There are 10 ways to get from Varna to Opatija by plane, shuttle, bus, train, night train, 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, shuttle
best- Fly from Varna Airport (VAR) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane VAR - ZAG
- Take a shuttle bus from Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport to Rijeka
10h 52m€361–774Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Varna to Plovdivtrain Ic
- Take the bus from Plovdiv Train station to Zagrebbus
- Take the bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
25h 11m€133–189Bus via Zagreb
- Take the bus from Varna Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia to Zagrebbus
- Take the bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
23h 55m€143–209Train, night train
- Take the train from Varna to Ruse Razpredelitelnatrain Ic
- Take the nighttrain from Ruse to Bucharestnighttrain
- Take the nighttrain from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbfnighttrain
- Take the train from Wien Hbf to Ljubljanatrain Ec
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Opatija-Matuljitrain 481
36h 37m€142–198Drive 1,389.5 km
- Drive from Varna to Opatijacar 1,389.5 km
14h 4m€203–293Fly to Klagenfurt Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Varna Airport (VAR) to Klagenfurt Airport (KLU)plane VAR - KLU
- Take a shuttle bus from Klagenfurt Flughafen to Trieste Centrale
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvorbus
22h 24m€560–1,212Fly to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Varna Airport (VAR) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane VAR - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvorbus
12h 3m€460–852Fly to Ljubljana, shuttle, bus
- Fly from Varna Airport (VAR) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane VAR - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvorbus
11h 25m€430–922Bus
- Take the bus from Varna Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Triestebus
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvorbus
28h 58m€199–289Bus, night train
- Take the bus from Varna to Buchurestbus
- Take the nighttrain from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Meidlingnighttrain
- Take the nighttrain from Wien Meidling to Rijekanighttrain En
41h 9m€214–313
Varna to Opatija by train and bus
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Varna to Opatija is to train and bus which costs €130 - €190 and takes 25h 11m.
The fastest way to get from Varna to Opatija is to fly and shuttle which takes 10h 52m and costs €360 - €800.
No, there is no direct bus from Varna station to Opatija. However, there are services departing from Varna Central Bus Station and arriving at Opatija - Slatina A via Sofia, Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor and Jadrolinija. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 23h 55m.
No, there is no direct train from Varna to Opatija. However, there are services departing from Varna and arriving at Opatija-Matulji via Ruse, Bucuresti Nord, Wien Hbf and Ljubljana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 36h 37m.
The distance between Varna and Opatija is 1170 km. The road distance is 1389.4 km.
The best way to get from Varna to Opatija without a car is to bus via Zagreb which takes 23h 55m and costs €140 - €210.
It takes approximately 10h 52m to get from Varna to Opatija, including transfers.
Varna to Opatija bus services, operated by Grup Plus - Etap Adresss, depart from Varna Central Bus Station.
Varna to Opatija train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), depart from Varna station.
Varna to Opatija bus services, operated by Grup Plus - Etap Adresss, arrive at Sofia Central Bus Station.
What companies run services between Varna, Bulgaria and Opatija, Primorsko-Goranska, Croatia?
You can take a bus from Varna Central Bus Station to Opatija - Slatina A via Sofia Central Bus Station, Sofia, Zagreb, Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor, Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor, and Jadrolinija in around 23h 55m.
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–480
Flights from Varna Airport to Klagenfurt Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–800
Flights from Varna Airport to Klagenfurt Airport via Sofia, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–850
Flights from Varna Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–470
Flights from Varna Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–340
Flights from Varna Airport to Klagenfurt Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 19h 30m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €190–800
Flights from Varna Airport to Klagenfurt Airport via Munich, Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 23h 15m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €190–600
Flights from Varna Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €100–320
Flights from Varna Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Website
- ita-airways.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 48m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–470
Flights from Varna Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Rome
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 55m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €55–300
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 25m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–310
Flights from Varna Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- €110–310
Flights from Varna Airport to Ljubljana via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Monday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €140–310
- Website
- turkishairlines.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 40m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €220–600
Flights from Varna Airport to Ljubljana via Istanbul
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 5m
- When
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €290–750
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–550
Flights from Varna Airport to Ljubljana via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- €140–700
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Varna Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Milan Bergamo
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 40m
- When
- Saturday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €100–330
- Phone
- +359 2 931 11 11
- [email protected]
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
Train from Varna to Ruse Razpredelitelna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €3–5
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €3–5
- 1st Class
- €3–5
Night train from Ruse to Bucharest
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €2–4
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €2–3
- 1st Class
- €2–4
Train from Varna to Plovdiv
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 41m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €5–8
- Website
- Bulgarian Railways (BDZh)
- 2nd Class
- €5–8
- 1st Class
- €6–8
- Phone
- 0219521
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 24m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–90
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
Night train from Bucuresti Nord to Wien Meidling
- Ave. Duration
- 18h 36m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–90
- Website
- Romanian Railways (CFR)
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Wien Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 6h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €45–85
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- [email protected]
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
Train from Ljubljana to Opatija-Matulji
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- [email protected]
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Ljubljana to Opatija-Matulji
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 52m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €10
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Night train from Wien Meidling to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 11h 52m
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- €110–190
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Velika Gorica, Zagreb Airport to Rijeka
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €210–360
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Klagenfurt Flughafen to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 11m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €220–370
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €210–360
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- GoOpti
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €140–250
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €204
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €90–160
- Website
- GoOpti
- Phone
- +359 889 59 00 00
- [email protected]
- Website
- Grup Plus - Etap Adresss
Bus from Varna Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 10m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- €29–45
- Website
- Grup Plus - Etap Adresss
- Phone
- +359 88 949 0000
- [email protected]
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
Bus from Varna Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 5m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €18–26
- Website
- Union Ivkoni
- Phone
- +359 2 812 0 812
- [email protected]
- Website
- karat-s.com
Bus from Varna Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 29m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €30–50
- Schedules at
- karat-s.com
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Sofia to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 40m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €65–110
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Plovdiv Train station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 15h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €80–130
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 30m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €14–21
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +385 (0)72 660 660
- [email protected]
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €1–12
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €1–12
- Website
- Arriva Croatia
- Phone
- +385 52 356 500
- [email protected]
- Website
- Brioni Pula d.o.o.
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–22
- Website
- Brioni Pula d.o.o.
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 29m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–22
- Website
- Brioni Pula d.o.o.
- Phone
- +385 043 277 100
- [email protected]
- Website
- Cazmatrans NOVA d.o.o.
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €25
- Website
- Cazmatrans NOVA d.o.o.
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €25
- Website
- Cazmatrans NOVA d.o.o.
- Phone
- +385 (0) 32 308 935
- [email protected]
- Website
- polet.hr
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €47
- Schedules at
- polet.hr
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €47
- Schedules at
- polet.hr
- [email protected]
- Website
- SVS
Bus from Varna Central Bus Station to Sofia Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 42m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €19–40
- Website
- SVS
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- [email protected]
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Sofia Central Bus Station to Trieste
- Ave. Duration
- 14h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €88
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +359 899199328
- [email protected]
- Website
- bgrazpisanie.com
Bus from Varna to Buchurest
- Ave. Duration
- 7h 55m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €21–30
- Schedules at
- bgrazpisanie.com
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Booking & Getting There
Opatija is 1h behind Varna. It is currently 7:44 PM in Varna and 6:44 PM in Opatija.
Varna to Opatija train services, operated by Bulgarian Railways (BDZh), arrive at Ruse Razpredelitelna station.
Yes, the driving distance between Varna to Opatija is 1389 km. It takes approximately 14h 4m to drive from Varna to Opatija.
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