GETTING TO CROATIA- TRAVELLING  TIPS AND INFORMATION

 By air

Zagreb Airport is located 17 km from the centre of the city, or 20-25 minutes by bus or car. The Zagreb Airport bus terminal (bus stop) is at the Central Bus Station on Marin Drzic Avenue. Buses leave the terminal depending on flight schedules and timetables, from 4 a.m. to 9 p.m. regularly; they leave for the airport at least once an hour, or hour-and-a-half. The bus lines from the airport to the bus terminal on Drziceva operate from 6.30 a.m. to 8 p.m., at least once an hour or after landings.  

Busses regularly drive to Zagreb Central Bus Station (Autobusni kolodvor), the ride takes around half an hour & a one-way ticket costs 3.50 EUR.

Currency exchange: there are two Bank offices, open 07:00 - 21:00, ATM which is outside international arrivals and the Post Office.

Other option is by taxi which costs 25 euro.

The Airport in Zagreb is fast and small. You will feel great already on arrival with a quick passport control. Employees are very kind and they will help you everything you need. They all have a good knowledge in English.

The airport shuttle to the city is just on the exit and it's fast and cheap as well.

 The transfer from the airport to the hotel in Zagreb as the hotel or other accommodation sites in Plitvice Lakes National Park is organized.  The  easily recognizable organizer staff will await for all  registered participants that  already  sent arrival and departure data   or will do that till September 15^th.  The information can be   simply sent to albert@vef.hr.The participants will be transferred by comfortable buses to the destination.   

Passenger  airlines serving Zagreb include:  

• ADRIA AIRWAYS, www.adria.si

• AIR CANADA; www.aircanada.ca

• AIR FRANCE; www.airfrance.com

• AEROFLOT; www.aeroflot.com

• ALITALIA; www.alitalic.com

• AUSTRIAN AIRLINES; www.aua.com

• QUANTAS; www.qantas.com.au

• BOSNA AIR; www.airbosna.ba

• BRITISH AIRWAYS, www.britishairways.com,

• CROATIA AIRLINES, www.croatiaairlines.hr/

• Czech Airlines; www.csa.cz/en/

• DELTA AIR LINES, www.delta.com

• KLM-NORTHWEST, Lwww.klm.com

• LOT, www.lot.com

• LUFTHANSA; www.lufthansa.com

• MALAYSIA AIRLINES; www.malaysiaairlines.com

• MALEV; www.malev.com/

• TURKISH AIRLINES; www.thy.com

Hotel Aristos 
Cebini 33, Zagreb (Zagreb)
>>www.hotel-aristos.hr

 ARISTOS "Hotel with Soul and Style" - close to the Zagreb Airport (4 km), enjoy 1st-class business facilities, fine cuisine and the relaxing atmosphere of Hotel Aristos in southern Zagreb. Less than 5 km to the fair, 8 km to the city centre and 2 km to the  Airport, the hotel provides an excellent base to explore the vicinity as well as an easy access to national and international travel links. Free guarded parking lots and garage, Free ADSL internet, business centre and conference facilities are just some of Hotel Aristos’s advantages.

Cancellation : Cancellations made at least 48 hours before the date of arrival are free of charge.
Check in : 11:00 - 00:00 hours
Check out: 07:00 - 12:00 hours
Creditcards : American Express, Visa, Euro/Mastercard, Diners Club, Maestro

By Road
[FOR DRIVERS COMING TO ZAGREB AND/OR  PLITVICE LAKES]

Traffic signals and signs

At traffic lights and stop signs, drivers must stop at the marked stop line. If there is not a line, stop before entering the crosswalk area. Crosswalks exist at every intersection and are not necessarily marked. An unmarked crosswalk is the extension of the sidewalk lines across the roadway.

Photo Radar

Photo radar cameras used in traffic enforcement have proven to be an effective deterrent in reducing traffic infractions such as speeding and vehicles running red lights. Photo radar is deployed along major roadways in all quadrants of the city and in where residents have reported traffic concerns, monitoring specifically for speeding violations.

Failure to comply with the rules of the road could result in fines and/or police action.

National Autoclub of Republic of Croatia

• 24 hour technical assistance, provision of information regarding travel on Croatia's roads and traffic conditions

• Dial 987 for road assistance

• Info centar: +385 -1-4640 800

• Web: www.hak.hr 

Documents:

To enter Croatia, a driver's licence, an automobile registration card and vehicle insurance documents (including Green Card) are required.

