How to Get to Istria

Flights to Istria

      Pula is the gateway city to Istria with an airport that has weekly charter flights from Thomsonfly starting in May. See more about flights to Pula and flights to Croatia.

Ferries to Istria

     From Italy, there are summer passenger boats from northern Italian ports including Venice to Rovinj, Porec, Rabac and Pula. See the map and schedule of Venice-Istria ferries.

Trains to Istria

     The main train stations in Istria are in Pula and Pazin. In addition to inconvenient connections to Zagreb (in which you must board a bus for part of the route), there's a convenient train connection from Pula to Ljubljana, Slovenia that runs daily from late-June through August and takes four hours.

     Did you know that you can actually book your train to Pula online plus have the ticket delivered to your home? Well you can. You can check out the train schedules and book your ticket at

• RailEurope (North America),
• RailEurope Australia or
• Rail Europe (UK).

Buses to Istria

     From Trieste and Venice , Italy and from Slovenia there are daily buses to Istria plus very frequent buses from Zagreb's bus station to all Istrian destinations and daily trains from Zagreb to Rijeka which is well-connected by bus with Istria.

Driving to Istria

The easiest access to Istria by car is from Italy. Find out more about driving to Istria from Italy and plan your trip using my driving distance chart.

Istria Information

Istrian Destinations

Recommended Istria Itineraries

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