€358–517Train to Málaga Airport, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Take the train from Ciudad Real-Central to Malaga Maria Zambranotrain
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane AGP - ZAG
8h 13m€91–300Train to Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport, fly to Ljubljana, shuttle
- Take the train from Ciudad Real-Central to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandestrain
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane MAD - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Zagreb
8h 52m€137–617Train, train to Alicante-Elche Airport, fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Take the train from Ciudad Real-Central to Albacetetrain
- Take the train from Albacete to Alacant/Alicante Terminaltrain
- Fly from Alicante-Elche Airport (ALC) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane ALC - ZAG
9h 30m€107–266Bus
- Take the bus from Ciudad Real, Estación de Autobuses to Estación Sur de Autobusesbus 065
- Take the bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Padovabus
- Take the bus from Padova to Zagrebbus
40h 4m
Ciudad Real to Zagreb by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Ciudad Real to Zagreb is to train and fly which costs €85 - €290 and takes 7h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Ciudad Real to Zagreb is to train and fly which takes 7h 11m and costs €85 - €290.
No, there is no direct bus from Ciudad Real to Zagreb. However, there are services departing from Ciudad Real, Estación de Autobuses and arriving at Zagreb via Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur and Padova. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 40h 4m.
No, there is no direct train from Ciudad Real to Zagreb. However, there are services departing from Ciudad Real-Central and arriving at Zagreb Glavni Kol. via Barcelona-Sants, Lyon Part Dieu, Strasbourg, Stuttgart Hbf and Salzburg Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 31h 28m.
The distance between Ciudad Real and Zagreb is 1900 km. The road distance is 2201.5 km.
The best way to get from Ciudad Real to Zagreb without a car is to train and bus which takes 30h 25m and costs €250 - €420.
It takes approximately 7h 11m to get from Ciudad Real to Zagreb, including transfers.
Ciudad Real to Zagreb bus services, operated by Autocares Grupo Samar, depart from Ciudad Real, Estación de Autobuses station.
Ciudad Real to Zagreb train services, operated by Renfe AVE, depart from Ciudad Real-Central station.
The best way to get from Ciudad Real to Zagreb is to train which takes 31h 28m and costs €430 - €800. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs and takes 40h 4m.
What companies run services between Ciudad Real, Spain and Zagreb, Croatia?
You can take a train from Ciudad Real-Central to Zagreb Glavni Kol. via Barcelona-Sants, Lyon Part Dieu, Strasbourg, Stuttgart Hbf, and Salzburg Hbf in around 31h 28m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Ciudad Real, Estación de Autobuses to Zagreb via Estación Sur de Autobuses, Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur, and Padova in around 40h 4m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 30m
- When
- Wednesday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Málaga Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Saturday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Málaga Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Monday to Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Palma Mallorca
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 35m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
Flights from Alicante-Elche Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €55–160
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 22m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–350
Flights from Málaga Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–230
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–400
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Monday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €75–160
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–190
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Ljubljana via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Málaga Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–290
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 40m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–200
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Ljubljana via Barcelona
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Ljubljana via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–420
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Ciudad Real-Central to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Ciudad Real-Central to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes to Marseille St Charles
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 42m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €140–210
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Ciudad Real-Central to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 20m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Ciudad Real-Central to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €21–35
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Ciudad Real-Central to Albacete
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €30–45
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Albacete to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +34 900 926 851
- [email protected]
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Ciudad Real-Central to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Ciudad Real-Central to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Ciudad Real-Central to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Ciudad Real-Central to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Ciudad Real-Central to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 6m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €16–27
- Website
- Iryo
Train from Albacete to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 48 min
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €17–28
- Website
- Iryo
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Ciudad Real-Central to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Ciudad Real-Central to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Ciudad Real-Central to Barcelona-Sants
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €110–200
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Ciudad Real-Central to Malaga Maria Zambrano
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–90
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Ciudad Real-Central to Madrid-Puerta de Atocha-Almudena Grandes
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- Renfe AVE
Train from Albacete to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 54 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €26–45
- Website
- Renfe AVE
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 29m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- TGV inOui
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 14m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €85–150
- Website
- Oui.SNCF
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 19m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €65–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +43 1 89900
- [email protected]
- Website
- Westbahn
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Salzburg Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 9m
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €75–130
- Website
- Westbahn
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €95–110
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +34 900 759 781
- Website
- Ouigo
Train from Albacete to Alacant/Alicante Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 49 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €14–24
- Website
- Ouigo
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Marseille, Gare de Marseille-Saint-Charles to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €100–160
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €28–340
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €28–75
- Private
- €140–180
- Phone
- +34 984 689 912
- [email protected]
- Website
- samar.es
Bus from Ciudad Real, Estación de Autobuses to Estación Sur de Autobuses
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €16–29
- Schedules at
- samar.es
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Méndez Álvaro Estación Sur to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 27h 34m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €120–160
- Schedules at
- tabitatour.ro
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- [email protected]
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Padova to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 30m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
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Ciudad Real to Zagreb bus services, operated by Autocares Grupo Samar, arrive at Estación Sur de Autobuses station.
Ciudad Real to Zagreb train services, operated by Renfe AVE, arrive at Barcelona-Sants station.
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