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.
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.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.