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Old May 10th, 2010, 08:40 AM
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getting to Dubrovnik

We will be staying in Tuscany next summer and would love to also spend a day or two seeing Dubrovnik, Croatia. What is the best way to travel there-by ferry or train? If there is a ferry available does anyone know the length of the trip and what Italian cities they depart from?
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Old May 10th, 2010, 05:08 PM
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I don't think Croatia has much of a train system, especially around Dubrovnik. The ferry might be your best bet, or perhaps flying.

http://www.find-croatia.com/ferries-croatia/
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Old May 10th, 2010, 05:09 PM
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This site might be better.

http://www.jadrolinija.hr/default.aspx?lang=2
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OK, one more, this is the last one I promise.

http://www.find-croatia.com/ferries-...ia-ferries.php
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I am researching Dubrovnik and Sarajevo right now. I couldn't find a quick way except flying, but I am departing from either Zurich or Munich. I checked the train also. No train at all after Split, but there are buses. I checked on the ferry and it was an overnight. So I have found Lufthansa from MUC to Sarajevo and out of Dubrovnik to Nice for $429 each person. It also depends on the month of travel. We are going September 11, 2010 and most of the cheap airlines discontinue their flights on Sept. 3
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You can get to Dubrovnik by overnight ferry from Ancona, which is in Le Marche, next to Tuscany. But, it would be a long trip for only a day or 2. You would spend at least half a day traveling from Tuscany to Ancona and then overnight to Dubrovnik. You might as well just travel down to Rome by train and then fly directly to Dubrovnik.
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Ferries from Ancona go overnight to Split, and it's then a bus journey of four or five hours to Dubrovnik. There are ferries from Bari overnight to Dubrovnik.
Even if you fly, the journey will take at least half a day each way.
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There is a fast ferry from Ancona to Split about 3-4 hours, can't remember and it was this time last year but I'm pretty sure company name was SNAV. From there is a bus ride somewhere between 4-5 hours to Dubrovnik from Split , they run a bout a dozen times a day. Best way is to fly either from Milan or Rome I believe Ryan Air has flights, otherwise it is a full day of travel like 12-14 hours from Tuscany doing it by train/ferry and bus. Have fun it is BEAUTIFUL!
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Thank you for all the helpful information. I will research these options; have heard what a beautiful city Dubrovnik is, hope to see for myself!
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