Getting around Croatia

The country is long, thin and interrupted by water. Understanding the four transport systems — ferries, buses, the motorway network and coastal roads — is the difference between a relaxed trip and a week spent in queues.

Ferry operators Driving & tolls

White passenger ferry approaching a Croatian island port on calm water

€Euro currency since 2023

A1Zagreb–Split motorway

2,404 mPelješac Bridge span

4Seasonal timetables a year

Sea transport

Who runs the boats

Three operators cover almost every route a visitor will need. Book directly with them rather than through resellers.

Large car ferry docked at a Dalmatian port

National operator

Jadrolinija

State-owned, the largest network: car ferries, local ferries and catamarans across the entire coast, plus the long coastal line.

Cars carried
Year-round
Most routes

jadrolinija.hr Open timetable

Fast catamaran cutting through blue Adriatic water

Fast catamarans

Krilo (Kapetan Luka)

Split–Hvar–Korčula–Mljet–Dubrovnik and Split–Bol–Makarska. Comfortable, punctual, foot passengers only.

No cars
Seasonal
Sells out

krilo.hr Open timetable

Small passenger boat arriving at a quiet island pier

Regional

TP Line & G&V Line

Useful secondary catamarans linking Split, Vis, Hvar, Korčula and the Dubrovnik archipelago.

Foot only