Getting to Korcula Island

Coastal Ferry

Ferries to Korcula

Car Ferries

Korcula Town is on the major coastal ferry line that runs from Rijeka to Dubrovnik stopping at Split and Hvar. The other point of entry for the island is Vela Luka, about 20km west of Korcula Town. There's a daily car ferry from Split to Vela Luka to Lastovo. The most convenient entry from the Peljesac Peninsula is to take one of the numerous daily car ferry shuttles between Orebic and Domince (2km from Korcula Town). See the Orebic-Domince timetable. In the summer, there's a car ferry between Drvenik, on the mainland and Domince. More.

Passenger ferries

You can also take the "Krilo" catamaran from Korcula Town to Hvar Town and then Split. It runs daily in summer and around three times a week in the off-season. See the schedule. If that doesn't suit you, try the Split-Hvar-Korcula-Lastovo catamaran, but it stops in Vela Luka, not Korcula Town.

Even better for those planning a day trip to Korcula from Dubrovnik is the new catamaran route on the "Nona Ana" that runs from Dubrovnik to Korcula in the morning, stopping at Mljet and Sipan before heading back to Dubrovnik in the afternoon.  See the schedule.

Buses to Korcula

Buses to Korcula Town meet most boats landing in Vela Luka and there are regular, if infrequent, bus links to other towns on the island. In addition, there's a daily bus connecting Korcula Town to Dubrovnik via Orebic as well as buses to Zagreb and Sarajevo.

Driving to Korcula

As Korcula is an island, naturally, you'll need to take some ferries to transport your car but the following is a good route to take if you have a car but the ferry schedules above are inconvenient: Drive to Ploce on the mainland, take one of the regular ferry shuttles from Ploce to Trpanj; drive across the Peljesac Peninsula and take the ferry shuttle from Orebic to Domince (a few km outside Korcula Town). If coming from Dubrovnik, you could simply drive across the Peljesac peninsula to the ferry shuttle at Orebic. It's a pretty drive.

Get the relevant all the relevant ferry schedules in a convenient PDF format and see about renting a car in Dubrovnik.

Organized Tour

If you're staying in Dubrovnik and wish to visit Korcula for the day, one practical solution is to take an organized tour to Korcula Island that gets you from Dubrovnik to Korcula, guides you around town, includes a wine tasting and leaves time for a swim.

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