In this section, we'll cover the various ways of getting to Croatia - you can do so by air, bus, train, car and ferry (at least, these are the most sensible ways of getting there!) and your mode of transport may well depend on your originating country.

Reaching Croatia indirectly:
Many find that flying to Croatia can be quite expensive, and, coupled with limited availability during peak periods, making travel arrangements can be quite troublesome.

Currently, only a few low-cost airlines fly directly to Croatia from the UK (see our By Air section for more), so to maximise the possibilities for reaching the country, in some cases it is advisable to fly to nearby countries (namely, Italy, Austria and Slovenia) and then make your way over.

This is especially suitable when you're able to get excellent deals on flight tickets - for example, Ryanair often do one-way flights for only 1p!! (A tip: sign up to receive Ryanair's newsletter in order to be notified when they're running special flight deals.)

So, how do you utilise these low-cost flights in order to reach Croatia?
First, establish what city you need to fly into. Then read our special sections: Travelling from Italy to Croatia, Travelling from Austria to Croatia, Travelling from Slovenia to Croatia and Travelling from Hungary to Croatia.

But how do I know what city I need to fly in to?
Good question! Ryanair fly to numerous towns and cities along the eastern coast of Italy. Depending on where you're headed, we wouldn't really recommend considering all of them! For example, if your final destination is somewhere in Dalmatia, it's not the best idea to fly to Venice; Ancona, Pescara or Bari are more suitable, as from any of these three you can get ferries across to various Dalmatian ports.

Overall, here's a brief guide (where some destinations have multiple options, they are listed in order of suitability - e.g. for Zagreb, it's best to fly to Ljubljana but Graz is also suitable):

PLEASE NOTE!! You shouldn't encounter any problems in reaching Croatia in this way. However, careful travel planning is a must: flight arrival times don't always correspond with times for bus departures to Croatia; some ferry lines don't operate daily, some only in high season...you get the picture.

There are also some European low-cost airlines that fly into Croatia, although not (directly) from the UK, so you'll need to make a stopover:

Last updated 11th January 2010 (N.B. Not all of these routes operate all year round)
Flights to...	Airline...	From...	Via..
Pula	GermanWings	London Stansted, Edinburgh or Dublin	Cologne/Bonn*
	Norwegian	London Stansted or Edinburgh	Oslo
Rijeka	TUIfly	Manchester or Newcastle	Hanover
	TUIfly	Manchester	Cologne/Bonn
	TUIfly	Manchester	Stuttgart
	Air Berlin	London Stansted	Nuremberg
	Norwegian	London Stansted or Edinburgh	Oslo
Zadar	GermanWings	London Stansted, Edinburgh or Dublin	Cologne/Bonn*
Split	GermanWings	London Stansted, Edinburgh or Dublin	Cologne/Bonn*
	Easyjet	Many British airports - see the Easyjet website!	Geneva
	Cimber Sterling	London Gatwick, Newcastle or Edinburgh	Copenhagen
	Norwegian	London Gatwick	Bergen, Stavanger or Copenhagen
	Norwegian	London Stansted	Oslo or Trondheim
	Norwegian	Edinburgh	Oslo or Copenhagen
	Blue1	London Heathrow	Helsinki
Dubrovnik	Easyjet	Many British airports - see the Easyjet website!	Geneva
	Easyjet	London Luton or Gatwick, Bristol, Liverpool, Belfast or Glasgow	Berlin
	Norwegian	London Gatwick	Bergen or Stavanger
	Norwegian	London Stansted	Oslo or Trondheim
	Norwegian	Edinburgh	Oslo
	TUIfly	Manchester or Newcastle	Hanover
	TUIfly	Manchester	Stuttgart
	GermanWings	London Stansted, Edinburgh or Dublin	Colonge/Bonn
	Estonian Air	London Gatwick or Dublin	Tallinn
	Blue1	London Heathrow	Helsinki
Zagreb	GermanWings	London Stansted, Edinburgh or Dublin	Cologne/Bonn*

*this is the best airport in Germany to make connecting flights at; many other routes are also possible with GermanWings so please check their website!

Again, careful travel planning is a must - flight connection times don't always work out that well, meaning you might have to make a one-night stopover in some places.