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TRAVEL INFORMATION

Most visitors take a direct flight from their own transport, usually car or
the UK to Zagreb, Split or Dubrovnik motorbike. A great deal has been done
and there are useful internal flights to develop and improve all means of
between the three main airports. During transport and the country now has
the summer months, numerous charter good connections to the rest of Europe
flights operate and the smaller airports and the world. It is also possible to get
in Croatia open. Many tourists visiting the to Croatia by train, for those who prefer
country come from nearby Germany, Italy this form of transport – this is a much
and Austria, which are all well connected slower method, although the network
by road or sea. These visitors often use is being modernized.

Arriving by Air Stansted; and to Split from There are also flights to
The national airline company, Bristol, London Gatwick and Zagreb from Australia and
Croatia Airlines, links Croatia’s Stansted. Jet2.com flies to New Zealand that have
main airports with the rest of Dubrovnik from Belfast, stopovers at major Asian
Europe. The major European Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester and European airports.
destinations are Amsterdam, and Newcastle; and to Pula and
Athens, Barcelona, Frankfurt, Split from Manchester, Leeds
Berlin, Brussels, Copenhagen, and Edinburgh. Monarch flies Air Fares
London, Munich, Paris, Rome, to Dubrovnik from London The air fares on scheduled
Podgorica, Tel Aviv, Istanbul, Gatwick and Birmingham. Wizz flights to Croatia vary
Skopje, Zurich, Sarajevo, Venice Air flies to Split from Luton according to the airline and
and Vienna. airport; and Ryanair flies to the the time of year. Fares tend
Other European airlines cities of Osijek, Pula and Rijeka to be higher in the summer.
offering scheduled services from Stansted, and to Zadar From the UK there are regular
to Croatia include British from Stansted and East scheduled flights from Gatwick
Airways (which operates both Midlands airport. and Heathrow to Zagreb,
a summer and a winter service From Dublin, Aer Lingus with connections to Pula,
between London Gatwick and flies direct to Dubrovnik and Dubrovnik, Rijeka and Split,
Dubrovnik, making Dubrovnik Pula. Since there are no direct as well as direct flights from
a year-round city break flights from the US or Canada Gatwick to Dubrovnik. There
destination), and Star Alliance to Croatia, travellers will need are charter flights to Croatia
members Lufthansa, Austrian to change at one of the main from a wide range of UK
Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Air European hubs such as regional airports during the
France, TAP Portugal, Turkish London, Rome or Frankfurt, summer months (May–
Airlines, SAS Scandinavian and then take a further September). Note that it is
Airlines and Swiss International connecting flight to Croatia. possible to get discounts
Airlines. Flying time from There is a daily flight to Zagreb on ticket prices by booking
London is 2 hours 10 minutes from Rome Fiumicino, for them through price
and from Frankfurt 1 hour example, as well as five flights comparison websites such
30 minutes. The no-frills airline a week to and from Split, and as Kayak, Zugu, Momondo
EasyJet flies to Dubrovnik two flights a week to and and Skyscanner.
from London Gatwick and from Dubrovnik.
Transport from
Airport to Town
Croatia has three main airports.
Zagreb airport is 15 km
(9 miles) from the centre of
the city and is connected by
a bus service to the central bus
station in Držićeva; the journey
takes about 25 minutes and runs
from the city to the airport from
4:30 or 5am to 8pm and in the
opposite direction from 7am to
8pm (or before and after Croatia
Airlines flight departures and
Croatia Airlines plane at Split airport arrivals). The airport at Split is

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