Road tolls 

You have to pay a road tolls on  all  highways. The road toll is approximately 15 euros  for the distance of 200 km. 

 Permitted speeds:

• 50 km/h - within built-up areas

• 90 km/h - outside built-up areas

• 110 km/h - on major motor routes

• 130 km/h - on motorways

• 80 km/h - for motor vehicles with a caravan trailer

• 80 km/h - for buses and buses with a light trailer

Basic rules:

• Rain: Please adjust speed to conditions on wet roads.

• Driving with headlights is obligatory during both day and night.

• Mobile phones: Use of mobile phones while driving is not permitted

• Maximum permitted amount of alcohol in blood: 0.0 per mill!

• Use of seat belts is obligatory.

Petrol stations

Open from 7 a.m. until 7 or 8 p.m. every day; in the summer season, until 10 p.m.

On-duty petrol stations in the larger cities and on main international routes are open 24 hours a day. All petrol stations sell Eurosuper 95, Super 95, Super 98, Super plus 98, Normal and Euro Diesel fuel. For information on prices of petrol and on the list of centres selling gas:

www.ina.hr, www.omv.hr,  www.hak.hr

Road distances

 Road assistance

Croatian Autoclub

Information on road conditions: +385-1-464 08 00
In case of need of technical road assistance, unique phone number is disposed to drivers 365 days a year, 24 hours a day: 987 (for mobile phone calls you should dial prefix 01 if you are in Croatia or +385 1 from abroad)

Breakdown assistance at the roadside includes:

• Car repair on the spot

• Transport of broken down cars, abandoned cars or cars damaged in car accidents up to 200 km

Except of the mentioned activities, in case of need, the Croatian Automobile Club (HAK) organises and realises: group transport of damaged vehicles, (abandoned vehicles – only if notified by a police officer) or of those who were harmed in the accident, namely within 200 km of the place where the vehicles are.

The above-mentioned services are rendered by employees of automobile clubs within the Croatian Automobile Club and entitled services that are contractual partners of the Croatian Automobile Club.

 By dialling (01) 464 08 00 you can get following information:

• Condition on the roads and of ferry - traffic on the Adriatic

• Toll prices in Croatia and abroad

• Where driving some vehicle categories is forbidden - in Croatia and in some European countries

• Prices of fuel in Croatia and abroad

• About membership rights of HAK members

• Telephone numbers of foreign auto clubs

• Advice about how to choose the most suitable travel direction

• Time-table of ferries on the Adriatic

Information centre works 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

 Taxi service

In all cities and tourist places.
Tel. 970.
 Phares approximately  1,5 euro per km ( starting phare 5,00 euro)

Rent-a-Car

This service is available in all the larger towns, tourist resorts and at airports.

Web:
www.avis.com.hr
www.budget.hr
www.dollar.com.hr
www.fivestars.hr/directory/category/rent_a_car
www.kompasrent.hr
www.hertz.hr
www.sixt.hr
www.thrifty.com.hr
www.europcar.hr

By rail 

FOR THOSE WHO ARE COMING BY  RAIL

 General information

The rail network connects all major Croatian cities, except Dubrovnik. There are direct lines to Slovenia, Hungary, Italy, Greece, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Serbia and Montenegro. There are indirect lines to almost all other European countries.

Eurocity and Intercity:

• EC "Mimara": München - Salzburg - Villach - Ljubljana - Zagreb;

• IC "Croatia": Vienna - Maribor - Zagreb;

• IC "Sava": München - Salzburg - Villach - Ljubljana - Zagreb - Beograd;

• IC "Kvarner": Budapest - Zagreb - Rijeka;

• IC "Podravka": Osijek-Nasice-Virovitica-Koprivnica-Zagreb

• "Olimpus": Zagreb-Beograd-Skoplje-Solun

• Express: Zürich-Zagreb

Timetable information:

• tel: 060 333 444

• 10 000 Zagreb

• e-mail: informacije@hznet.hr

• web: www.hznet.hr

Croatia Express

• Teslina 4

• 10 000 Zagreb

• tel:(01) 4811 842

• Trg kralja Tomislava 17

• 10 000 Zagreb

• tel: 4922 224

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