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Cheapest and Fastest Ways to Travel from Karlsruhe to Zagreb

Composite routes from Karlsruhe to Zagreb

Cheapest
7 h 44 min
Car
848 km.
from $46
Other
5 h 7 min
Bus, Plane
670 km.
from $147.40
10 h 33 min
Train, Bus
670 km.
Select a ticket
13 h 52 min
670 km.
from $294.67
5 h 13 min
Train, Plane
670 km.
from $231.37
5 h 4 min
Train, Plane
670 km.
from $194.42
6 h 29 min
Train, Plane
670 km.
from $193.15
6 h 57 min
Train, Plane
670 km.
from $374.85
7 h 32 min
Train, Plane
670 km.
from $255.87
12 h 18 min
670 km.
from $5.43

Transport providers

Airlines

Ryanair

Website:
ryanair.com/
Plane from Karlsruhe/Baden-Baden Airport to Zagreb
Ave. Duration:
1h 25m
Frequency:
Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
Estimated price:
$51.09–$1,521.74
Plane from Basel to Zagreb
Ave. Duration:
1h 30m
Frequency:
Monday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday
Estimated price:
$27.17–$413.04

Lufthansa

Website:
lufthansa.com/
Plane from Stuttgart Airport to Zagreb
Ave. Duration:
3h 12m
Frequency:
Every day
Estimated price:
$103.26–$760.87
Plane from Frankfurt to Zagreb
Ave. Duration:
1h 24m
Frequency:
Every day
Estimated price:
$152.17–$445.65
Plane from Basel to Zagreb
Ave. Duration:
3h 20m
Frequency:
Monday to Saturday
Estimated price:
$141.30–$500.00
Plane from Frankfurt to Ljubljana
Ave. Duration:
1h 15m
Frequency:
Every day
Estimated price:
$163.04–$532.61
Plane from Zurich Airport to Zagreb
Ave. Duration:
3h 22m
Frequency:
Every day
Estimated price:
$141.30–$445.65

Eurowings

Website:
eurowings.com
Plane from Stuttgart Airport to Zagreb
Ave. Duration:
1h 20m
Frequency:
Monday, Friday, and Sunday
Estimated price:
$76.09–$597.83

Austrian Airlines

Website:
austrian.com/?sc_lang=en&cc=ZZ
Plane from Frankfurt to Zagreb
Ave. Duration:
3h 22m
Frequency:
Every day
Estimated price:
$217.39–$510.87
Plane from Basel to Zagreb
Ave. Duration:
3h 50m
Frequency:
Monday to Friday
Estimated price:
$217.39–$467.39
Plane from Zurich Airport to Zagreb
Ave. Duration:
3h 30m
Frequency:
Every day
Estimated price:
$195.65–$1,195.65

Swiss

Website:
swiss.com/
Plane from Frankfurt to Zagreb
Ave. Duration:
3h 20m
Frequency:
Every day
Estimated price:
$152.17–$423.91
Plane from Zurich Airport to Zagreb
Ave. Duration:
1h 20m
Frequency:
Every day
Estimated price:
$141.30–$413.04

Croatia Airlines

Website:
croatiaairlines.com/
Plane from Frankfurt to Zagreb
Ave. Duration:
1h 24m
Frequency:
Every day
Estimated price:
$152.17–$445.65
Plane from Zurich Airport to Zagreb
Ave. Duration:
1h 20m
Frequency:
Every day
Estimated price:
$141.30–$413.04

Bus operators

FlixBus

Phone:
+49 30 300 137 300
Email:
Website:
flixbus.com
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Stuttgart
Ave. Duration:
55 min
Frequency:
Hourly
Estimated price:
$8.70–$13.04
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Zagreb
Ave. Duration:
11h 50m
Frequency:
3 times a day
Estimated price:
$65.22–$92.39

BlaBlaCar Bus

Phone:
+33 18 57 62 228
Website:
blablacar.co.uk/
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Stuttgart
Ave. Duration:
1h 15m
Frequency:
Once daily
Estimated price:
$10.87–$16.30
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Zagreb
Ave. Duration:
12h 55m
Frequency:
Once daily
Estimated price:
$54.35–$81.52

Union Ivkoni

Phone:
07001 8282
Email:
Website:
union-ivkoni.com/
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Stuttgart
Ave. Duration:
1h 15m
Frequency:
3 times a week
Estimated price:
$5.00–$8.15

GoOpti

Phone:
+386 1 320 4530
Email:
Website:
goopti.com/en/
Bus from Ljubljana Airport to Zagreb
Ave. Duration:
2h 6m
Frequency:
On demand
Estimated price:
$33.70–$260.87

