There are 10 ways to get from Bologna to Zagreb by train, bus, car, or plane
Select an option below to see step-by-step directions and to compare ticket prices and travel times in Rome2Rio's travel planner.
Train, bus
best- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestretrain Fr
- Take the bus from Stazione Mestre to Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postajabus
- Take the bus from Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
7h 25m€388–795Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Zagrebbus 537 / ...
8h 35m€45–70Train
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Tarvisio Boscoverdetrain Nj
- Take the train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljanatrain 19 / ...
- Take the train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.train 319 / ...
11h 8m€53–201Drive 493.1 km
- Drive from Bologna to Zagrebcar 493.1 km
5h 11m€80–115Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport
- Fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane BLQ - ZAG
6h 36m€75–187Bus via Venice
- Take the bus from Bologna Centrale to Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO)bus 536 / ...
- Take the bus from Stazione Mestre to Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postajabus
- Take the bus from Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
8h 18m€384–778Bus #2
- Take the bus from Bologna Autostazione to Ljubljana Central Bus Stationbus Itabus
- Take the bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Glavni Kolodvorbus
10h 10m€45–62Train, bus via Trieste
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia S. Luciatrain Fr
- Take the train from Venezia S. Lucia to Trieste Centraletrain Re
- Take the bus from Trieste Centrale to Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postajabus
- Take the bus from Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvorbus
13h€257–557Train to Florence Peretola Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.train
- Fly from Florence Peretola Airport (FLR) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane FLR - ZAG
7h 10m€98–315Train, bus to Il Caravaggio International Airport, fly
- Take the train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centraletrain
- Take the bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airportbus
- Fly from Il Caravaggio International Airport (BGY) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG)plane BGY - ZAG
6h 6m€62–305
Bologna to Zagreb by train
Comparing Your Travel Options
The cheapest way to get from Bologna to Zagreb is to bus which costs €45 - €65 and takes 10h 10m.
The fastest way to get from Bologna to Zagreb is to drive which takes 5h 11m and costs €75 - €120.
Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Bologna Centrale and arriving at Zagreb. Services depart once daily, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 8h 35m.
No, there is no direct train from Bologna to Zagreb. However, there are services departing from Bologna Centrale and arriving at Zagreb Glavni Kol. via Tarvisio Boscoverde, Villach Hbf and Ljubljana. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 11h 8m.
The distance between Bologna and Zagreb is 516 km. The road distance is 493.1 km.
The best way to get from Bologna to Zagreb without a car is to train and bus which takes 7h 25m and costs €380 - €800.
It takes approximately 7h 25m to get from Bologna to Zagreb, including transfers.
Bologna to Zagreb bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Bologna Centrale station.
Bologna to Zagreb train services, operated by Nightjet, depart from Bologna Centrale station.
The best way to get from Bologna to Zagreb is to train which takes 11h 8m and costs €50 - €210. Alternatively, you can fly, which costs €70 - €190 and takes 6h 36m, you could also bus via Venice, which costs €380 - €800 and takes 8h 18m.
What companies run services between Bologna, Italy and Zagreb, Croatia?
You can take a train from Bologna Centrale to Zagreb Glavni Kol. via Tarvisio Boscoverde, Villach Hbf, and Ljubljana in around 11h 8m. Alternatively, Air Dolomiti, Croatia Airlines, and two other airlines fly from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ) to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport (ZAG) every 4 hours.
- Website
- lufthansa.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 38m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €80–490
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–360
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 55m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–550
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Frankfurt
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €110–390
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Il Caravaggio International Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 10m
- When
- Thursday to Tuesday
- Estimated price
- €30–170
- Website
- swiss.com
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 7h
- When
- Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday
- Estimated price
- €85–280
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Zurich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €95–310
- Website
- airdolomiti.it
Flights from Bologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 30m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €140–490
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Munich
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 20m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €160–550
- Website
- austrian.com
Flights from Florence Peretola Airport to Zagreb Franjo Tuđman Airport via Vienna
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 42m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- €90–350
- Phone
- +39 06 5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 22m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €20–35
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 33m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €22–40
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 37 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €12–22
- Website
- Trenitalia Frecce
- Phone
- +39.06.5210550
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 57m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €18–25
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 10m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €19–26
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Venezia S. Lucia to Trieste Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €26–40
- Website
- Trenitalia
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Website
- Trenitalia
- Phone
- +39 06 8937 1892
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 21m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €18–29
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia S. Lucia
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 34m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €19–35
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 46 min
- Frequency
- 5 times a day
- Estimated price
- €11–18
- Website
- Italo Treno
Train from Bologna centrale to Milano Centrale
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 4m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- €25–45
- Website
- Italo Treno
- Phone
- +39 06 68475475
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Venezia Mestre
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 25m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €16–30
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
Train from Bologna Centrale to Firenze S.M.N.
