BattleMeshV18 Travel Tips

• Location:
  • address: OPG Pueblo Escondido, Lončari 1, 23452, Gornji Karin, Croatia
  • GPS coordinates: 44°08’30.2″N, 15°39’54.2″E / 44.141715, 15.665045

Arriving to Croatia

• Public transport: trains, busses (see below)
• Flying: closest airports are: 1. Zadar ; 2. Split; 3. Zagreb

• Car: consult navigation & HAC.hr: https://www.hac.hr/en/service-information/roadside-assistance

Trains

• Zagreb is well connected to Europe by regular trains;

  • my favorite site for booking tickets: https://oebb.at

  • lots of tips can be found here: http://seat61.com

• Night trains from many cities in Europe go to Zagreb: (Munich, Vienna, Stuttgart, Venice, Zurich...)

  • https://nightjet.com

• There is a night train Vienna-Split, get off in Gospić or KNIN (LAST ONE in on 12th September!!!) https://www.raileurope.com/en/destinations/vienna-split-train

Bus

• FlixBus goes from many cities in Europe to Zagreb: https://global.flixbus.com/

Flying

Zadar Airport

• https://zadar-airport.hr

  • BERLIN BRANDENBURG → ZADAR 02.05.2026. — 24.10.2026. RYANAIR
  • Charleroi (Brussels) 07.05 - 22.10 RYANAIR
  • DUSSELDORF → ZADAR 05.09.2026. — 03.10.2026. EUROWINGS
  • Dusseldorf Weeze 30.03 - 19.10 RYANAIR
  • EINDHOVEN→ ZADAR 30.03.2026. — 19.10.2026. RYANAIR
  • Stuttgart 31.07 - 11.09 EUROWINGS

Split Airport

• departure schedule, PDF https://www.split-airport.hr/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/Summer-season-2025-flight-schedule-1.pdf

Zagreb Airport

• https://www.zagreb-airport.hr/en

Other

• Renting a car... is also an option.

• Ferry (to Split or Zadar) http://cl.smart-ticketing.net (JadroLinija)

Travel Within Croatia

Trains

• In the summer, there are 2-3 local trains per day from Zagreb towards Split; closest train stations to Gornji Karin are 1. Gračac; 2. Gospić; 3. Knin

  • https://prodaja.hzpp.hr/tickets

  • there's also an APP for this: "hzpp" https://www.hzpp.hr/hr/vijesti-iz-tvrtke/nova-aplikacija-hzpp

Bus

• There are busses from Zagreb (or Gospić or Split) to Zadar
• Bus companies:

  • https://autotransbyarriva.transport-ticket.com/

  • http://www.buscroatia.com

  • http://www.akz.hr/

  • https://global.flixbus.com/

By Car to Karin

• Driving from Zagreb
  • highway (TOLL ROAD!) : E71, exit 16, E65 OR E71, D27
  • non-toll roads (consult navigation)

Zadar to Karin

• From Zadar bus station:

  • * take the local bus 128 to Karin https://liburnija-zadar.hr/en/city-transport/

• From Zadar airport:
  • * take bus 131 to bus station, then bus 128
  • * or take a taxi to Gornji Karin
  • * or WBM might organize shuttle busses
  • * or other participants / volunteers might transport you : try asking on the mailing list / Signal group

Last Mile - From Gornji Karin to Pueblo Escondido

You can walk about 5 kilometres from Gornji Karin. Or take a taxi. Or we can arrange a shuttle.