Getting to Croatia

Planning to join a Sail Croatia Cruise or Balkan Road Trip could not be easier. There are many online airlines that connect to our departure ports from all major European airports. Ferries come into Split and Dubrovnik from Greece (via Italy). Buses are frequent from all border countries and trains come from Zagreb (from further border countries) into Split and Rijeka. See the links below for connecting transport options.

How to Plan

• Choose any of our Sail Croatia Cruises or Balkan Road Trips
• Make a Booking Request online.
• We will hold some space for you and email a quote.
• You can plan and firm up your journey connections.
• Make payment and you are set to go!

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Areas covered by Sail Croatia boat cruisesBalkan Road Trip routes

Connections to Ports

We do not include flights with our tours for the simple reason that we do not see why you should be charged a mark up on the extremely cheap airfares that are now widely available from low-cost carriers to the area. Please note that with all the airlines below you can book one-way flights so you can mix and match airlines to suit your plans.

Sky Scanner provides a fairly comprehensive outline of all airlines into Croatia from the UK and other European countries. Click here to search Croatian Flights on Sky Scanner, or see the guidelines below:

Fly to Split from the UK with the following airlines:

www.easyjet.co.uk (from London Gatwick & Stansted, Bristol)

www.wizzair.com (from London Luton)

www.croatiaairlines.com (from London Gatwick)

www.norwegian.com (from London Gatwick)

www.jet2.com (from Manchester)

www.monarch.co.uk (from Birmingham)

Or fly to Split from other European cities with the following airlines:

www.croatiaairlines.com (from Paris)

www.lufthansa.com (from Munich, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Vienna)

www.germanwings.com (from Berlin, Cologne/Bonn)

www.norwegian.com (from Copenhagen, Helsinki & Stockholm)

www.scandjet.se (from Stockholm and Gothenburg)

From Split airport, there is a regular shuttle bus service to Split harbour (45 minutes, approx. £4)

Fly to Dubrovnik from the UK with the following airlines:

www.ba.com (from London Gatwick)

www.easyjet.co.uk (from London Gatwick & Stansted)

www.norwegian.com (from London Gatwick)

www.thomson.co.uk (from London Gatwick)

www.monarch.co.uk (from London Gatwick, Birmingham & Manchester)

www.jet2.com (from Manchester, Leeds-Bradford, Newcastle, Edinburgh & Belfast)

From Dubrovnik airport, there is a shuttle bus service to the harbour, (1 hour, approx. £4)
There is a regular local bus service between Split and Dubrovnik (4-5 hours, approx. £13)
Bus website: www.ak-split.hr

Fly to Zadar from the UK:

www.ryanair.com (from London Stansted)

www.croatiaairlines.com (from London Heathrow)

From Zadar to Split - approx 2 hours.

Fly to Zagreb from the UK:

www.easyjet.co.uk (from London Gatwick)

www.croatiaairlines.com (from London Heathrow)

From Zagreb, you can catch a train to Split (approx. 6-8 hours) or a bus (approx. 6 hours).

Fly to Ljubljana from the UK:

www.easyjet.co.uk (from London Stansted)

Join our Balkan Road Trip - Slovenia to Croatia Pass in Ljubljana and travel with us to Rijeka and Split.

Fly to or from Corfu from the UK:

www.easyjet.co.uk (from London Gatwick)

Join our Balkan Road Trip - Greece to Croatia Pass in Corfu (Greece) and travel through Albania and Montenegro to Dubrovnik (or vice versa).

By Ferry

www.jadrolinija.hr - run locally and across to Italy.

www.blueline-ferries.com - run locally and across to Italy.

www.snav.it - is a fast ferry service across to Italy.

By Bus

www.balkanroadtrip.com - Our specialist bus tours run all over Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia, Montenegro and Albania. We even run a Greece to Croatia one-way tour.

www.eurolines.com - have buses from most European cities to Opatija, Split & Dubrovnik.

www.autotrans.hr - is the main bus company around Croatia

www.ak-split.hr - another useful link with timetables for Croatia.

By Train

www.hznet.hr - has online timetables and pricing information for train travel in Croatia.

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