There are 8 ways to get from Sardinia to Zadar by plane, train, ferry, bus, car, or car ferry
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Fly Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Zadar Airport
best- Fly from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane OLB - ZAD
7h€97–216Fly Alghero to Zadar Airport
cheapest- Fly from Alghero (AHO) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane AHO - ZAD
7h 55m€43–208Train, ferry, bus, Catamaran
- Take the train from Cagliari to Porto Torres M.Matrain Re
- Take the ferry from Porto Torres to Genoaferry
- Take the bus from Genoa to Anconabus 504
- Take the ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Zadarferry 51
32h 48m€205–320Train, ferry, bus
- Take the train from Cagliari to Porto Torres M.Matrain Re
- Take the ferry from Porto Torres to Genoaferry
- Take the bus from Genoa to Zagrebbus
- Take the bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus stationbus 952 / ...
35h 45m€166–304Drive, car ferry
- Drive from Cagliari to Port of Arbataxcar
- Take the car ferry from Port of Arbatax to Port of Civitavecchiacarferry
- Drive from Port of Civitavecchia to Venice Troncetto ferrycar
- Take the car ferry from Venice Troncetto ferry to Umagcarferry
- Drive from Umag to Zadarcar
25h 38m€253–353Fly Cagliari Elmas Airport to Zadar Airport
- Fly from Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG) to Zadar Airport (ZAD)plane CAG - ZAD
7h 20m€67–136Fly Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Split Airport, bus
- Fly from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB) to Split Airport (SPU)plane OLB - SPU
- Take the bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
8h 38m€113–286Fly Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Raffaello Sanzio Airport, Catamaran
- Fly from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB) to Raffaello Sanzio Airport (AOI)plane OLB - AOI
- Take the ferry from Port of Ancona to Port of Zadarferry
8h 23m€138–376
Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB) to Zadar Airport (ZAD) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Sardinia to Zadar is to fly which costs €65 - €140 and takes 7h 20m.
The fastest way to get from Sardinia to Zadar is to fly which takes 7h and costs €95 - €220.
The distance between Sardinia and Zadar is 612 km.
The best way to get from Sardinia to Zadar without a car is to train and ferry and bus and Catamaran which takes 32h 48m and costs €200 - €320.
It takes approximately 7h to get from Sardinia to Zadar, including transfers.
There are 12613+ hotels available in Zadar.
What companies run services between Sardinia, Italy and Zadar, Croatia?
Austrian Airlines, Ryanair, and two other airlines fly from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport (OLB) to Zadar Airport (ZAD) 3 times a day.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Zadar Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–350
Flights from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Zadar Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–220
Flights from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Zadar Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 19m
- When
- Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €90–220
Flights from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Zadar Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €90–220
Flights from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Zadar Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–250
Flights from Cagliari Elmas Airport to Zadar Airport via Bari
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–130
Flights from Cagliari Elmas Airport to Zadar Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–130
Flights from Cagliari Elmas Airport to Zadar Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–130
Flights from Cagliari Elmas Airport to Zadar Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 30m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–130
Flights from Cagliari Elmas Airport to Zadar Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €50–200
Flights from Cagliari Elmas Airport to Zadar Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €60–250
Flights from Alghero to Zadar Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 25m
- When
- Monday and Wednesday
- Estimated price
- €45–210
Flights from Alghero to Zadar Airport via Bologna
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 5m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €45–200
Flights from Alghero to Zadar Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €40–200
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Zadar Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Tuesday to Sunday
- Estimated price
- €95–350
Flights from Cagliari Elmas Airport to Zadar Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–130
Flights from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Split Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–390
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Cagliari Elmas Airport to Zadar Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €65–130
Flights from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Split Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–250
Flights from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Split Airport via Milan Malpensa
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Split Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €100–270
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Split Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €100–290
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Split Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 10m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–400
- Website
- volotea.com
Flights from Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport to Raffaello Sanzio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- €65–230
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Cagliari to Porto Torres M.Ma
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Cagliari to Porto Torres M.Ma
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 46m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €30–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.fr
Bus from Genoa to Ancona
- Ave. Duration
- 8h
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €45–75
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Genoa to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 20m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €70–120
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €24–45
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
Bus from Split, Autobusni Kolodvor to Zadar, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €13–22
- Website
- https://www.flixbus.co.uk
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- [email protected]
- Website
- arriva.com.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €2–10
- Website
- https://www.arriva.com.hr/en-us/home
- Phone
- +385 800 88 85
- [email protected]
- Website
- velebit-tours.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €50–60
- Schedules at
- velebit.traveling.com
- Phone
- +385 (23) 315 331
- [email protected]
- Website
- puntamika-line.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €13–16
- Schedules at
- puntamika-line.hr
- Phone
- +385 91 454 1121
- [email protected]
- Website
- francuzevic-prijevoz.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–22
- Schedules at
- francuzevic-prijevoz.hr
- Phone
- +385 35 415 165
- [email protected]
- Website
- slavonija-bus.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €20–45
- Schedules at
- slavonija-bus.hr
- Phone
- +385 1 3335 170
- [email protected]
- Website
- samoborcek.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 40m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €22–45
- Schedules at
- samoborcek.hr
- Phone
- +385 043 277 100
- [email protected]
- Website
- cazmatrans.hr
Bus from Zagreb to Zadar bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €35–45
- Website
- https://cazmatrans.hr/en/
- 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
- +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
- +39 010 209 4591
- [email protected]
- Website
- gnv.it
Ferry from Porto Torres to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
Ferry from Porto Torres to Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–80
- Website
- https://www.gnv.it/en
- 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
- Phone
- +39.081.496.444
- [email protected]
- Website
- grimaldi-lines.com
Car ferry from Port of Arbatax to Port of Civitavecchia
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €29–50
- Website
- https://www.grimaldi-lines.com/en/
- Phone
- +385 52 451 200
- [email protected]
- Website
- adriatic-lines.com
Car ferry from Venice Troncetto ferry to Umag
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- €84
- Website
- https://adriatic-lines.com/
- Regular Ticket
- €84
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