Travel to Karlovac

Every way to reach Karlovac: 2 modes compared, with fares.

Karlovac is reachable from 25 places across 6 countries by 2 modes, on services run by 10 operators. The cheapest arrival costs €10.07 and the fastest takes 1h 13m door to door. The nearest origin is 49 km away.

Checked October 4, 2026Priced for October 4, 2026One passenger, all fees included

Arriving

How people reach Karlovac

Every mode that actually calls at Karlovac, with the cheapest fare and the fastest journey on each.

One row per mode that actually calls here. Reach is the furthest origin that mode serves in a straight line.
ModeOriginsFromFastestReachOperators
Train14€11.881h 13m245 km1
Coach50€10.071h 33m318 km9
  • 25Places you can arrive from
  • 25Places you can leave for
  • 6Countries
  • 10Operators

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

A hotel room

Where to stay in Karlovac

Hotels and apartments near downtown, most of them with free cancellation, on a map that shows what is walkable.

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Catchment

How far people travel to get here

Every origin we sell, grouped by how far it is in a straight line.

Straight line distance from each origin we sell, not the distance the route runs.
DistanceRoutesShareNearest of them
Under 200 km3859%Zagreb, 49 km
200 to 600 km2641%Bugojno, 219 km
Origins

Which countries you can arrive from

Countries with at least one route into Karlovac that we sell.

Counted by route, so a country with several cities on the corridor counts once per route rather than once per city.
CountryRoutesShare
Croatia3047%
Bosnia & Herzegovina1625%
Austria69%
Slovakia69%
Slovenia46%
Italy23%
Terminals

Stations, airports and ports in Karlovac

The stations, airports and ports each mode on this corridor actually uses.

Karlovac

Rail
  • Karlovac train station
  • Zaluka
  • Zvecaj
Bus
  • Autobusni kolodvor Karlovac
Fares

The cheapest journeys into Karlovac

Priced from the same engine that answers the search box, on the next three weeks of departures.

Cheapest fare and fastest journey into Karlovac, over the next three weeks.
RouteFromFastestDistance
Rijeka to Karlovac bus€10.072h 9m88 km
Zagreb to Karlovac bus€10.071h 33m49 km
Sesvete to Karlovac bus€10.071h 42m58 km
Bihać to Karlovac bus€10.072h79 km
Ljubljana to Karlovac bus€10.072h 24m102 km
Maribor to Karlovac bus€10.082h 37m119 km
Pula to Karlovac bus€11.183h 4m150 km
Banja Luka to Karlovac bus€11.183h 12m152 km
Trieste to Karlovac bus€11.182h 56m139 km
Zadar to Karlovac bus€11.733h 7m155 km
Sesvete to Karlovac train€11.881h 18m58 km
Zagreb to Karlovac train€11.881h 13m49 km
Klagenfurt to Karlovac bus€12.283h 13m158 km
Graz to Karlovac bus€13.383h 49m175 km
Rijeka to Karlovac train€13.541h 31m88 km
Slavonski Brod to Karlovac bus€13.933h 47m196 km

The train gets in hours before any room is ready. Holding a bag is not what we sell.

Left luggage lockers

Where to leave your bags in Karlovac

Priced by the bag and by the day, booked before you get there, and insured while it sits.

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Popular trips to Karlovac

Common questions about Travel to Karlovac

How can I get to Karlovac?

Karlovac is reachable by 2 modes on our network, from 25 places, across 6 countries, on services run by 10 operators. The table on this page compares those modes on the cheapest fare, the fastest journey, how far each reaches and how many carriers run it.

What is the cheapest way to get to Karlovac?

The cheapest way into Karlovac is by coach, from €10.07 for one passenger. That is the lowest fare across all 25 origins we sell into Karlovac over the next three weeks, including taxes, supplier fees and our service fee.

What is the fastest way to get to Karlovac?

The fastest journey into Karlovac is by train, at 1h 13m door to door. The nearest origin we sell is 49 km away in a straight line, which is why a short fast journey exists at all on this list.

Which stations and airports does Karlovac have?

Karlovac has 4 named terminals on our network, including 3 rail stations and 0 airports. Among them are Karlovac train station, Zaluka, Zvecaj. Every journey time on this page allows for reaching the terminal and leaving it at the far end.

Where can I travel to Karlovac from within 200 km?

38 of the routes we sell into Karlovac start within 200 km. The nearest is Zagreb, 49 km away in a straight line. Short corridors like these are usually the ones where a train or bus beats a flight door to door.

Where else can I go from Karlovac in Croatia?

Karlovac connects to 25 places on our network across 6 countries, the furthest of them 318 km away in a straight line. Croatia routes are listed on this page, and the country pages carry the rest of the network around it.

Where these numbers come from

Schedules, seat counts and fares are generated by our own model until the supplier contracts are signed. Places, coordinates, operators, which operator serves which pair, and every distance are real. We would rather say that on every page than let a modeled number pass for a filed one.

Defined in full at Catchment, Fares, Door to door, Distances

Elsewhere in Croatia

The wider region

The train is the simple part. What you do once you are in Karlovac is somebody else's catalog.

A guided tour group

Things to do in Karlovac

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