Arjani Travel

Phone:
+355 68 20 63 724
Email:
Website:
arjanitravel.com/
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Stuttgart
Ave. Duration:
1h 30m
Frequency:
Twice a week

Croatia Bus

Phone:
+385 (0) 91 6113 073
Email:
Website:
croatiabus.hr/en/
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Zagreb
Ave. Duration:
13h 20m
Frequency:
Once daily

Centrotrans Eurolines

Phone:
+387 33 770 889
Email:
Website:
centrotrans.com/
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Stuttgart
Ave. Duration:
1h 30m
Frequency:
3 times a week
Estimated price:
$6.52–$9.78

Jelinak

Phone:
+ 387 32 88 44 88
Email:
Website:
jelinak.com
Bus from Karlsruhe central train station to Zagreb
Ave. Duration:
12h 35m
Frequency:
5 times a week
Estimated price:
$65.22–$76.09

Herceg Line

Phone:
+49 178 3461674
Email:
Bus from Stuttgart to Zagreb,
Ave. Duration:
8h 36m
Frequency:
Twice a week

Herc Tours

Phone:
+385 1 2014 777
Email:
Website:
herc-tours.hr/
Bus from Geislingen to Zagreb
Ave. Duration:
9h 30m
Frequency:
Twice a week

Train operators

TGV inOui

Phone:
+33 1 84 94 36 35
Website:
sncf-connect.com/en-en
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
Ave. Duration:
37 min
Frequency:
3 times a day
Estimated price:
$21.74–$50.00
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München
Ave. Duration:
2h 16m
Frequency:
Once daily
Estimated price:
$46.74–$86.96

NS

Phone:
+31 30 751 5155
Website:
ns.nl/
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München
Ave. Duration:
1h 59m
Frequency:
Twice daily
Estimated price:
$27.17–$70.65

Deutsche Bahn Intercity-Express

Phone:
+49 30 311-682904
Website:
bahn.de/
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
Ave. Duration:
57 min
Frequency:
Every 3 hours
Estimated price:
$29.35–$32.61
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München
Ave. Duration:
1h 58m
Frequency:
Hourly
Estimated price:
$48.91–$55.43
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg
Ave. Duration:
1h 42m
Frequency:
Hourly
Estimated price:
$38.04–$42.39
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Frankfurt
Ave. Duration:
1h 6m
Frequency:
Every 4 hours
Estimated price:
$35.87–$40.22
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Baden-Baden
Ave. Duration:
16 min
Frequency:
Hourly
Estimated price:
$21.74–$25.00
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Basel
Ave. Duration:
1h 48m
Frequency:
Hourly
Estimated price:
$43.48–$48.91

WESTbahn Gmbh

Phone:
+43 1 89900
Email:
Website:
westbahn.at/
Train from Hauptbahnhof to München
Ave. Duration:
2h 26m
Frequency:
Twice daily
Estimated price:
$31.52–$76.09
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg
Ave. Duration:
1h 33m
Frequency:
5 times a day
Estimated price:
$21.74–$50.00

Railjet

Phone:
+43 51717
Website:
oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/railjet
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach
Ave. Duration:
2h 32m
Frequency:
Once a week
Estimated price:
$30.43–$45.65

ÖBB

Phone:
05 17 17
Website:
oebb.at/de/
Train from Villach Hbf to Zagreb
Ave. Duration:
4h 8m
Frequency:
Twice daily
Estimated price:
$46.74–$65.22

Transdev GmbH

Phone:
+49 30 200730
Email:
Website:
transdev.de/
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg
Ave. Duration:
1h 47m
Frequency:
Hourly
Estimated price:
$28.26–$40.22

Meridian, BOB & BRB

Phone:
+49 8024 997171
Email:
Website:
brb.de/
Train from München Hbf to Salzburg
Ave. Duration:
2h
Frequency:
Twice daily
Estimated price:
$36.96–$44.57

Deutsche Bahn Regional

Phone:
+49 30 2970
Website:
bahn.de/
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Baden-Baden
Ave. Duration:
21 min
Frequency:
Once daily
Estimated price:
$9.24–$13.04

Swiss Railways (SBB/CFF/FFS)

Phone:
+41 848 44 66 88
Website:
sbb.ch/en
Train from Basel SBB to Zürich
Ave. Duration:
1h 12m
Frequency:
Every 20 minutes
Estimated price:
$35.87–$65.22

DB ZugBus Regionalverkehr Alb-Bodensee GmbH (RAB)

Phone:
+49 731 1550-0
Email:
Website:
meine-rab.de/
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
Ave. Duration:
1h 10m
Frequency:
Once a week
Estimated price:
$11.96–$16.30
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Geislingen
Ave. Duration:
39 min
Frequency:
Hourly
Estimated price:
$10.33–$13.04

