Documents:

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

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

Alcohol in blood: Maximum permitted amount of alcohol in blood: 0.0 per mill!
Rain: Please adjust speed to conditions on wet roads.
Use of seat belts is obligatory!
Mobile phones: Use of mobile phones while driving is not permitted!
Driving with headlights is obligatory during both day and night!

Tolls for highways:

Zagreb - Slavonski Brod - Županja - (Lipovac)
Zagreb - Bregana
Zagreb - Karlovac - Bosiljevo - Rijeka (Karte)
Zaprešić - Krapina - (Macelj)
Zagreb - Varaždin - Čakovec - Goričan
(Zagreb - Split) - Bosiljevo - Mala Kapela
(Zagreb - Split) - Gornja Ploča - Zadar
Tunnel Ucka and
Krk bridge

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: HAK, OMV-Istrabenz, INA

Croatian Autoclub

Information on road conditions: (01) 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.

Service Information: By dialing (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 center works 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.

For more information please visit: Croatian Autoclub.

By Plane

Croatia airlines is national airport company, flies to:

Regular International Flights: Amsterdam, Brussels, Frankfurt, London, Munich, Paris, Prague, Rome, Sarajevo, Skopje, Tel Aviv, Vienna and Zurich.

Regular Domestic Flights: Zagreb, Rijeka, Osijek, Brac, Dubrovnik, Pula, Split, Zadar.

Other flying Companies

By Boat

General information

The Croatian coastal towns and cities are served by ferry and ship services. The inhabited islands are linked with the mainland (and some of them also with other islands) by ferry/ship services. During the summer, the frequency of ferry sailings is usually increased and fast hydrofoil services are added. The summer sailing schedule normally remains in operation from 31 May to 28 September.

Domestic shipping lines

The main Croatian passenger shiping line Jadrolinija, maintains the largest number of regular international and domestic ferry and shipping lines.

International Car Ferries:

* Rijeka-Zadar-Split-Stari Grad (island Hvar)-Korčula-Dubrovnik-Bari
* Split - Ancona - Split
* Korčula - (Stari grad/Hvar) - Split - (Vis) - Ancona
* Zadar - Ancona - Zadar
* Zadar - (Brbinj/Dugi otok) - Ancona
* Šibenik - Ancona
* Pula - Venecija
* Dubrovnik - Bari - Dubrovnik

For more information please visit: Ferry and ship services.

By Bus

General information

A very comprehensive coach network connects all parts of the country. There are regular international coach services connecting Croatia with all neighbouring countries, as well as Switzerland, France, Germany and Slovakia. Bus service between major cities (intercity lines) is quite frequent, as well as regional services. The most frequent bus terminal in Croatia is Bus Terminal Zagreb (in Croatian "Autobusni kolodvor Zagreb")

For more information please visit: Bus Terminals.

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

For more information please visit: Timetable information.