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Ireland to Zagreb route?

  • 05-11-2019 1:06pm
    #1
    two wheels good
    Registered Users Posts: 1,996 ✭✭✭


    Hello,
    What are recommended options for a trip to Zagreb from DUB ORK SNN?
    a) a train or bus connection from another airport in E Europe/Adriatic
    b) a connection in a London airport

    Many seasonal flight routes are stopped. I could be hours testing combinations on line.
    Option a) would be more appealling if not too inconvenient. Maybe from Verona, Budapest?

    Suggestions invited.


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  • #2
    munchkin_utd
    Registered Users Posts: 7,829 ✭✭✭munchkin_utd


    There are direct flights with croatian airlines but they arent cheap.
    If you want cheap, fly to Munich or somewhere on a deal midweek and take a bus the 10 or 15 hours to Zagreb. You could get there and back for less than €100 all in.

    If you arent so tight for cash but looking for something more affordable (just ask yourself, how much really is your time worth) I can see connections on skyscanner in the new year for €160 euro which for a journey of 4500km is actually fairly reasonable when you think of it.

    You could fly to Vienna but its still a 7 hour direct train journey and it'd cost €80 return so added to an air fare of €100+ no cheaper than just flying there and back


  • #3
    two wheels good
    Registered Users Posts: 1,996 ✭✭✭two wheels good


    Thanks. Cheap is always welcome but I'll happily pay to avoid >10 hours on a bus. A long train journey is okay though.
    Skyscanner - didn't think of that. KLM service from Cork I see but inconvenient early morning and London or Schiphol connections.


  • #4
    Nigel Fairservice
    Registered Users, Moderators, Regional Abroad Moderators Posts: 2,175 Mod ✭✭✭✭Nigel Fairservice


    I visited Zagreb from Ljubljana. It's not far from Ljubljana on the bus. It's about 2 hours. Ljubljana isn't easy to get to from Ireland though. You'd have to get a connecting flight in London. EasyJet and Wizz Air (I think) do the London-Ljubljana route.


  • #5
    two wheels good
    Registered Users Posts: 1,996 ✭✭✭two wheels good


    Thanks. Ljubljana is a place I do want to visit. Partly because I've been to SLO and didn't visit the capital! Might make a detour.
    At the moment flight to Vienna/Budapest and train looks the most appealing.


  • #6
    meeeeh
    Registered Users Posts: 11,624 ✭✭✭✭meeeeh


    Check goopti. It might be actually more convenient to fly to Venice or Vienna than Budapest. I don't know how good is train connection between Budapest and Zagreb but I know any trains over Slovenia are pretty slow. You get a lot more flexibility and options with goopti and it could be also cheaper.

    https://www.goopti.com/en/transfers


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  • #7
    Living Off The Splash
    Registered Users Posts: 2,103 ✭✭✭Living Off The Splash


    Fly to Bologna, then train to Ancona, then ferry to Zagreb?


  • #8
    meeeeh
    Registered Users Posts: 11,624 ✭✭✭✭meeeeh


    Living Off The Splash wrote: »
    Fly to Bologna, then train to Ancona, then ferry to Zagreb?

    I think you are confusing Zadar with Zagreb.


  • #9
    two wheels good
    Registered Users Posts: 1,996 ✭✭✭two wheels good


    - goopti looks useful. Noted.
    Train from Budapest seems slow ~6hrs, but that's okay. I like trains.
    I've seen railway tracks in Slovenia. They seemed a feat of engineering. But I never saw a train or a station. Glad to know they are operational.

    - ferry on the Adriatic. Sounds nice.


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