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Arriving by Sea
Croatia’s main international
ferry connections are with Italy
via the ports of Ancona, Bari,
Venice and Trieste. The main
Croatian maritime com pany is
Jadrolinija (see p279) which runs
services between Ancona and
Split (three times a week). The
crossing takes nine hours.
Ancona–Zadar runs three times
a week, an 8-hour journey, and
Bari–Dubrovnik runs three
times a week in winter and
six times a week in summer One of the ships that connect Croatian ports with the rest of the Adriatic
(taking 10 hours by night;
7-and-a-half hours by day for Venezia Lines operate in the Lines also run a fast catamaran
the journey). In peak season Northern Adriatic and link the in the Northern Adriatic,
(mid-July to mid-August) the northern Adriatic coasts of Italy connecting Trieste, Rovinj and
Ancona–Split ferry also makes a and Croatia, though they Pula, from late June to mid-
stop at Stari Grad on the island run in summer only (April– September. The Italian ferry
of Hvar. Blue Line is another September). company SNAV
Croatian company running Regular catamaran runs a fast daily
regular 10-hour ferry services lines run between Croatia Jet
between Ancona and Split, and Venice and the Symbol of the maritime catamaran service
sea sonal ferry services between Istrian towns company Jadrolinija between the cities
Ancona and Hvar, and Ancona of Poreč, Rovinj, of Ancona and
and Vis. Ferries are well Pula and Rabac, and also Split from mid-June to late
equipped with restaurants, between Venice and Mali Lošinj September (the journey time
bars and duty free shops. on the island of Lošinj. Trieste being 5 hours).
DIRECTORY
Croatian National Monarch Thomson Holidays eTrains4U
Tourist Board Tel 0333 003 0100 (UK). Tel 020 3451 2688 (UK). Unit 25, Tileyard Studios,
Suite 4C, Elsinore House, ∑ monarch.co.uk ∑ thomson.co.uk Tileyard Road,
77 Fulham Palace Road, Arriving by Coach London N7 9AH.
London W6 8JA. Ryanair Tel 020 7619 1083 (UK).
∑ etrains4u.com
Tel (020) 8563 7979 Tel 0871 246 0000 (UK). Dubrovnik bus
(from UK). ∑ ryanair.com station Rail Europe
∑ croatia.hr Wizz Air Tel (060) 305 070 (Cro). 193 Piccadilly, London
W1J 9EU.
Arriving by Air Tel 0911 752 2257 (UK). ∑ libertasdubrovnik.hr Tel 0844 848 4064.
∑ wizzair.com Eurolines ∑ raileurope.co.uk
Aer Lingus Tel 0044 871 781 8178.
Tel 0333 004 5000 (from Package Holidays ∑ eurolines.com Arriving by Sea
UK).
∑ aerlingus.com Adriatic Holidays Split bus station Blue Line
Tel (356) 2122 3299.
Tel (060) 327 777 (Cro).
Tel 01865 339 481 (UK).
British Airways ∑ ak-split.hr ∑ blueline-ferries.com
Tel 0344 493 0787 (UK). ∑ adriaticholidays. SNAV
∑ britishairways.com co.uk Trieste bus station
Tel 0039 040 425 020. Ancona, Italy.
Croatia Airlines Balkan Holidays ∑ autostazione Tel 0039 071 207 6116.
Tel 0844 371 0310 (UK); Tel 0207 543 5555 (UK). trieste.it ∑ snav.it
(01) 667 65 55 and (072) ∑ balkanholidays. co.uk Zagreb bus station Trieste Lines
500 505 (in Croatia). Viale Miramarer 9, Trieste,
∑ croatiaairlines.com Light Blue Travel Tel (060) 313 333 Italy.
Tel 01223 568 904 (UK). and (01) 611 278 9 (Cro). Tel 0039 0923 873 813.
EasyJet ∑ lightbluetravel. ∑ akz.hr ∑ triestelines.it
Tel 0330 365 5000 (UK).
∑ easyjet.com co.uk Arriving by Train Venezia Lines
Trg Matije Gupca 11,
Jet2.com Saga Holidays Croatian Railways Poreč.
Tel 0333 300 0042 (UK). Tel 0800 096 0074 (UK). Tel (060) 333 444 (Cro). Tel (052) 422 896.
∑ jet2.com ∑ travel.saga.co.uk ∑ hzpp.hr ∑ venezialines.com

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