Most days of the year it is possible to travel with bus directly from Stuttgart to several cities in Croatia, during winter season the most popular destinations is Zagreb, during summer season the cities on the Dalmatian coast. The main bus station in Stuttgart has been closed seen 2010 since then international buses has been operating from and interims bus station in Obertürkheim, the bus station is located at the following address: ZOB-Obertürkheim, Hafenbahnstraße 15, 70329 Stuttgart. (Park +Ride-Platz Hafenbahnstraße). Once you get to the park and ride you should easily be able to find where the bus is parked, but nevertheless make sure to arrive in do time.

How to get to the ZOB Obertürkheim?

If you plot the following GPS co-ordinates 48.762087, 9.266788 into your Navigation system or Smartphone, this should take you to Hafenbahnstraße 15.

In terms of public transportation to the bus station, you have option to take S-train line S1 to the Obertürkheim “S-Bahn Station”, from here there is about 2-3 minutes footwall to where the bus departures.Alternatively you can take bus number 61,62, 65 or 101 to the “S-Bahn Station” or bus number 103 which stops in Hafenbahnstraße

If you have friends or family taking you to the bus, then can park at the Park +Ride-Platz Hafenbahnstraße (fees apply) basically just next to the bus.

Bus connections from Stuttgart to Croatia

It is possible to travel from Stuttgart “directly” (Buy a ticket to) to more then 20 cities in Croatia, below we have listed the cities sorted by geographical regions, click on the cities you wish to travel to, to see ticket prices and departure times of the bus.
Bus from Stuttgart to cities in the mainland part of Croatia

Bus from Stuttgart to Cities in Dalmatia

Bus from Stuttgart to cities in Kvarner

Bus from Stuttgart to Cities in Istria

Not all buses run all the year, so remember to check availability on the date you wish to travel.

All year around it is possible to travel with schedule bus from Frankfurt am Main to various cities in Croatia, the most popular destination is Zagreb, to where there is connection most days of the year. In Frankfurt the bus departure from the bus station, or actually it is more like a bus stop, on the south side of HBF (Frankfurt central train station). In the area there are plenty of shops and place where you can grab a bite to eat or a cop of coffee, in case you have to wait. The address of bus stop is Mannheimer Strasse, the bus stop is around house number 6. Make sure to arrive half an hour before the schedule departure so you have time to locate the exact spot where the bus will stop.

How to get to the Bus stop in Mannheimer Strasse?

If you have a GPS enable phone you can enter the following co-ordinates 50.105359, 8.663046, these should take you to Mannheimer Strasse Nr. 6.

If you are travelling with Train or public transportation, you just go to the “Hauptbahnhof” central train station, from where you have 200 – 400 metres to where the bus departures. If you are getting there by Tram you have a stop at the “HBF Sudseite” which is the closest you can get, alternatively you can also get of at the Baseler Platz, which is about 300 metres from where the bus departure.

If you are brought there with car by family or friends, you have a large paid parking lot by Mannheimer Strasse Nr. 6, the parking entrance if from the Karlsruher Strasse.

Bus connections from Frankfurt am Main to Croatia

From Frankfurt you can travel “directly” (Buy a ticket to) to more than 20 cities in Croatia, below we have listed the cities sorted by geographical regions, click on the cities you wish to travel to, to see ticket prices and departure times of the bus.

Bus from Frankfurt am Main to cities in the mainland part of Croatia

If you are travelling to smaller cities in the northern region, you should go to closest large city of those listed above. The largest bus station in mainland Croatia is the one in Zagreb, after that comes, Osijek, Vukovar and Slavonski Brod

Bus from Frankfurt am Main to Cities in Dalmatia

If your are going to popular holiday destination in northern Dalmatia, you should travel to Zadar, from here you can reach, Zaton, Nin, Privlaka, Island Pag and other places in the area. If you are travelling to places on the dalmatian coast south of Split, like Omis, Podstrana, Brela, Baska Voda, Lokva Rogoznica, Duce, you should travel to Split and then continue from there on.

Bus from Frankfurt am Main to cities in Kvarner

From Rijeka you can reach most smaller cities on the Kvarner coast direction Pula, like Lovran, moscenicka draga. Icici you should travel to Rijeka. If you are going to places on the Kvarner coast in direction south, like Dramalj, Select, Karlobag, you should travel to Crikvenica

Bus from Frankfurt am Main to Cities in Istria

If you are travelling to cities like, Fazana, Rabac or Labin, you can do so from Pula, if you are travelling to Motovun, Buzin, Groznjan or other cities in the inland of Istria, you can do so from Porec.

Year around there are daily bus departure from between Munich and Croatia, then most popular route is the one from Munich to Zagreb. In Munich the buses departure from the new and modern ZOB am Hackerbrucke, the official address for the bus station is Arnulfstraße 21. Inside the bus station there is whole range of shops like e.g. a LIDL supermarket, several banks, a post office and plenty of places serving food and drinks. As the station is quite overwhelming we recommend that you get there 20-30 minutes before your bus departures, so you have time to locate your bus.

How to get to the ZOB am Hackerbrucke? 

If you have Smartphone or navigation system, you can find ZOB am Hackerbrucke using these GPS co-ordinates 48.142489, 11.549886.

The Munich HBF (Main train station) is about 400 meters from the bus terminal, the “S-Bahn” (City train system) stops at the Hackerbrucke S-station. On Arnulfstraße at the opposite site of the ZOB terminal you have trams running, tram NR 16 or 17 stops there.

If are going to the station by car, you have the following parking options: The first options is a »Kiss-&-Ride« Zone where there is about 60 short term parking spaces (fees apply), these parking spaces can reach from the Arnulfstraße 17. Second parking option is a garage below the ZOB this garage can be access from Bernhard-Wicki-Straße 11, also here fees apply.

Bus connections from Munich to Croatia

From Munich you can travel “directly” (Buy a ticket to) to more then 25 cities, below we have listed the cities sorted by geographical regions, click on the cities you wish to travel to, to see ticket prices and departure times of the bus.

Bus from Munich to cities in the mainland part of Croatia

If your destination is not listed above, you probably have to travel to the main station in Zagreb and then catch a bus from there on.

Bus from Munich to Cities in Dalmatia

If your holiday destination was not listed above you should travel to either Zadar, Split or Makarska and then continue from there on.

• Zadar if you wish to go to towns in the northern part of Dalmatia, like e.g. Zaton, Nin, Novalja, Island Vir, Brodarica etc.
• Split it you wish to travel to destinations like, Hvar, Brac, Ciovo, Trogir, Omis and other places in the regions
• Makarska is the place to travel to if your destination is places like Brela, Baska Voda, Igrane, Drvenik.

Bus from Munich to cities in Kvarner 

If you are travelling to destinations on the Kvarner Islands, like Baska, Malinska, Njevice, you can catch local bus from Rijeka. If you are travelling to cities coast from Rijeka to Pula, like Lovran, Rabac, Icici, you can also catch bus from those destinations from Rijeka.

If you are travelling to Rab Island, you can travel via Zagreb or Rijeka.

Bus from Munich to Cities in Istria

To get to Vrsar you should travel to Rovinj and take local bus from there. From Pula, you can reach Medulin and Fazana with local bus, and from Porec, you can easily travel to destinations like, Novigrad, Umag and Motovun.