Cat (Felis catus) in the town of Gračac in the county of Zadar, Croatia

Old Town to Zadar

Compare trains, buses, flights and ferries from Old Town to Zadar. From €25.48, fastest 7h 51m, with the total price and every fee shown up front.

Old Town to Zadar runs about 4 times a day, with the first departure around 06:49 and the last around 07:30. One passenger pays between €25.48 and €32.63, every fee included, depending on the operator and the way you travel. The fastest door to door is 7h 51m over 542 km, on services run by 1 operator across 1 mode.

Checked September 14, 2026Priced for September 29, 2026One passenger, all fees included

What one seat costs

The spread between the cheapest and dearest typical fare on this corridor, across 1 operator and 1 way of making the journey. The operator sets the price on the day.

Typical fares

€25.48 to €32.63

  • 224%Moves across the booking window

When it runs, leaving Old Town

No operator has filed a timetable for this direction yet, so the first and last departure below follow the pattern of the corridor. Read them as the shape of the service day rather than as times to turn up for.

  • 06:49First departure
  • 07:30Last departure
  • 4Services per day
  • 25%Run direct

Blaguss Slovakia runs this service and does not sell it here. Trainline takes the payment.

Buying this trip

Trainline lists departures for Old Town to Zadar on your date, and you pay on their side.

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Fares by date

What this journey usually costs, by departure date. It shows which days run dearer.

Typical fares

  1. about €62.49Tue15
  2. about €63.98Wed16
  3. about €68.38Thu17
  4. about €50.78Fri18
  5. about €56.28Sat19
  6. about €43.63Sun20
  7. about €39.23Mon21
  8. about €32.63Tue22
  9. about €33.18Wed23
  10. about €43.63Thu24
  11. about €49.68Fri25
  12. about €51.88Sat26
  13. about €41.98Sun27
  14. about €33.18Mon28
  15. about €25.48Tue29
  16. about €30.43Wed30
  17. about €32.63Thu1
  18. about €27.68Fri2
  19. about €31.53Sat3
  20. about €34.28Sun4
  21. about €25.48Mon5

Based on what this route has cost recently. The operator sets the price on the day, and the live fare is confirmed when you book.

The bus gets you into Zadar. It does not get you a bed, and neither do we.

A hotel room

A room in Zadar for the night the bus gets in

Sort by distance from Zadar station and you can see which places are ten minutes on foot and which are not.

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Booking window

When to book Old Town to Zadar

The same search run across the whole booking window, so the shape of the curve is visible rather than described.

  1. €36.4890 days
  2. €26.0360 days
  3. €31.5345 days
  4. €21.0830 days
  5. €25.4821 days
  6. €33.1814 days
  7. €39.237 days
  8. €68.383 days
  9. €62.491 days
Cheapest lead time
Fares bottom out around 30 days ahead, at €21.08.
How much it moves
The gap between the cheapest and most expensive lead time is 224 percent. The most expensive point is €68.38, 3 days out.
What that means
Today sits inside the cheap window, which closes about 30 days before departure. Waiting from here has usually cost money on this corridor rather than saved it.
€68.38€21.081371421304560

Book now Fares on this route are lowest around 30 days ahead. You are inside that window.

This corridor, specifically

Facts that apply to Old Town to Zadar and to no other route on the site.

Clocks

Both ends keep the same time, so the arrival is the departure plus the journey.

The shape of it

542 km

471 km as the crow flies, 15% further by the route services actually take. The bearing runs south.

Who lives at each end

46,08067,309

Population at the departure city and at the arrival city, which is usually what decides how often anything runs.

How we know

0/2

2 of these connections were inferred from service-area overlap rather than observed in a timetable. We would rather say so.

The route

Staré MestoStaré MestoZadarZadar
The journey

What the journey actually looks like

Direct or connecting, how far the route really runs, and what happens when a connection is missed.

Direct or connecting
20% of the services we sell on this corridor run through without a change. The remaining 80% involve one connection.
How far it really runs
The route covers 542 km against 471 km in a straight line, a detour of 15 percent. Track and road geometry account for the difference.
Where the change is
Connections are made at Sesvete, Karlovac, Simmering, Zagreb. The gap between arriving and leaving is 53 minutes, of which about 14 is walking.
If the connection is missed
The tightest connection we sell here has a 18 percent chance of not being made on the timetable alone. Part of this journey is a self transfer between separate tickets, so leave more time than the minimum and expect to check in again.

The fare from ZAD into Zadar is the one price on this trip we cannot show you, because it is not ours.

A taxi stand outside an airport terminal

A car waiting when you land in Zadar

Settled in advance, so the ride into Zadar costs what it said it would rather than what the cab stand says.

Partner links. We do not operate transfers. We earn a commission on a booking, and the fare is the same as going direct.

