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The best train tours in Croatia

11 hotel-based trips in Croatia had enough verified data to score; hostel and self-guided rail-pass trips are not ranked here. The ranking below is fully mechanical; here is exactly how it works:

  • Eligibility: only hotel-based tours are ranked. Trips built around hostels or self-arranged accommodation are left out, since these guides recommend hotel-inclusive tours for the general traveller.
  • Rail share (35%): the percent of the trip actually on trains, from the itinerary.
  • Value (20%): price per day against the other hotel-based trips on this page (cheaper per day scores higher).
  • Data completeness (25%): full day-by-day itinerary, imagery, inclusions, and verified price.
  • Departure breadth (20%): how many months the operator publishes departures for.
  1. Nine-day rail journey through Turin, Trieste, Ljubljana, and Zagreb from London

    Rail share
    100
    Value
    91
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    9 days · from $1,863 ($207/day)

  2. 2
    Balkans Rail Adventure

    Explore Worldwide

    66.8

    16-day escorted rail journey from Ljubljana to Pristina through seven Balkan nations

    Rail share
    35
    Value
    73
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    75

    16 days · from $4,167 ($260/day)

  3. 3
    Adriatic Explorer

    Marvellous Escapes

    65.7

    London to Split by rail through four countries, cities and Alps.

    Rail share
    85
    Value
    55
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    15 days · from $4,555 ($304/day)

  4. 460.8

    Thirteen-day rail journey from London to Dubrovnik via Heidelberg and Zagreb

    Rail share
    45
    Value
    100
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    13 days · from $2,277 ($175/day)

  5. Escorted rail and coach journey through Slovenia, Croatia, Montenegro from London

    Rail share
    35
    Value
    36
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    75

    13 days · from $4,421 ($340/day)

  6. London to Dubrovnik in 13 days: rail, ferry, and air through six countries

    Rail share
    35
    Value
    82
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    13 days · from $2,941 ($226/day)

  7. 750.3

    Rail journey Vienna to Split via Ljubljana and Zagreb, 11 days

    Rail share
    36
    Value
    64
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    0

    11 days · from $3,215 ($292/day)

  8. Eight-day escorted tour through Hungary, Croatia, and Bosnia by vintage rail and coach

    Rail share
    55
    Value
    9
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    13

    8 days · from $4,482 ($560/day)

  9. 21-day Spain tour and Mediterranean cruise from Madrid to Venice

    Rail share
    38
    Value
    27
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    13

    21 days · from $7,369 ($351/day)

  10. Lake Garda escorted tour plus nine-night Adriatic cruise from Venice to Athens

    Rail share
    25
    Value
    18
    Completeness
    100
    Departures
    13

    14 days · from $6,297 ($450/day)