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Whether by plane, boat, bus,train or car, it's getting ever easier to travel to Split.
With new trains, new air routes, a new motorway to Zagreb plus dozens of ferries and buses,
Split is becoming one of Croatia's prime points of entry.
Croatia Airlines has flights Mon, Tue, Thur, Fri and Sunday from Rome to Split.
From Budapest to Split, fly Wizzair
From Budapest, Bratislava, Krakow, Prague and Vienna to Split, fly SkyEurope
There are no direct flights from North America to Split. Usually you'll get the best deals making a change in London. To find the best fares for your flight to Split, try BookingWiz which compares prices from seven different fare search engines (kayak, cheaptickets, expedia and more) to get the best fares. Try it and take a look at the car and hotel deals as well!
Split's only international ferry connection is to Italy. Ferries from Italy to Split run all year and are highly reliable. Only a very strong Adriatic storm causes the cancellation of a ferry and that is most likely to occur in winter.
The cross-Adriatic ferries embark from either Ancona or Pescara. The car ferries from Ancona to Split run all year while the Pescara ferries are summer only. Only a few companies run the ferry routes and the prices and amenities differ little. It's best to choose based upon the schedule. See :-ferry schedules from Ancona to Split ferry schedules from Pescara to Split book directly with Ferries
The train station in Split is conveniently located right next to the bus station and within a kilometre of the ferry port. Although it's not a particularly scenic place to hang out, it is open long hours and there's a left-luggage office.
There are no international trains to Split; all trains to Split originate in Zagreb. There are three daily fast trains to Zagreb (six hours) and three overnight trains (8 1/2 hours). From Monday to Saturday six trains a day run between Sibenik and Split (two hours) and there are about four trains a day from Split to Zadar (4 1/2 hours) which is the only train line along the coast. There is no train connection from Split to Dubrovnik and no train connection north to Istria.
Although the Croatian Railways site is useful, you cannot reserve your ticket on their site. But you can book your train to Split online plus have the ticket delivered to your home if you book through RailEurope (North America), Rail Europe Australia or Rail Europe (UK).
From Basel, Switzerland there's a bus
Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday.
From Belgrade there are daily buses to Split.
From Berlin, there's a Saturday bus to Split plus
buses from a dozen German cities.
From Medugorje and Sarajevo (Bosnia-Hercegovina)
there are four daily buses.
From Mostar there are seven daily buses (four hours).
From Trieste there's one daily bus.
A long-awaited motorway connecting Zagreb and Split has shortened travel time between the two cities to a mere four hours. Someday pretty soon (say 2008) that motorway will run as far south as Dubrovnik and maybe even beyond. Travel time will be much shorter but no way will it be as scenic as the winding, sometimes scary coastal road.
Here are some other distances from European cities to Croatia:
| Amsterdam-Zagreb | 1339km |
| Athens-Zagreb | 1495km |
| Belgrade-Zagreb | 398km |
| Bratislava-Zagreb |
431km |
| Brussels-Zagreb |
1400km |
| Munich-Zagreb | 549km |
| Paris-Zagreb | 1393km |
| Prague-Zagreb | 670km |
| Venice-Zagreb | 381km |
| Venice-Pula | 278km |
To enter Croatia by car you'll need a "green card"--proof of insurance. If you drive a rented car into Croatia make sure that your insurance contract covers travel to Croatia. Some contracts exclude Croatia and other "Balkan" countries.