Who runs this route

Zadar is small enough to see in an afternoon, which is easier without the luggage. Storing it is not our business.

Left luggage lockers

Baggage storage near Zadar station

Most of the points near Zadar station open before the first train and close after the last one.

Partner links. We do not run these networks. We earn a commission on a booking, and the price is the same as going direct.

Questions about Old Town to Zadar

The questions people actually ask about this trip, answered from the same prices and times the page above is built on rather than written once and left to go stale.

How long does it take to get from Old Town to Zadar?

The fastest journey from Old Town to Zadar takes 7h 51m door to door, of which 7h 48m is spent moving, on the coach. Most services take around 8h 21m, because that average includes slower stopping services and journeys with a connection. Times include reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

How much does it cost to travel from Old Town to Zadar?

The cheapest fare from Old Town to Zadar is €25.48, as of September 14, 2026. A typical fare across the next three weeks is €39.23. Both figures are the total for one passenger, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee, so nothing is added at checkout.

What is the cheapest way to get from Old Town to Zadar?

The cheapest way from Old Town to Zadar is by coach, at €32.63 for one passenger on September 29, 2026. That journey takes 8h 32m door to door. Cheaper is rarely faster on this corridor, and the comparison table on this page shows what each mode costs against what it saves.

When should I book Old Town to Zadar?

Fares from Old Town to Zadar bottom out around 30 days before departure, at €21.08. Across the whole booking window the gap between the cheapest and the most expensive lead time is 224 percent, measured on September 14, 2026. Booking inside the last week has consistently cost more on this corridor.

Which day of the week is cheapest for Old Town to Zadar?

Tuesday is the cheapest day to depart from Old Town to Zadar, at €32.63. That is the median of 21 priced departure days across the next three weeks, as of September 14, 2026. Shifting a departure by one day is usually worth more than shifting the booking by one week.

Which month is cheapest for Old Town to Zadar?

January is the cheapest of the next 6 months to travel from Old Town to Zadar, at €23.28 for one passenger. Each month is priced on its fifteenth, so the comparison is like for like rather than a mix of weekends and midweek departures.

Who runs service from Old Town to Zadar?

1 operators sell services from Old Town to Zadar across 1 mode: Blaguss Slovakia. Journey times, fares and fare conditions differ between them, and the operator table on this page compares all of them on speed, flexibility and what is provided on board.

Is there a direct service from Old Town to Zadar?

20 percent of the services we sell from Old Town to Zadar are direct. The rest connect at Sesvete, Karlovac, Simmering, Zagreb, with about 53 minutes between the two services. Both legs are sold on one booking, so a missed connection is rebooked at no charge.

Which station or terminal do services from Old Town to Zadar use?

Services from Old Town to Zadar by coach leave from Staré Mesto bus station and arrive at Zadar Bus Station. Allow about 44m in total for reaching the departure terminal and leaving the arrival one, which is already included in every door to door time on this page.

Can I change or refund a ticket from Old Town to Zadar?

1 of the 1 operators we sell from Old Town to Zadar allow a change or a refund. A change on a changeable fare costs €5.00. The operator table on this page names which is which, and the condition is shown again before you pay.

Where these numbers come from

Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance on this page are real and come from open data. Where a corridor has a filed timetable the departure times are real too, and ferry fares are the prices the operators publish themselves.

Derived from service area No carrier record names this exact pair. The operators listed publish a service area covering both places at a distance their mode plausibly carries people, which is evidence that the corridor is served and not evidence of a specific service. Pages state which, because presenting the two as the same thing would be dishonest.

Where no operator publishes a fare for a corridor, the price here is our own estimate, worked out from the real distance and the real operator through a fare curve that follows lead time, day of the week and season. It tells you roughly what the journey costs. It is not a seat anyone has agreed to sell, and the payment step will not take it.

Defined in full at Door to door, Fares, The booking window, Carbon, Distances

On this page
Every figure above was computed for Old Town to Zadar on September 14, 2026: 542 km of route against 471 km in a straight line, 5 services a day, 1 operator a cheapest fare of €25.48, and 7h 51m door to door on the fastest mode. The return direction is computed separately and its numbers are not these numbers.

Being on the water gives Zadar a set of days out that do not start at a station. We do not sell those either.

A guided tour group

Day trips out of Zadar and across Croatia

Day trips that leave Zadar in the morning and cover a good part of Croatia by evening.

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The two ends, compared

Old Town reaches 32 places in 4 countries on services we hold, over distances from 45 to 471 km. Zadar reaches 111 places in 26 countries, from 20 to 1,952 km.

Other ways to make this journey

Leaving Old Town

  • 32Places you can leave for
  • 4Countries
  • 7Operators

Arriving in Zadar

Leaving Zadar

  • 111Places you can leave for
  • 26Countries
  • 28Operators

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