Getting to North Dalmatia

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Getting to North Dalmatia

Rather understandably, getting to North Dalmatia is easiest by air, with the main airport in the region being Zadar Airport.

Depending on what your final destination is, you could also fly to Split and then travel northwards to this region. See our Getting to Split page for details of what airlines fly there.

If you’re getting to North Dalmatia through other means, it is still best to head to Zadar first and then make the journey to your final destination accordingly.

Getting to North Dalmatia – Flights from the UK & Ireland to Zadar

Ryanair flies from London Stansted, Bournemouth, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Newcastle, Edinburgh, Dublin and Cork Airports to Zadar.

Easyjet flies from London Gatwick to Zadar.

You can also fly to Zadar via Zagreb with Croatia Airlines – there are daily flights to Zagreb from London Heathrow year-round, and daily flights between Zagreb and Zadar.

See our Flights to Croatia page for more details of all of the above routes.

Alternatively, you might like to fly to Ancona in Italy (Ryanair also flies here from the UK) and then get one of the ferries across to Zadar – read more about reaching Croatia from Ancona.

Finally, because Zadar is well-connected by air to the rest of Europe, you could also reach the town via a stopover using one of the airlines below.

Getting to North Dalmatia

Getting to North Dalmatia – Flights from Europe to Zadar

Flights from Austria to Zadar

Flights from Belgium to Zadar

Flights from the Czech Republic to Zadar

Flights from Denmark to Zadar

Flights from Finland to Zadar

Flights from France to Zadar

  • Ryanair from Marseille and Paris Beauvais

Flights from Germany to Zadar

  • Croatia Airlines from Munich year-round and Frankfurt
  • EuroWings from Stuttgart, Cologne/Bonn, Dusseldorf and Hamburg
  • Lufthansa from Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt and Munich
  • Ryanair from Berlin, Cologne, Dusseldorf Weeze, Frankfurt Hahn, Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden, Memmingen, Munster and Nuremberg

Flights from Hungary to Zadar

Flights from Italy to Zadar

  • Ryanair from Bari, Bologna, Milan Bergamo, Milan Malpensa, Pisa and Rome Fiumincino

Flights from Lithuania to Zadar

Flights from Luxembourg to Zadar

  • Luxair flights from Luxembourg

Flights from The Netherlands to Zadar

Flights from Poland to Zadar

  • Ryanair from Gdansk, Katowice, Krakow, Poznan, Rzeszow, Warsaw and Wroclaw
  • Wizzair from Warsaw

Flights from Romania to Zadar

Flights from Serbia to Zadar

Flights from Slovakia to Zadar

  • Ryanair from Bratislava and Kosice

Flights from Spain to Zadar

Flights from Sweden to Zadar

  • Ryanair from Gothenburg, Stockholm Arlanda and Vaxjo

Flights from Switzerland to Zadar

Getting to North Dalmatia – By Bus and Train from Europe

Although Zadar does have a train station, this method of transport isn’t a particularly good option as you’ll most likely have to make quite a few changes along the way.

There are some daily international buses to Zadar. Routes include a service from Trieste (as part of the routes that go on to Split and Dubrovnik), plus services from Basel, Munich, Vienna and Ljubljana. You can look up bus times and book tickets for some of these routes on the Arriva website.

Depending on where in Europe you’re travelling from, it is advisable to get a bus to – say – Pula, Rijeka or Zagreb (or possibly even Split, although you’d then have to travel back up the coast) and then change for a bus to Zadar.

Getting to North Dalmatia – By Ferry from Europe

New for 2026! (actually, a reinstated route) is a Jadrolinija catamaran that sails from Ancona in Italy to Zadar. This line runs from mid-June through to the end of August. As it’s a catamaran, the journey time is only four hours.

As an alternative, you could take one of the year-round ferries from Ancona to Split instead, and then travel up the coast to Zadar by bus.

Getting to North Dalmatia from elsewhere in Croatia

Croatia Airlines has direct flights from Zagreb (flight time is 45 minutes) and Pula (40 minutes) that operate year-round.

Kapetan Luka has a catamaran from Pula to Zadar (stopping off at Losinj and other islands along the way). This is a useful – and only direct sea – connection for those travelling from the northern Croatian coast (Istria) to Dalmatia. This connection also operates year-round, with a higher frequency in summer.

Jadrolinija has ferries from and to the local islands around Zadar, as do TP Line and G&V Line Iadera.

You can see timetables for buses to and from Zadar at the Zadar Bus Station website.

Getting around in North Dalmatia

Take a look at our Public Transport in Zadar page for details of how best to get around in Zadar and the general region.