Travelling to Croatia from Germany couldn't be easier - just take a look at the below list to see the vast number of airlines the operate routes linking the two countries! Depending on your start departure and arrival points, it's also possible to travel by train or bus.
Flying from Germany to Croatia
As you'll see with the list below, there are many, many flights between the countries - take your pick! All of the flights mentioned below are direct services - you can also fly from other cities in Germany via connecting flights on GermanWings (usually via Cologne/Bonn or Stuttgart) who also provide connecting flights to many other European countries (including the UK) - see their website for full details.
N.B. Croatia Airlines and Lufthansa code-share some flights, but it is worth checking both their websites to get the best fare.
From Berlin
Easyjet to Split & Dubrovnik
GermanWings to Zagreb, Split & Dubrovnik
Lufthansa to Zagreb, Zadar, Split & Dubrovnik (new for 2012! - starts June from Berlin Brandenburg)
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to Zagreb, Split & Dubrovnik
From Bremen
Germania flights to Split & Dubrovnik (new for 2012!)
From Cologne/Bonn
GermanWings to Zagreb, Pula, Zadar, Split & Dubrovnik
TUIfly to Zagreb, Pula, Zadar, Split & Dubrovnik
From Dortmund
Easyjet to Zagreb
GermanWings to Split
TUIfly to Split
From Dusseldorf
Croatia Airlines to Split & Dubrovnik
Lufthansa to Split & Dubrovnik
Ryanair to Zadar (from Dusseldorf Weeze)
From Frankfurt
Condor flights to Rijeka, Split & Dubrovnik
Croatia Airlines to Zagreb, Split & Dubrovnik
Lufthansa to Zagreb, Zadar (new for 2012!), Split & Dubrovnik
Ryanair to Pula & Zadar (from Frankfurt Hahn)
TUIfly to Split
From Friedrichshafen
Air Berlin to Pula, Zadar & Split
Intersky to Pula, Zadar & Split
From Hamburg
Croatia Airlines to Split
From Hanover
GermanWings to Split & Dubrovnik
TUIfly to Split & Dubrovnik
From Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden
Ryanair to Zadar (new for 2012!)
From Leipzig
Air Berlin to Split
From Munich
Air Berlin to Dubrovnik
Croatia Airlines to Zagreb, Zadar, Split & Dubrovnik
Lufthansa to Zagreb, Pula (new for 2012!) , Zadar, Split & Dubrovnik
From Nuremberg
Air Berlin to Split
From Stuttgart
Air Berlin to Dubrovnik
GermanWings to Zagreb, Zadar, Split (new for 2012!) & Dubrovnik (new for 2012!)
TUIfly to Zagreb, Split & Dubrovnik
By Bus from Germany to Croatia
There are a number of bus routes that exist between these two countries, if you fancy a (slightly) cheaper alternative to flying. You might also need to travel from/to a place without air links, meaning that bus is a good option (especially as there's a more extensive service by bus than travelling by train).
Because of the distances involved, most bus services from Germany run to central (i.e. near Zagreb) or eastern Croatia rather than to the coast. However, there are routes to Rijeka and Split (and nearby Sibenik and Zadar).
Croatia Bus operate services to Zagreb from a number of major Germany cities, including Berlin, Bonn, Cologne, Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Hannover, Karlsruhe, Leipzig, Mannheim, Munich, Nuremberg and Stuttgart. (Phew!) Their are daily routes from/to the largest of these cities - full details are on the website.
Cazmatrans also operate a number of services from major German cities (including those listed above) to various Croatian towns and cities, including Bjelovar, Karlovac, Koprivnica, Osijek, Slavonski Brod, Varazdin, Vukovar and Zagreb.
Panturist also run services to eastern Croatian destinations from Germany.
Autotrans have routes from Germany to Rijeka and Split.
The German Eurolines partner website Touring.de is a great place to look up bus timetables.
By Train from Germany to Croatia
There are only direct trains from Germany to Zagreb - to go elsewhere in Croatia, you'll have to change here.
There are direct trains from Munich to Zagreb (2 a day, one early morning, one overnight) that take 8 hours 30 minutes.
There's one daily train from Stuttgart to Zagreb, journey time 11 hours.
There's also a daily train from Frankfurt to Zagreb, with a journey time of 12 hours 30 minutes.
Trains from other Germany cities most likely involve at least one change. See the excellent Die Bahn website for timetable details.
