Rijeka, Croatia. Rijeka is the principal seaport and the third-largest city in Croatia (after Zagreb and Split). It is located in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County on Kvarner Bay, an inlet of the Adriatic Sea and has a population of 128,624 inhabitants.
FlixBus operates a bus from Trieste to Rijeka bus station 3 times a day. Tickets cost €8 - €12 and the journey takes 1h 40m. Alternatively, you can take a train from Trieste to Rijeka (Station) via Pivka and Rijeka in around 3h 56m. Train operators. Trenitalia.Depending on your pace, you can visit the gardens in 30 – 60 minutes. After visiting the botanical gardens, finish walking through the parks that make up the remainder of the Lenuci Horseshoe. Then, that’s it! You will have visited Zagreb’s most important sites with your 36-hour itinerary.
Trade Air flies from Rijeka to Osijek twice a week. Alternatively, Arriva d.o.o. operates a bus from Rijeka to Osijek 3 times a day. Tickets cost €29 - €40 and the journey takes 6h 40m. Airlines.
So now we can finally get an idea of the total travel time from Zagreb to Rijeka including time spent getting to and from the airports, roughly 2 hours at the departure airport for TSA security lines and waiting at the gate, plus the connecting flight with a 2-hour layover. Total travel time: 6 hourslLvOydG.