There are 6 ways to get from Florence to Cres by train, bus, ferry, plane, or shuttle
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, bus, ferry
best- Take the train from Firenze S.M.N. to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Airporttrain Re
- Take the bus from Trieste Airport to Rijeka bus stationbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
9h 9m€80–137Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Rijeka bus stationbus N544 / ...
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Cres, Peškerabus Arriva
11h 9m€45–81Fly to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, bus, ferry
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane FLR - TRS
- Take the bus from Trieste Airport to Rijeka bus stationbus
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
9h 42m€156–236Train, shuttle, bus
- Take the train from Firenze Santa Maria Novella to Bologna centraletrain
- Take a shuttle bus from Bologna Centrale to Rijeka
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Cres, Peškerabus
10h 56m€462–785Fly to Rijeka Airport, line 332 ferry
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Rijeka Airport (RJK)plane FLR - RJK
- Take the ferry from Valbiska to Meragferry
8h 48m€164–592Fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle, ferry
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane FLR - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Rijeka
- Take the ferry from Rijeka to Cresferry
11h 39m€217–712
Florence to Cres by train, bus, foot, and ferry
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Florence to Cres is to bus which costs €45 - €85 and takes 11h 9m.
The fastest way to get from Florence to Cres is to fly and line 332 ferry which takes 8h 48m and costs €160 - €600.
No, there is no direct bus from Florence station to Cres. However, there are services departing from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station and arriving at Cres, Peškera via Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 9m.
The distance between Florence and Cres is 517 km.
The best way to get from Florence to Cres without a car is to train and bus and ferry which takes 9h 9m and costs €80 - €140.
It takes approximately 9h 9m to get from Florence to Cres, including transfers.
Florence to Cres bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station.
Florence to Cres bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Rijeka bus station.
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There are 3734+ hotels available in Cres.
What companies run services between Florence, Italy and Cres, Croatia?
You can take a bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Cres, Peškera via Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor in around 11h 9m.
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–230
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 16m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–200
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–350
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–330
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–550
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–230
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Rijeka Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 12m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €250–850
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Rijeka Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 45m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- €260–950
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–200
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–550
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–230
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–200
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–350
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–230
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Rijeka Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €130–550
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–200
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 57m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–330
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–230
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–200
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Lyon
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 17m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–550
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Catania
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €75–300
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Firenze S.M.N. to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–60
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €15–27
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–19
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Venezia Mestre to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Firenze Santa Maria Novella to Bologna centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 38 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- Italo Treno
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Trieste Airport to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Florence Villa Constanza Bus Station to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 10m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €40–65
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Trieste Airport to Rijeka bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €9–14
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
Bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Cres, Peškera
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €1–17
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
Bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Cres, Peškera
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €1–17
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Bologna Centrale to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 38m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €450–750
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €96–460
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €96
- Private
- €223
Rome2Rio's guide to Jadrolinija
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +385 72 303 337
- [email protected]
- Website
- Jadrolinija
Ferry from Rijeka to Cres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Jadrolinija
Ferry from Rijeka to Cres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Jadrolinija
Ferry from Valbiska to Merag
- Ave. Duration
- 25 min
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- Jadrolinija
Ferry from Rijeka to Cres
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €25–40
- Website
- Jadrolinija
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