In the last several days we’ve received three separate reports of new catamaran lines introduced for the summer season of 2019, with the intent of inter-connecting Croatian islands. The fact that Croatian islands were often perceived as not inter-connected enough, and that you often had to go to Split in order to get to another island which was in fact quite close was often listed as one of the bigger problems for tourists in Croatia.
Well, that seems to be changing: during summer 2019, there will be at least three new catamaran lines which will help fix that! Those are:
- Split Airport – Split Town – Bol on Brač Island – Stari Grad on Hvar Island, operated by https://splitexpress.com/en
- Rijeka – Krk (Krk) – Lopar (Rab) – Novalja (Pag) – Zadar, operated by G&VLine
- Dubrovnik – Korčula (Korčula) – Hvar (Hvar) – Bol (Brač) – Split, operated by Jadrolinija.
The last of the three mentioned existed last year too, as we’ve made clear in our 2018 guide on how to get to Korčula Island. Obviously, it has proven to be a success last year, so Jadrolinija has decided to bring it back, starting operation on May 30th, and lasting until the end of September. The timetable (link to the .pdf document) is similar to last year’s, with the key difference being that it will be departing Split 45 minutes earlier in the afternoon (at 15:30, while last year it was at 16:15), thus arriving in Dubrovnik also 45 minutes earlier. In addition, in Korčula, the ferry will not be docking at Dominče ferry port, rather at either the east or the west port in Korčula town itself. The very modern catamaran Jelena will be carrying passengers on this line.
Rijeka – Krk – Rab – Pag – Zadar is a new line, which connects the islands that are close to one another, but have never been well-connected. Now the new catamaran line will give the passengers the chance to island-hop, but also to make a same-day visit to the islands, as it will leave Rijeka in the morning, arriving in Zadar around midday, and you’ll be able to from Zadar to Rijeka at around 8 pm. For a detailed timeline, click here (link to the .pdf document).
The timetable for the catamaran line connecting Split Airport, Split Town, Bol on Brač and Stari Grad on Hvar is a bit more complicated, but you can see it below:
