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There are quite a number of cheap flights
from the UK to Venice Marco Polo Airport, operated by various airlines.
(There are also cheap flights to Venice Treviso, which is a completely
different airport - see how to get from Treviso
to Croatia.)
One option in travelling from Venice would
be to take one of the numerous daily trains from Venice Santa Lucia or
Mestre stations to Trieste and then change
there for more transportation options to Croatia. See Trenitalia for
train timetables.
Catamaran Service
from Venice to Istria
Venezia
Lines operate routes from Venice to various Istrian ports (Porec,
Rovinj, Pula, Rabac) as well as services to the island of Mali Losinj.
Most services operate between June and September; more popular ones
operate from April to October (e.g. Venice to Rovinj and Porec). Book
online using the form below:
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Venice - Pula by Bus
There are two daily (except Sundays)
services from Venice to Pula - one is run by the company FILS, and the second by Brioni. This second route actually
starts in Padua and stops in Buje and Rovinj along the way.
Flights from the
UK to Venice Marco Polo
British Airways
Flights from London Heathrow and London Gatwick
Easyjet Flights from London
Gatwick, Bristol and East Midlands
Jet2.com
Flights from Leeds Bradford, Manchester and Edinburgh
Thomsonfly
Flights from London Gatwick and Manchester
flyThomasCook Flights from
London Gatwick and Manchester
(N.B. Not all of the above flights
operate all year round.)
Can I travel from Venice to Split or
Dubrovnik by ferry?
It's a question we get asked quite
frequently but, unfortunately, no - there are no ferries from Venice to
either Split or Dubrovnik. Aside from the catamaran services to Istria
and Mali Losinj (mentioned above), there is no ferry service from
Venice to anywhere else Croatia.
But what if I do want to
get from Venice to Split or Dubrovnik?
By far the easiest way of travelling
from Venice to Dubrovnik is by air - Croatia
Airlines are starting this twice-weekly route on 19th May 2011.
From Dubrovnik, you could then also take a bus (about 4.5 hours) up to
Split.
Otherwise,
travelling by train isn't really a suitable option - train services go
via Zagreb, so add on unnecessary hours to your journey. This is, of
course, in the case of Split; Dubrovnik has no train station!
You could travel from Venice to Trieste by
train, and then take one of the daily buses from here to Split or
Dubrovnik. See our guide on how to travel from Trieste
to Croatia.
However, the bus journey from Trieste to
Split/Dubrovnik is rather long, and it's not everyone's cup of tea
being cooped in a bus for that long! In our opinion, therefore, the
best way of travelling by Venice would be to take a train down the Italian
side of the Adriatic, and then take a ferry across to Croatia. Travel
to Ancona for ferry services to Split (or Zadar) or to Bari for
services to Dubrovnik.
Check for train schedules on the Trenitalia website,
and then see our pages on travelling from Ancona
and Bari.
Useful Travel Links
Venice Airport
Information on getting to/from the airport
Trenitalia Train
timetables for journeys within Italy
Die Bahn
European train timetables
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