There are 7 ways to get from Venice to Banja Luka by bus, car, plane, train, or car ferry
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Bus
best- Take the bus from Stazione Mestre to Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postajabus
- Take the bus from Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
- Take the bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Banja Luka, Autobuska Stanicabus
10h 13m$452–1,411Train, bus
cheapest- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Trieste Airporttrain
- Take the bus from Ronchi dei Legionari, Trieste Airport Friuli Venezia Giulia to Ljubljana Dolgi mostbus
- Take the bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Banja Luka, Autobuska Stanicabus
10h 13m$70–127Drive 538.5 km
- Drive from Venice to Banja Lukacar 538.5 km
5h 32m$98–141Fly to Mahovljani Airport
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Mahovljani Airport (BNX)plane VCE - BNX
8h 59m$144–448Car ferry, bus
- Take the car ferry from Port of Venice to Pirancarferry
- Take the bus from Koper, Avtobusna Postaja to Banja Luka, Autobuska Stanicabus
11h 51mTrain, bus via Rijeka
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Trieste Centraletrain Re
- Take the bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvorbus
- Take the bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Banja Luka, Autobuska Stanicabus
13h 9m$222–433Fly to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, bus
- Fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane VCE - ZAG
- Take the bus from Velika Gorica to Banja Luka, Autobuska Stanicabus
10h 51m
Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Mahovljani Airport (BNX) flights
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Venice to Banja Luka is to train and bus which costs $70 - $130 and takes 10h 13m.
The fastest way to get from Venice to Banja Luka is to drive which takes 5h 32m and costs $95 - $150.
No, there is no direct bus from Venice to Banja Luka. However, there are services departing from Liberta' Santa Chiara and arriving at Banja Luka, Autobuska Stanica via Stazione Mestre, Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja and Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 10h 13m.
The distance between Venice and Banja Luka is 573 km. The road distance is 538.5 km.
The best way to get from Venice to Banja Luka without a car is to bus which takes 10h 13m and costs $450 - $1,500.
It takes approximately 10h 13m to get from Venice to Banja Luka, including transfers.
Venice to Banja Luka bus services, operated by GoOpti, depart from Stazione Mestre station.
The best way to get from Venice to Banja Luka is to bus which takes 10h 13m and costs $450 - $1,500. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs $140 - $450 and takes 8h 59m.
Venice to Banja Luka bus services, operated by GoOpti, arrive at Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja station.
Yes, the driving distance between Venice to Banja Luka is 539 km. It takes approximately 5h 32m to drive from Venice to Banja Luka.
What companies run services between Venice, Italy and Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina?
You can take a bus from Liberta' Santa Chiara to Banja Luka, Autobuska Stanica via Stazione MESTRE FS C4, Stazione Mestre, Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja, and Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor in around 10h 13m. Alternatively, Ryanair, Air Serbia, and Austrian Airlines fly from Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE) to Mahovljani Airport (BNX) 5 times a week.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $75–260
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $95–380
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Mahovljani Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 27m
- When
- Wednesday and Saturday
- Estimated price
- $110–650
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Naples
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 35m
- When
- Wednesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $75–200
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $85–310
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 50m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- $80–310
- Website
- airserbia.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Mahovljani Airport via Belgrade
- Ave. Duration
- 9h 25m
- When
- Monday
- Estimated price
- $180–490
- Website
- eurowings.com
Flights from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Stuttgart
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Friday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- $130–190
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- $17–29
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- $30–55
- Website
- https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Trieste Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $21–40
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 1m
- Frequency
- 5 times a week
- Estimated price
- $35–75
- Schedules at
- trenitalia.com
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- goopti.com
Bus from Stazione Mestre to Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $410–1,100
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
Bus from Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $26–290
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Shared
- $26
- Private
- $106
Bus from Trieste, Autostazione to Rijeka, Željeznički Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- $100–270
- Website
- https://www.goopti.com/en/
- Phone
- +385 (0)98 610 311
- [email protected]
- Website
- pepeks.hr
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Banja Luka, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Schedules at
- pepeks.hr
Bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Banja Luka, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $91
- Schedules at
- pepeks.hr
Bus from Velika Gorica to Banja Luka, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 50m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- pepeks.hr
- Phone
- +385 (0) 91 6113 073
- [email protected]
- Website
- croatiabus.hr
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Banja Luka, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Schedules at
- croatiabus.hr
- Phone
- +387 (0)36 653 250
- [email protected]
- Website
- globtour.com
Bus from Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor to Banja Luka, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $15–19
- Website
- https://www.globtour.com/
- Phone
- +38670511611
- [email protected]
- Website
- tripstair.com
Bus from Ronchi dei Legionari, Trieste Airport Friuli Venezia Giulia to Ljubljana Dolgi most
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 3m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- $22–35
- Website
- https://tripstair.com/
- Phone
- +387 33 770 889
- [email protected]
- Website
- centrotrans.com
Bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Banja Luka, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- Frequency
- 3 times a week
- Estimated price
- $30–50
- Website
- https://centrotrans.com/en
- Phone
- +387 51 695 112
- [email protected]
- Website
- domuztrans.com
Bus from Koper, Avtobusna Postaja to Banja Luka, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 55m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Schedules at
- domuztrans.com
- Phone
- +387/(0)52-751-339
- [email protected]
- Website
- topingtrade.com
Bus from Rijeka, Autobusni Kolodvor to Banja Luka, Autobuska Stanica
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- $91
- Schedules at
- topingtrade.com
- Phone
- +385 52 451 200
- [email protected]
- Website
- adriatic-lines.com
Car ferry from Port of Venice to Piran
- Ave. Duration
- 3h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Estimated price
- $87
- Website
- https://adriatic-lines.com/
- Adullt
- $87
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