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 16m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €9–18
- Website
- Trenitalia Intercity
- Phone
- +43 (0) 51717
- Website
- Nightjet
Train from Bologna Centrale to Tarvisio Boscoverde
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 11m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €27–95
- Website
- Nightjet
- Sleeper Carriage
- €93–95
- Couchette Carriage
- €55–70
- Seating Carriage
- €27–32
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 31m
- Frequency
- Every 2 hours
- Estimated price
- €10–20
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Website
- ÖBB Intercity
- Phone
- _AUSTRIAN_RAILWAYS_(ÖBB)
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 58m
- Frequency
- Twice daily
- Estimated price
- €20–40
- Website
- Austrian Railways
Train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €28–50
- Website
- Austrian Railways
- Phone
- +43 (0) 5 1717
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Villach Hbf to Ljubljana
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 55m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €15–25
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
Train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 35m
- Frequency
- 4 times a week
- Estimated price
- €22–35
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Website
- ÖBB EuroCity
- Phone
- +386 1 29 13 331
- potnik.info@slo-zeleznice.si
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
Train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 38m
- Frequency
- 4 times a day
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- Slovenske železnice (SŽ)
- Phone
- +385 60 333 444
- informacije@hzpp.hr
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
Train from Ljubljana to Zagreb Glavni Kol.
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 18m
- Frequency
- Twice a week
- Estimated price
- €12
- Website
- HŽ Putnički prijevoz (HŽPP)
- Phone
- +386 1 320 4530
- info@goopti.com
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Stazione Mestre to Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €350–600
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €22–160
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €22
- Private
- €92
Bus from Stazione Mestre to Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €350–600
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €22–160
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €22
- Private
- €92
Bus from Trieste Centrale to Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 54m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €190–320
- Website
- GoOpti
Bus from Novo Mesto, Avtobusna postaja to Zagreb, Autobusni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 18m
- Frequency
- On demand
- Estimated price
- €22–160
- Website
- GoOpti
- Shared
- €22
- Private
- €92
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- service@flixbus.com
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO)
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 15m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- €12–19
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 8h 35m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €45–70
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +359 2 980 56 58
- info@mm-travel.bg
- Website
- mm-travel.bg
Bus from Bologna Centrale to Zagreb
- Ave. Duration
- 9h
- Frequency
- Once a week
- Schedules at
- mm-travel.bg
- Book at
- tickets.mm-travel.bg
- Phone
- +39 06 88 93 82 32
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
Bus from Bologna Autostazione to Ljubljana Central Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- Frequency
- Once daily
- Estimated price
- €21–40
- Website
- Itabus S.p.A.
- Phone
- +386 070740450
- info@easydrive.si
- Website
- easydrive.si
Bus from Ljubljana, Avtobusna Postaja to Zagreb Glavni Kolodvor
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 45m
- Frequency
- 3 times a day
- Estimated price
- €24
- Schedules at
- easydrive.si
- customerservices@terravision.eu
- Website
- TERRAVISION
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €5–23
- Website
- TERRAVISION
- Phone
- 035.319366
- ticket@orioshuttle.com
- Website
- orioshuttle.com
Bus from Piazza Luigi di Savoia to Milan Bergamo Orio al Serio Airport
- Ave. Duration
- 50 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- €11–15
- Schedules at
- orioshuttle.com
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Bologna to Zagreb bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Venezia, Viale Stazione (Mestre Stazione - fermata ATVO) station.
Bologna to Zagreb train services, operated by Nightjet, arrive at Tarvisio Boscoverde station.
Yes, the driving distance between Bologna to Zagreb is 493 km. It takes approximately 5h 11m to drive from Bologna to Zagreb.
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