- 1.By car
Documents required in Croatia:
- valid driver's license
- car registration card
- Green Card (proof of car insurance)
Traffic regulations in Croatia:
- Traffic drives on the right.
- Speed limit in settlements is 50 km/h (unless stated differently).
- Speed limit out of settlements is 80 km/h (unless stated differently).
- On highways a speed limit is 130 km/h.
- The maximum permitted level of alcohol in the blood is 0,5 ‰
Road tolls
Information on tolls: www.hak.hr
Petrol stations
Petrol stations are open from 7 am to 7 pm or 8 pm every day and during the summer until 10 pm
there are also petrol stations that are opened round the clock in the larger towns and on main international routes
all petrol stations sell: Eurosuper 95, Super 98, Normal and Euro Diesel
Information on gasoline prices: www.ina.hr
Usefull informations
Road assistance – HAK –Dial 987 for 24 hour technical assistance
Info centar: (01) 4640 800
Web: www.hak.hr
To inform the police about the traffic accident call 92.
- 2.By ship/ferry
Local lines:
For the island of Hvar there are daily ferry lines from Split to Stari Grad as well as catamaran lines from Split to Jelsa and the town of Hvar. All information on local ship and ferry lines can be found on www.jadrolinija.hr
or at this telephone number: +385 21 338 333
International and fast coastal lines:
Apart from local lines there are fast coastal and international car-ferry lines which also have connection with the island of Hvar.
International line which has a connection with Hvar (Stari Grad) is Korčula - Stari Grad/Hvar - Split – Ancona.
Apart from this direct line there are also following international lines:
Zadar-Ancona
Šibenik-Ancona
Dubrovnik – Bari
Fast coastal line which comes to the island of Hvar (Stari Grad) is Rijeka - Zadar - Split - Stari Grad/Hvar - Korcula - Sobra/Mljet - Dubrovnik – Bari.
All information on international and fast coastal car-ferry lines can be found on www.jadrolinija.hr
Catamaran line Italy – Hvar
In the season, apart from car-ferry lines connecting Italy (Pescara) with Croatia (Hvar, Stari Grad) there is also fast catamaran line too. More information can be found on www.snav.it
- 3.By plain
International airports in Croatia:
Zagreb 01 / 6265-222
Split 021 / 203-171
Dubrovnik 020 / 773-222
Pula 052 / 550-900
Rijeka 051 / 842-132
Zadar 023 / 313-311
Osijek 031 / 297-438
Brač 021 / 648-615 (only smaller planes can land at the airport)
Lošinj 051 / 231-666 (only smaller planes can land at the airport)
The national airline company flying to and from Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Istanbul, Copenhagen, London, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Munich, Paris, Prague, Rome, Sarajevo, Skopje, Vienna, Zurich, Tel Aviv, and, seasonally, to Manchester.
Information, tel. 0800 7777, +385 1 4819 633
www.croatiaairlines.hr
Other airline companies flaying to Croatia:
- Adria Airways, www.adria-airways.com
- Aeroflot - www.aeroflot.org
- Austrian Airlines, www.aua.com
- Air France, www.airfrance.com
- Avioimpex, www.avioimpex.com.mk
- British Airways, www.british-airways.com
- Crossair www.crossair.fr
- ČSA, www.csa.cz
- Lufthansa, www.lufthansa.com
- LOT, www.lot.com
- Malaysia Airlines, www.malaysiaairlines.com.my
- Malev www.malev.hu
- Swissair www.swiss.com
- Turkish airlines www.turkishairlines.com
- 4.By bus
Bus lines connect all parts of the country. Regular international bus lines connect Croatia with all neighboring countries, as well as most of middle European and west European countries.
Croatia itself has a good national bus network that will take you to any part of the country even to the smallest village.
Bus Terminal Zagreb - Information, tel. 060 313 333,
International lines, tel. +385 1 6157 938
www.akz.hr
- 5.By train
The Railway connects all major Croatian cities. There are direct lines to Slovenia, Hungary, Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Slovakia, France, Germany, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Yugoslavia. There are indirect lines to almost all other European countries.
The types of train services that operate in Croatia are the following: EuroCity (EC), InterCity (IC), express (Ex), fast (B), local and accelerated trains.
Eurocity and Intercity
EC "Mimara" Munich - Salzburg - Villach- Ljubljana - Zagreb
IC "Croatia" Vienna- Maribor - Zagreb
IC "Kvarner" Budapest - Zagreb - Rijeka
IC "Drava" Budapest - Cakovec - Ljubljana - Venice
Main Railway Station in Zagreb,
Information, tel. 060 333 444
International lines, tel. +385 1 4573 283
www.hznet.hr