Road/highway connections between the central Europe and the
destinations on the Croatian coast are improving more and more.
During the summer months traffic is quite dense at the border
crossings, which can cause minor congestions. To enter Croatia as
well as to drive through it, a valid driver's license and Green
insurance card are required. Toll is charged on highways,
semi-highways and bridges according to the section (road) length
and vehicle type. Toll can be paid at toll boxes in cash, with
credit cards (AMERICAN EXPRESS, DINERS, MASTER CARD, MAESTRO, VISA)
or cheques. The lowest amount per cheque is 10,00 Kuna. Toll can
also be paid in foreign currency (Euro).
Basic Information:
- In Croatia, people drive on the right side of the road
- Driving with headlights is obligatory during both day and
night
- Use of mobile phones while driving is not permitted while
driving
- Use of seat belts is obligatory
- Maximum permitted amount of alcohol in blood: 0,0 per mill
- Unless the traffic signs indicate differently, permitted speed
limits are the following:
- 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
Gas Stations:
- Open from 7am until 7 or 8pm every day; in the summer season,
until 10 pm
- Petrol stations on duty in bigger cities and on main
international routes are open 24 hours a day; all petrol stations
sell:
- Lead-free petrol - Eurosuper 95
- Lead-free petrol - Super 95
- Lead-free petrol - Super plus 98
- Diesel fuel - Eurodiesel
- Diesel fuel - Diesel
- In bigger cities it is possible to fill the tank with gas.
Information about tolls, bridge tolls, fuel prices and a list of
gas stations can be found at: www.hak.hr and www.ina.hr.
Taxi service:
In all cities and tourist centres.
Phone number: 970
Taxi service in Dubrovnik - phone number: 020/ 435 715
Rent-a-Car
This service is available in all bigger towns, tourist centres and
at airports.
Regular international bus lines connect Croatia with Austria,
Italy, Hungary, France, Germany, Slovakia and Bosnia and
Herzegovina. This type of transport is the least expensive one if
arriving in Croatia from the central Europe. Croatia also has a
very well developed national bus network that reaches even the
smallest towns and places on the coast.
There are regular flights from almost every international
airport toward Zagreb, Croatia, from where you can further continue
toward the coast. Croatia Airlines and several foreign
companies have flights toward Zagreb on a daily basis. In high
season the number of flights increases, and numerous charter
flights operate directly toward the biggest tourist destinations in
Croatia: Pula, Rijeka, Split, island Brac and Dubrovnik.
As to the international air traffic, Croatia Airlines has
flights toward the following cities: Amsterdam, Berlin, Brussels,
Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Milan, Moscow, Munich,
Paris, Prague, Tel Aviv, Rome, Sarajevo, Skopje, Vienna, Zurich and
seasonally Manchester.
The railway network connects all major Croatian cities except
Dubrovnik. There are direct lines to Slovenia, Hungary, Italy,
Austria, Switzerland, Slovakia, France, Germany, Bosnia and
Herzegovina as well as Serbia and Montenegro. There are indirect
lines to all other European countries. Train types operating in
Croatia are the following: EuroCity (EC), InterCity (IC), Express
(Ex), fast (B), and local trains: Croatian Railways Ltd.
Jadrolinija is the leading Croatian
shipping and ferry company, which takes part in both international
and national traffic with its shipping and ferry lines.