There are 12 ways to get from Zurich to Croatia by plane, tram, bus, train, 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 Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport, line 17 tram
best- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane ZRH - ZAG
- Take the tram from Heinzelova-sjever to Trg bana J. Jelačićatram
4h 31m€91–226Bus via Zagreb
cheapest- Take the bus from Zurich Bus Station to Zagrebbus FlixBus N953
12h 58m€60–98Train, bus
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Graz Hbftrain Ec
- Take the train from Graz Hbf to Maribortrain 575 / ...
- Take the bus from Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagrebbus
13h 58m€301–1,123Night train
- Take the nighttrain from Zuerich Hb to Zagreb Glavni Kol.nighttrain En
13h 6m€300–866Fly Zurich Airport to Split Airport
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Split Airport (SPU)plane ZRH - SPU
4h 41m€99–252Train to Basel, fly to Split Airport
- Take the train from Zürich HB to Basel SBBtrain
- Fly from Basel (BSL) to Split Airport (SPU)plane BSL - SPU
6h 10m€87–311Fly Zurich Airport to Ljubljana, shuttle
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Ljubljana (LJU)plane ZRH - LJU
- Take a shuttle bus from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Zagreb
6h 19m€128–814Fly Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)plane ZRH - VCE
- Take a shuttle bus from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Pula railway Stattion
7h 24m€124–1,142Fly Zurich Airport to Graz Airport, shuttle
- Fly from Zurich Airport (ZRH) to Graz Airport (GRZ)plane ZRH - GRZ
- Take a shuttle bus from Graz Airport to Zagreb
7h 2m€365–984Bus
- Take the bus from Zürich Hbf to Zagrebbus
13h 30m€144Train
- Take the train from Zuerich Hb to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhoftrain Rjx
- Take the train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Schwarzach-St.Veittrain 615 / ...
- Take the train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Zagreb Glavni Kol.train Ec
14h 46m€157–651Drive 763.4 km
- Drive from Zurich to Zagrebcar 763.4 km
9h 20m€133–192
Zurich to Croatia by bus and tram
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Zurich to Croatia is to bus via Zagreb which costs €60 - €100 and takes 12h 58m.
The fastest way to get from Zurich to Croatia is to fly and line 17 tram which takes 4h 31m and costs €90 - €230.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Zürich Hbf and arriving at Zagreb. Services depart twice a week, and operate Tuesday and Friday. The journey takes approximately 13h 30m.
No, there is no direct train from Zurich to Croatia. However, there are services departing from Zuerich Hb and arriving at Trg bana J. Jelačića via Glavni kolodvor. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 6m.
The distance between Zurich and Croatia is 633 km. The road distance is 763.4 km.
The best way to get from Zurich to Croatia without a car is to bus via Zagreb which takes 12h 58m and costs €60 - €100.
It takes approximately 4h 31m to get from Zurich to Croatia, including transfers.
Zurich to Croatia bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Zurich Bus Station.
Zurich to Croatia train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), depart from Zuerich Hb station.
The best way to get from Zurich to Croatia is to bus via Zagreb which takes 12h 58m and costs €60 - €100. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €95 - €260 and takes 4h 41m, you could also train, which costs €150 - €650 and takes 14h 46m.
What companies run services between Zurich, Switzerland and Croatia?
FlixBus operates a bus from Zurich Bus Station to Zagreb once daily. Tickets cost €55–100 and the journey takes 12h 41m. Alternatively, Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS) operates a vehicle from Zuerich Hb to Zagreb Glavni Kol. 3 times a day. Tickets cost €290–900 and the journey takes 12h 58m.
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 28m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €120–340
Flights from Zurich Airport to Venice Marco Polo Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–410
Flights from Zurich Airport to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Graz Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–450
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Split Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €100–240
Flights from Basel to Split Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–380
Flights from Zurich Airport to Graz Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Monday to Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Graz Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €120–450
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 7m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–320
Flights from Zurich Airport to Split Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Thursday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €100–370
Flights from Basel to Split Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 10m
- When
- Monday and Friday
- Estimated price
- €110–380
Flights from Zurich Airport to Graz Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €130–460
- Website
- croatiaairlines.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €85–310
Flights from Zurich Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €110–290
Flights from Zurich Airport to Split Airport via Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- €110–290
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Basel to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 37m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €50–190
- Website
- flyedelweiss.com
Flights from Zurich Airport to Split Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €55–320
- Phone
- +385 1 3651 555
- [email protected]
- Website
- zet.hr
Tram from Heinzelova-sjever to Trg bana J. Jelačića
- Ave. Duration
- 7 min
- Frequency
- Every 10 minutes
- Estimated price
- €1–2
- Schedules at
- zet.hr
- Single fare, daytime (validity 90 minutes)
- €2
- Single fare, night time
- €2
- Single fare, daytime (validity 30 minutes)
- €1
- Single fare, daytime (validity 60 minutes)
- €1
Train from Zuerich Hb to Graz Hbf
- Ave. Duration
- 10h 11m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €250–750
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Night train from Zuerich Hb to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 58m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €290–900
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zürich HB to Basel SBB
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- €30–90
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Zuerich Hb to Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 43m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €110–320
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €65–190
- Website
- Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS)
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Graz Hbf to Maribor
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €13–25
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 37m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Graz Hbf to Maribor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 2m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €14–25
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Innsbruck Hauptbahnhof to Schwarzach-St.Veit
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 21m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €35–70
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Schwarzach-St.Veit to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €75–140
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +36 (1) 3 49 49 49
- [email protected]
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Train from Graz Hbf to Maribor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 13m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €3–4
- Website
- Hungarian Railways (MÁV)
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Zurich Bus Station to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 12h 41m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €55–100
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- [email protected]
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Maribor, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €45–390
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €130
- Shared
- €45–70
Shuttle from Zgornji Brnik, Letališče Jožeta Pučnika Ljubljana to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 6m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €28–550
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €28–75
- Private
- €140–180
Shuttle from Venezia, Aeroporto Marco Polo di Venezia to Pula railway Stattion
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 33m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €44–900
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €44
- Private
- €248
Shuttle from Graz Airport to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 49m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €230–650
- Website
- GoOpti
- Private
- €278
- Phone
- +41 79 445 39 68
- [email protected]
- Website
- zelicreisen.ch
Bus from Zürich Hbf to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 13h 30m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €144
- Schedules at
- zelicreisen.ch
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More Questions & Answers
Zurich to Croatia bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zagreb station.
Zurich to Croatia train services, operated by Swiss Federal Railways (SBB CFF FFS), arrive at Zagreb Glavni Kol. station.
Yes, the driving distance between Zurich to Croatia is 763 km. It takes approximately 9h 20m to drive from Zurich to Croatia.
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