Travel - how to get to Zaggers

[Bzzzz]

Looking for travel ideas, was hoping to do a quick in and out due to the Euros devastating my leave! It's a Sat game, there MUST be a way! 😂

[wanderer]

In terms of direct routes from Scotland, probably best two are to Dubrovnik or to Budapest, and then get onwards travel from there to Zagreb (there is no shortage of internal flights from Dubrovnik to Zagreb, and you could probably get a early morning flight up to Zagreb on the day of the match).

Budapest is something like 6 hours by train, and the scenery is stunning as you pass Lake Balaton, but boy does it get mind numbingly boring once past there, and a journey that probably takes 2.5 hours, feels like it takes closer to 6!

Ljublijana probably your best best, and you can actually get a really good price with Swiss Air (using their low cost arm, Edelweiss Air) from Edinburgh to Ljublijana via Zurich.... from there its only something like 2.5 hours to Zagreb.

I am Edinburgh - Dubrovnik with Jet2 on the Wed, and then Edelweiss Ljubljana-Zurich-Edinburgh on the Mon.

Edited July 26, 2024 by wanderer

[Rich NATA]

1 hour ago, Bzzzz said:

Looking for travel ideas, was hoping to do a quick in and out due to the Euros devastating my leave! It's a Sat game, there MUST be a way! 😂

Where are you wanting to fly from and on which dates?

 

[BigPop]

We are flying out Friday morning and flying back sunday morning from Manchester , flight isn`t cheap ( currently just under £300) but digs are and can`t take any more time off due to lack of hols

[Bzzzz]

On 7/26/2024 at 12:53 PM, Rich NATA said:

Where are you wanting to fly from and on which dates?

 

Will have to be an in and out job Rich, Fri night or Sat early and back Sun/Mon morning. Looking unlikely. 

[wanderer]

1 hour ago, Bzzzz said:

Will have to be an in and out job Rich, Fri night or Sat early and back Sun/Mon morning. Looking unlikely. 

There is a Ryanair Friday night flight out to Dusseldorf on the Friday night at 8pm from Edinburgh, and there is a onward Ryanair flight out the next morning at 8am that gets you in to Zagreb for 10:15.

 

Both the Dusseldorf flights are in and out of Weeze

Edited July 30, 2024 by wanderer

[Rich NATA]

It's certainly doable.

Have you referred to Skyscanner website? I swear by it; even if you just use it for info and then book direct with airline.

Maybe search one-ways and fine-tune your trip that way.

I've searched flights as if it was me booking (I like a morning outbound and an afternoon return).

Out of GLA or EDI is in the region of 300 GBP, which is a tad pricey, I know.

 

 

But if you can get to Manchester (or Newcastle) you'll find matchday options options like...

[Rich NATA]

P.S. the 300 GBP out of GLA/EDI are returns (not one-ways).

[Bzzzz]

21 minutes ago, Rich NATA said:

It's certainly doable.

Have you referred to Skyscanner website? I swear by it; even if you just use it for info and then book direct with airline.

Maybe search one-ways and fine-tune your trip that way.

I've searched flights as if it was me booking (I like a morning outbound and an afternoon return).

Out of GLA or EDI is in the region of 300 GBP, which is a tad pricey, I know.

 

 

But if you can get to Manchester (or Newcastle) you'll find matchday options options like...

Aye, skyscanner is my go to travel portal! Usually end up doing individual flights and going random places on the way as it's a lot more fun! 

[slasher]

We are going from Embra via Köln with Eurowings. From memory there was a flight getting in quite late the night before the game, not sure about the way back tho.

[GLOSTA]

According to a pal in Zagreb....

Fly to one of these then bus:

Zadar - 3 hours

Split - 5 hours

Ljubljana - 2 hours

 

She says trains aren't very good.

[Brydy]

Flying

Ryanair

Glas- Dub Wed 9th

Dub-Zag Th 10th

Zag-Lon Stan Mon 14th

 

[Bzzzz]

On 7/31/2024 at 2:21 PM, GLOSTA said:

According to a pal in Zagreb....

Fly to one of these then bus:

Zadar - 3 hours

Split - 5 hours

Ljubljana - 2 hours

 

She says trains aren't very good.

Cheers fella, Zadar looks doable although it means a 3am bus to Zagreb, could be fun... 

[PSJ84]

Edinburgh-Stansted-Zagreb on Wednesday 9th for £35. 

[Paolo H]

For anyone looking to build a holiday around this, when we played there in 2000 I took overnight trains Venice-Zagreb-Venice!

[Clootie Dumpling]

Going,

 

Stansted via Eindhoven on the Fri, back direct to Stn on the Mon.

[DontTouchTheChaCha]

Just booked up there. Manchester to Brussels to Zagreb on Thurs 10th. Return same route on 14th. £101.

[Andy of Lochcarron]

Booked Lufthansa Manchester to Zagreb & back -both stops at Munich to change Fri 11th & Sunday 13th £276-notice stadium only 25k if all seated & 35k if standing included-so hoping I get one-left Portugal until I got my ticket & flights went from £200 all in in July to £550 -so lost out on that ! Poland (Warsaw) got flights all in £90 

[Andy of Lochcarron]

Just now, Andy of Lochcarron said:

Booked Lufthansa Manchester to Zagreb & back -both stops at Munich to change Fri 11th & Sunday 13th £276-notice stadium only 25k if all seated & 35k if standing included-so hoping I get one-left Portugal until I got my ticket & flights went from £200 all in in July to £550 -so lost out on that ! Poland (Warsaw) got flights all in £90 

Ticket for match I mean 😆

[Bzzzz]

Got half a day holiday left after booking Portugal and Poland away, not looking good unfortunately... 🤬

[Brydy]

Anyone going to Zagreb via Dublin on Thursday the 10th?

[robboaccie]

Wizzair Glasgow to Budapest thu 10th. £52

Flixbus Budapest to Zaggers fri 11th £13

Still looking for a cheap route back.

[cdisaaccie]

Still some relatively cheap ways to get to Zagreb & back if you're willing and/or daft enough.

 

Fri 11/10 - Flixbus - Glasgow 2240 to Manchester 0235 £15.50

Sat 12/10 - Ryanair - Manchester 0615 to Milan Bergamo 0925 £40

Sat 12/10 - Ryanair - Milan Bergamo 1345 to Zagreb 1455 £13

Sun 13/10 - Ryanair - Zagreb 2240 to Milan Bergamo 2355 £23

Mon 14/10 - Ryanair - Milan Bergamo 1105 to Edinburgh 1240 £50

 

£141.50 all in on travel having booked it last night ain't bad.

Edited September 21, 2024 by cdisaaccie
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[robboaccie]

Still flights from Zagreb to Manchester on the Tuesday evening for £20.

[lollyb81]

Taking my folks for their 50th wedding anniversary present. Making a wee city break of it. Flying euro wings Edinburgh via cologne on the Wednesday to Zagreb and back via Stuttgart on the Sunday. Booked an apartment on the square. