How to get to Slavonia:
 Although located 200 to 300 kilometers from the capital Zagreb, Slavonia, and especially Osijek, have good connections with the rest of the country. Several dozen comfortable trains and buses operate between Zagreb and Osijek on a daily basis – the ride takes around four hours. If you use the modern motorway from Zagreb, you will reach Slavonski Brod in 1.5 hours and Osijek in 2.5 hours. Osijek also has an international airport accepting even the biggest of airplanes. In summertime, regular flights to Adriatic airports are available, while winter is reserved for charter flights.
Receptive port facilities for large tourist cruisers operating on Danube between Vienna and the Black Sea are being built in Vukovar, Ilok and Batina. Vukovar is the only Croatian port on Danube receiving not only cargo but thousands of tourists arriving in Croatia every year. Cruiser operators have expressed great interest in the ports – during the season that goes on from March to October, they stop in Vukovar several times a week. These are luxury ships owned by foreign shippers, normally carrying tourists from the United States, Germany and other European countries and operating between Hungary and Romania.
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Latest news about Train Travel around Slavonia and Croatia:
Latest entries of train travel news related to Slavonia from our Slavonia and Croatia Train Travel Blog:
Railway Line Vinkovci to Osijek Restored
Last Sunday, the 6300 passenger train from Vinkovci to Osijek marked the restoration of the railway line destroyed during the Homeland War and a train connection between these two cities in Slavonia.
The service is comprised of nine trains, five from Vinkovci and four from Osijek, which will connect two cities in just over 35 minutes.
The opening [...]
Railway tunnel Ucka part of program for railway infrastructure
At its meeting at the beginnig of March this year, the Croatian Government took a stand regarding the amendments referring to the Proposal of the national railway infrastructure program 2008-2012, which was being discussed at the Croatian Parliament’s session.
The Minister of the Sea, Transport and Infrastructure Božidar Kalmeta, after a discussion lead by the representative [...]
Free Travel Day at Croatian Trains with Eurail Select Pass
Eurail Group announced that it is offering an extra day of rail travel on all six, eight and ten day Eurail Select Passes purchased up until the end of March 2008. Customers will then have up to six months in which to start traveling.
This promotion is being offered to all customers worldwide, outside of Europe [...]
Croatia included in Euroail Global Pass
Some good news for railway travellers who would like to visit Croatia:
In response to the growing interest in Eastern Europe, in 2008 Eurail’s classic and long standing pass, the Eurail Global Pass, will welcome Croatia and Slovenia.
This brings the total number of countries to 20, making the pass even more flexible and better value for [...]
Modernised railway line from Osijek to Beli Manastir
The works have ended on the reconstruction and modernization of the 5th Pan-European Railway Corridor from Osijek to Beli Manastir in Slavonia.
It is a 28-kilometre stretch of a modern railway leading to the border with Hungary.
In addition to its importance for the local community, the railway will also improve the quality of cargo transport from Budapest, [...]
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