There are 9 ways to get from Geneva to Zagreb by plane, train, bus, night train, shuttle, or car
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
best- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane GVA - ZAG
4h 4m€92–283Train, bus
- Take the train from Genève to Domodossolatrain Ec
- Take the bus from Domodossola to Milano Centralebus Re4
- Take the train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the bus from Stazione Mestre to Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postajabus
- Take the bus from Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
14h 2mTrain
- Take the train from Genève to Zürich HBtrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Schwarzach-St.Veittrain Rjx
- Take the train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Villach Hbftrain Ic
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljanatrain 19 / ...
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.train 319 / ...
17h 8m€194–542Train, night train
- Take the train from Genève to Zürich HBtrain Ic1 / ...
- Take the nighttrain from Zuerich Hb to Zagreb Glavni Kol.nighttrain En
17h 43m€361–559Fly to Ljubljana, shuttle
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane GVA - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
5h 51m€305–646Fly to Graz Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Graz Airport (GRZ)plane GVA - GRZ
- Take a shuttle bus from Graz Airport to Zagreb
6h 59m€390–836Bus
- Take the bus from Geneva to Zagrebbus FlixBus N953
17h 40m€95–140Bus via Annecy
- Take the bus from Lancy Pont Rouge Gare-Etoile P+R to Gare Routierebus 272
- Take the bus from Annecy to Breganabus
17h 58m€100–105Drive 916.2 km
- Drive from Geneva to Zagrebcar 916.2 km
9h 26m€192–278
Geneva to Zagreb by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Geneva to Zagreb is to bus via Annecy which costs €100 - €105 and takes 17h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Geneva to Zagreb is to fly which takes 4h 4m and costs €90 - €290.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Geneva and arriving at Zagreb. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 17h 40m.
No, there is no direct train from Geneva to Zagreb. However, there are services departing from Genève and arriving at Zagreb Glavni Kol. via Zuerich Hb, Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, Schwarzach-St.Veit, Villach Hbf and Ljubljana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 17h 8m.
The distance between Geneva and Zagreb is 786 km. The road distance is 916.2 km.
The best way to get from Geneva to Zagreb without a car is to train and bus which takes 14h 2m and costs .
It takes approximately 4h 4m to get from Geneva to Zagreb, including transfers.
Geneva to Zagreb bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Geneva station.
Geneva to Zagreb train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Genève station.
The best way to get from Geneva to Zagreb is to fly which takes 4h 4m and costs €90 - €290. Alternatively, you can train, which costs €190 - €550 and takes 17h 8m, you could also bus, which costs €95 - €140 and takes 17h 40m.
What companies run services between Geneva, Switzerland and Zagreb, Croatia?
Air Dolomiti, Lufthansa, and two other airlines fly from Geneva International Airport (GVA) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) 5 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a train from Genève to Zagreb Glavni Kol. via Zürich HB, Zuerich Hb, Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof, Schwarzach-St.Veit, Villach Hbf, and Ljubljana in around 17h 8m.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 17m
- When
- Tuesday, Sunday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €90–500
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 31m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–340
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Ljubljana via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–410
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Graz Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Friday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–550
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Graz Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €150–600
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–280
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–370
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Graz Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €130–470
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–280
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €150–500
- Website
- airfrance.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Ljubljana via Paris Charles de Gaulle
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €80–430
- Website
- brusselsairlines.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Ljubljana via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €85–340
- Website
- tuifly.be
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Ljubljana via Brussels
- Ave. Duration
- 5h
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–370
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Geneva International Airport to Graz Airport via Hamburg
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 45m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €190–360
Train from Genève to Domodossola
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zuerich Hb to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €90–150
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €60–95
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Genève to Zürich HB
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 53m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €90–140
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 50m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €270–420
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Milano Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 16m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–60
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +43 (0)5 1717
- Website
- Railjet
Train from Zuerich Hb to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- *
- €40–65
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- *
- €29–45
Train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Villach Hbf
- *
- €21–35
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–28
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €23–40
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €47
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €30
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €12–23
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €11–20
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €17–90
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €75–90
- Couchette Carriage
- €50–60
- Seating Carriage
- €17–21
- Phone
- +49 30 2970
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
Train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Villach Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €18–35
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- [email protected]
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
Train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- [email protected]
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- Phone
- +39 02 7249 4494
- [email protected]
- Website
- Trenord
Bus from Domodossola to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Website
- Trenord
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Stazione Mestre to Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €350–600
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €22–160
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €22
- Private
- €92
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €200–330
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Graz Airport to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €240–390
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €278
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Geneva to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 17h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €95–140
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +33 4 8000 7000
- Website
- auvergnerhonealpes.fr
Bus from Lancy Pont Rouge Gare-Etoile P+R to Gare Routiere
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 23m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €6–9
- Schedules at
- laregionvoustransporte.fr
- Phone
- 011 761-4693
- [email protected]
- Website
- BS Tours
Bus from Annecy to Bregana
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 20m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Website
- BS Tours
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Booking & Getting There
Geneva to Zagreb bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zagreb station.
Geneva to Zagreb train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Zürich HB station.
Yes, the driving distance between Geneva to Zagreb is 916 km. It takes approximately 9h 26m to drive from Geneva to Zagreb.
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