Rab is placed between 44° 41' and 44° 51' of northern latitude and between 14° 40' and 14° 53' eastern longitude.
Depending on the means of transportation on your way to the island, we’ve prepared information possibly helpful to you, especially if you chose Croatia and Rab as your vacation destination for the first time.
BY CAR
The most common road ways to the island of Rab are:
- through Slovenia:
Ljubljana - Postojna (Pivka) -
border crossing Rupa (Jelšane) - Rijeka - Senj - Jablanac - Mišnjak (Rab)
- through Italy:
Trst - border crossing Kozina - Rijeka -
Senj - Jablanac - Mišnjak (Rab)
- from Austria:
Salzburg-Ljubljana-Rijeka-Rab
IslandlRabCroatia Graz-Maribor-Zagreb-Rab
- from Zagreb:
Zagreb - Karlovac - Senj - Jablanac
(highway Zagreb-Split, exit Žuta lokva -Senj - Jablanac).
For more thorough information and itinerary we recommend you use viamichelin.
When traveling by car, the island is approached by ferryboat.
BY BOAT AND FERRYBOAT
The island of Rab is connected to the coast through ferryboat lines:
- Mišnjak (island Rab) line and
IslandlRabCroati-Baška (island Krk) - Lopar (island Rab).
The main line Jablanac - Mišnjak by Rapska plovidba travels throughout the year 8 - 20 times a day or more if necessary. Trip duration is 10 to 15 minutes.
The Baska - Lopar line by Jadrolinija travels only during the summer few times a day, connecting the islands Rab and Krk (approached using the Krk bridge).
Rab is connected to Rijeka by an everyday Jadrolinija's catamaran, traveling from and to Rijeka the same day.
BY PLANE
Many airline companies well-known world wide fly to Croatian airports, and our biggest air transport company is Croatia airlines. Some of them are "low cost" companies offering cheap transportation.
Closest airport in Croatia are:
..............Airport Rijeka (on the island Krk)
..............Airport Pleso - Zagreb
..............Airport Pula
"Low cost" air connections from the major cities in Europe to Croatia (London, Oslo, Köln/Bonn, Hanover, München , Stuttgart,...): Germanwings, Easyjet, Hapag Lloyd express, Norwegian
The closest airports out of Croatia:
..............Airport Ronchi dei Legionari, Trst (Trieste), Italy
..............Airport Marco Polo, Venezia, Italy
..............Airport Brnik - Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
BY BUS
Buses from Rijeka and Zagreb, connected to major cities in Europe, drive to Rab.
More information on bus rides can be found on following sites:.......Bus station Zagreb
..............Bus station Rijeka
BY TRAIN
Train stations closest to Rab are Rijeka and Zagreb.
The timetable can be found on the official site Hrvatske željeznice.











