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Road trip planner: Croatia
5 checked road trips, day by day, with kilometres and where to sleep. Open one in the free planner to change the days, move the stops or start from home.
Our road trips
Dubrovnik to Kotor Road Trip: The Bay of Kotor (3 Days)
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Istria and Krk Road Trip from Rijeka: Hilltop Towns, Rovinj and Pula in 3 Days
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Slovenian Karst and Coast Road Trip from Ljubljana: Caves, Lipizzaners and Piran in 3 Days
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Split to Dubrovnik Road Trip: The Dalmatian Coast (3 Days)
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Zagreb to Zadar Road Trip via Plitvice Lakes (3 Days)
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Driving rules: Croatia
The general rules for cars, from the tables we keep with their official sources. Road signs always take precedence.
- Speed limits
- Built-up areas: 50 km/h
- Outside built-up areas: 90 km/h
- Expressways: 110 km/h
- Motorways: 130 km/h
- Signs may allow up to 80 km/h in settlements. Category C and D drivers, driving instructors and drivers who drive category B vehicles professionally must have no alcohol.
- All countries, with sources →
- Alcohol limit
- 0.5 g/l · Novice drivers: No alcohol allowed
- Novice drivers: Young drivers: under 24 and holding a licence issued in Croatia.
- All countries, with sources →
- Winter tyres
- Period + conditions · November 15 – April 15
- On any road covered with snow or ice, cars without winter equipment may not drive; in addition, from 15 November to 15 April winter equipment is mandatory regardless of weather on designated 'winter sections' (including motorways A1-A6 and listed state roads). For cars, winter equipment means winter tyres on all wheels, or summer tyres with at least 4 mm tread on all wheels plus snow chains (or approved traction devices) for the driven wheels.
- All countries, with sources →
- Motorway vignette
- No vignette for cars.
- Tolls for motorways, bridges and tunnels on your own trip: the calculator →
- Fuel price
- €1.749 petrol 95 · €2.025 diesel, per litre
- Price of November 9, 2026
- All countries, with sources →
These are the general limits: road signs always take precedence, and laws change. Before you travel, check the source linked in the row for your country.