There are 13 ways to get from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Croatia by plane, train, bus, car, car train, night train, or shuttle
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Fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
best- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane FRA - ZAG
4h 38m€84–224Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Frankfurt central train station to Zagrebbus N952 / ...
13h 15m€70–140Train, bus via Munich
- Take the train from Frankfurt to München Hbftrain 41 / ...
- Take the bus from Munich Hbf to Samobor, Autobusni kolodvorbus
11h 30m€124–364Drive, car train
- Drive from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Fuldacar
- Take the cartrain from Fulda to Villach Hbfcartrain
- Drive from Villach Hbf to Zagrebcar
12h 29m€145–201Train, night train
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Hauptbahnhoftrain 11 / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Stuttgart Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.nighttrain En
16h 28m€195–386Fly to Split Airport
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Split Airport (SPU)plane FRA - SPU
4h 52m€92–260Fly to Pula Airport
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Pula Airport (PUY)plane FRA - PUY
4h 54m€112–260Fly to Zadar Airport
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane FRA - ZAD
5h 2m€84–215Fly to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, bus
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane FRA - TRS
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvorbus
6h 15m€190–507Fly to Ljubljana, shuttle
- Fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane FRA - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Zagreb
6h 20m€131–802Train, bus
- Take the train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhoftrain Re70
- Take the bus from Mannheim, ZOB to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
16h 20m€87–150Train
- Take the train from Frankfurt (Main) Süd to Villach Hauptbahnhoftrain Drf
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljanatrain 19 / ...
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.train 319 / ...
16h 42m€90–221Drive 893.4 km
- Drive from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Zagrebcar 893.4 km
8h 3m€126–182
Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Croatia by train, night train, and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Croatia is to bus which costs €70 - €140 and takes 13h 15m.
The fastest way to get from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Croatia is to fly which takes 4h 38m and costs €80 - €230.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Frankfurt central train station station and arriving at Zagreb. Services depart five times a day, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 13h 10m.
No, there is no direct train from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Croatia. However, there are services departing from Frankfurt and arriving at Trg bana J. Jelačića via Stuttgart Hbf and Glavni kolodvor. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 16h 28m.
The distance between Frankfurt(Main)Hbf and Croatia is 765 km. The road distance is 893.4 km.
The best way to get from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Croatia without a car is to train and bus via Munich which takes 11h 30m and costs €120 - €370.
It takes approximately 4h 38m to get from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Croatia, including transfers.
Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Croatia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Frankfurt central train station.
Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Croatia train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), depart from Frankfurt station.
The best way to get from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Croatia is to fly which takes 4h 38m and costs €80 - €230. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs €70 - €140 and takes 13h 15m, you could also train, which costs €90 - €230 and takes 16h 42m.
What companies run services between Frankfurt(Main)Hbf, Germany and Croatia?
Croatia Airlines, Lufthansa, and Austrian Airlines fly from Frankfurt (FRA) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) every 3 hours. Alternatively, FlixBus operates a bus from Frankfurt central train station to Zagreb 4 times a day. Tickets cost €80–140 and the journey takes 13h 10m. Jelinak also services this route 6 times a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 6m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Split Airport via Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Frankfurt to Split Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 26m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–380
Flights from Frankfurt to Pula Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Pula Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €120–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Zadar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
Flights from Frankfurt to Zadar Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 35m
- When
- Tuesday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from Frankfurt to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–600
Flights from Frankfurt to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–290
Flights from Frankfurt to Ljubljana via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–290
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 24m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 41m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Split Airport via Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–390
Flights from Frankfurt to Pula Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Zadar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €80–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Split Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €65–360
Flights from Frankfurt to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- When
- Monday and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 20m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Frankfurt to Split Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–380
- Website
- condor.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–210
- Website
- airbus.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–250
Flights from Frankfurt to Zadar Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–260
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Frankfurt to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–600
- Website
- tui.com
Flights from Frankfurt to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–370
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to München Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €70–310
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Frankfurt to Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–150
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +49 (0) 221 800 20 820
- [email protected]
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
Car train from Fulda to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 1m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €95–120
- Website
- Urlaubs-Express (UEX)
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- [email protected]
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Night train from Stuttgart Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 59m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €160–240
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
Train from Frankfurt to Mannheim, Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Regio (DB Regional)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Frankfurt (Main) Süd to Villach Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 47m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €40–120
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €100–120
- Couchette Carriage
- €70–85
- Seating Carriage
- €40–50
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €29–55
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- [email protected]
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
Train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 34m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–40
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
- Phone
- +385 98 900 9132
- [email protected]
- Website
- facebook.com
Bus from Munich Hbf to Samobor, Autobusni kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €50
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–230
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €28–550
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €28–75
- Private
- €140–180
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 10m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–140
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- + 387 32 88 44 88
- [email protected]
- Website
- jelinak.com
Bus from Frankfurt central train station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €70–108
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Regular prices
- €70–85
Bus from Mannheim, ZOB to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 25m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €65–108
- Schedules at
- facebook.com
- Regular prices
- €65–80
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More Questions & Answers
Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Croatia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zagreb station.
Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Croatia train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC), arrive at Hauptbahnhof station.
Yes, the driving distance between Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Croatia is 893 km. It takes approximately 8h 3m to drive from Frankfurt(Main)Hbf to Croatia.
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