Nebenbahn Vaihingen- Enzweihlingen

Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
Ave. Duration:
1h 10m
Frequency:
Once a week

Croatian Railways (HŽPP)

Phone:
060 333 444
Email:
Website:
hzpp.hr/en
Train from Stuttgart Hbf to Zagreb
Ave. Duration:
15h 4m
Frequency:
Once daily
Estimated price:
$52.17–$70.65

Go Ahead BW

Phone:
+49 711 400 534 44
Website:
go-ahead-bw.de/
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
Ave. Duration:
1h 7m
Frequency:
Hourly
Estimated price:
$15.22–$28.26
Train from Hauptbahnhof to Geislingen
Ave. Duration:
1h 1m
Frequency:
Every 30 minutes
Estimated price:
$11.96–$23.91

Südwestdeutsche Landesverkehrs-GmbH (SWEG)

Phone:
+49 7821 9960770
Email:
Website:
sweg.de/
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Hauptbahnhof
Ave. Duration:
1h 36m
Frequency:
5 times a week

ÖBB Intercity

Phone:
+43 5 1717
Website:
oebb.at/en/reiseplanung-services/im-zug/unsere-zuege/eurocity-intercity
Train from Salzburg Hbf to Villach
Ave. Duration:
2h 32m
Frequency:
5 times a day
Estimated price:
$39.13–$59.78

Stadtwerke Augsburg

Phone:
0821 6500-6500
Email:
Website:
sw-augsburg.de/privatkunden/mobilitaet/
Train from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof to Baden-Baden
Ave. Duration:
33 min
Frequency:
Hourly

Questions and Answers

What is the cheapest way to get from Karlsruhe to Zagreb?

The cheapest way to get from Karlsruhe to Zagreb is to bus which costs $54.35 - $92.39 and takes 11h 50m.

What is the fastest way to get from Karlsruhe to Zagreb?

The fastest way to get from Karlsruhe to Zagreb is to train and fly which takes 5h 4m and costs $65.22 - $815.22 .

Is there a direct bus between Karlsruhe and Zagreb?

Yes, there is a direct bus departing from Karlsruhe central train station station and arriving at Zagreb. Services depart five times a day, and operate every day. The journey takes approximately 11h 50m.

Is there a direct train between Karlsruhe and Zagreb?

No, there is no direct train from Karlsruhe to Zagreb. However, there are services departing from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof and arriving at Zagreb Glavni Kol. via Hauptbahnhof, München Hbf, Salzburg Hbf and Villach Hbf. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 13h 52m.

How far is it from Karlsruhe to Zagreb?

The distance between Karlsruhe and Zagreb is 705 km. The road distance is 847 km.

How do I travel from Karlsruhe to Zagreb without a car?

The best way to get from Karlsruhe to Zagreb without a car is to train and bus which takes 10h 33m and costs .

How long does it take to get from Karlsruhe to Zagreb?

It takes approximately 5h 7m to get from Karlsruhe to Zagreb, including transfers.

Where do I catch the Karlsruhe to Zagreb bus from?

Karlsruhe to Zagreb bus services, operated by FlixBus, depart from Karlsruhe central train station.

Where do I catch the Karlsruhe to Zagreb train from?

Karlsruhe to Zagreb train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity-Express, depart from Karlsruhe Hauptbahnhof station.

Train or bus from Karlsruhe to Zagreb?

The best way to get from Karlsruhe to Zagreb is to train which takes 13h 52m and costs $130.43 - $315.22 . Alternatively, you can bus, which costs $54.35 - $92.39 and takes 11h 50m.

Where does the Karlsruhe to Zagreb bus arrive?

Karlsruhe to Zagreb bus services, operated by FlixBus, arrive at Zagreb station.

Where does the Karlsruhe to Zagreb train arrive?

Karlsruhe to Zagreb train services, operated by Deutsche Bahn Intercity-Express, arrive at Hauptbahnhof station.

Can I drive from Karlsruhe to Zagreb?

Yes, the driving distance between Karlsruhe to Zagreb is 847 km. It takes approximately 7h 48m to drive from Karlsruhe to Zagreb.

How do I get a train ticket from Karlsruhe to Zagreb?

Book your Karlsruhe to Zagreb train tickets online with Omio.

How do I get a bus ticket from Karlsruhe to Zagreb?

Book your Karlsruhe to Zagreb bus tickets online with Omio and FlixBus.

Where can I stay near Zagreb?

There are 2894+ hotels available in Zagreb. Prices start at $54.08 per night.
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