There are 12 ways to get from Spain to Croatia by plane, ferry, car, bus, train, night train, 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.
Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
best- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane BCN - ZAG
5h 34m€54–208Ferry, drive
- Take the ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Genoaferry
- Drive from Port of Genoa to Zagrebcar
20h 21m€194–297Bus via Padova
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Padovabus
- Take the bus from Padova to Zagrebbus
25h 43mTrain, night train
- 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 nighttrain from Stuttgart Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.nighttrain En
28h 51m€256–397Fly Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Fly from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane MAD - ZAG
6h 19m€68–247Fly Málaga Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Fly from Málaga Airport (AGP) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane AGP - ZAG
6h 21m€63–215Fly Son Sant Joan Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Fly from Son Sant Joan Airport (PMI) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane PMI - ZAG
5h 37m€62–189Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane BCN - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Pula railway Stattion
8h 12m€58–714Fly Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport, bus
- Fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport (TRS)plane BCN - TRS
- Take the bus from Trieste Airport to Rijeka bus stationbus
7h 19m€71–218Ferry, train, bus
- Take the ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Genoaferry
- Take the train from Genova P.Za Principe 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
24h 37m€532–984Bus
- Take the bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Ljubljana bus stationbus 1922
- Take the bus from Ljubljana bus station to Zagrebbus N952 / ...
26h 44m€153–225Drive 1,515.7 km
- Drive from Barcelona to Zagrebcar 1,515.7 km
16h 22m€248–358
Spain to Croatia by train, night train, and tram
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Spain to Croatia is to fly which costs €50 - €210 and takes 5h 34m.
The fastest way to get from Spain to Croatia is to fly which takes 5h 34m and costs €50 - €210.
No, there is no direct bus from Spain to Croatia. However, there are services departing from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord and arriving at Zagreb via Padova. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 25h 43m.
No, there is no direct train from Spain to Croatia. However, there are services departing from Barcelona Plaça de Catalunya and arriving at Trg bana J. Jelačića via Barcelona-Sants, Lyon Part Dieu, Strasbourg, Stuttgart Hbf and Glavni kolodvor. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 28h 51m.
The distance between Spain and Croatia is 1262 km. The road distance is 1515.7 km.
The best way to get from Spain to Croatia without a car is to bus via Padova which takes 25h 43m and costs .
It takes approximately 5h 34m to get from Spain to Croatia, including transfers.
Spain to Croatia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord station.
Spain to Croatia train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, depart from Barcelona-Sants station.
The best way to get from Spain to Croatia is to fly which takes 5h 34m and costs €50 - €210. Alternatively, you can bus via Padova, which costs and takes 25h 43m.
What companies run services between Spain and Croatia?
Croatia Airlines, Ryanair, and Lufthansa fly from Barcelona–El Prat Airport (BCN) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) 4 times a day. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Trg bana J. Jelačića via Padova, Zagreb, and Autobusni kol. in around 25h 43m.
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- When
- Friday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Son Sant Joan Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–210
Flights from Málaga Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 5m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Málaga Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €55–200
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 25m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €55–170
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 54m
- When
- Friday, Thursday, Monday, Tuesday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €26–95
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- When
- Monday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Friday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €50–170
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–300
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €70–350
Flights from Son Sant Joan Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Saturday, Sunday, and Thursday
- Estimated price
- €60–310
- Website
- iberia.com
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- €70–150
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €16–110
- 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
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €60–250
- Website
- vueling.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 46m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €16–110
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €70–230
Flights from Adolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- When
- Monday, Thursday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–220
- Website
- flyulendo.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €16–100
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €60–130
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Barcelona–El Prat Airport to Trieste – Friuli Venezia Giulia Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–200
- Phone
- +34 91 232 03 20
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
Train from Barcelona-Sants to Lyon Part Dieu
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 6m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Renfe Viajeros
- Phone
- +33 1 84 94 36 35
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Lyon Part Dieu to Strasbourg
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 12m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €100–150
- Website
- TGV inOui
Train from Strasbourg to Stuttgart Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- 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
- Once 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 20m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €26–60
- Website
- Deutsche Bahn Intercity (DB IC)
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- [email protected]
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Night train from Stuttgart Hbf to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 1m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €64
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Genova P.Za Principe to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–95
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +4-0263-21.55.00
- Website
- tabitatour.ro
Bus from Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Padova
- Ave. Duration
- 16h 56m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–140
- 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
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Pula railway Stattion
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €44–600
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €44
- Private
- €248
Bus from Stazione Mestre to Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €370–600
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €22–170
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €22
- Private
- €92
- 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 Barcelona, Estació d'Autobusos Nord to Ljubljana bus station
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €140–210
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Ljubljana bus station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–18
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +39 010 209 4591
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
Ferry from Port de Barcelona to Port of Genoa
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- €80–120
- Website
- Grandi Navi Veloci
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Booking & Getting There
Spain to Croatia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Ljubljana bus station.
Spain to Croatia train services, operated by Renfe Viajeros, arrive at Lyon Part Dieu station.
Yes, the driving distance between Spain to Croatia is 1516 km. It takes approximately 16h 22m to drive from Spain to Croatia.
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