There are four of us traveling and want to get a car in Venice, drive around Croatia. We had wanted to ferry from Venice to Pula or ?? to pick up a car, but can't seem to find a ferry service operating from Venice until June. What are the must sees for the 10 days we have? Of course we want to get to Dubrovnik and back up! Could also ferry one way but here again can't find a working ferry for that timeframe. HELP!! Many thanks. Kathy

I found that the best alternative will be to take the bus from Venice to Pula and pick up a car there. There is a direct bus every day at 11AM arriving in 5:30. I will keep the car for 10 days and drop it off at the airport in Split. You can find info on the bus at http://www.pulainfo.hr/en/autobus.asp

There are several ways you can get from Venice,Italy to Croatia. Check here for information on how to get to Dubrovnik by boat, car, bus or airplane...
http://www.dubrovnikconcierge.com/pages/gethere.htm
cheers!

In case you do want to take the ferry, Venezia Lines (www.venezialines.com) has routes to other places in Istria starting mid-April.

enermar ferries has a line from chioogia (just south of Venice) to SPlit starting in April. overnight ferry. Booking should be available by end of March according to the company. www.enermar.it

Wow! Thank you all. We did book a Hertz car with our local AAA office, picking up/returning in Venice $655.for manual 5 passenger. I will check out the info you posted for me. For the life of me I couldn't find a ferry company that operated before June 1st. I am happy to recieve all the help!!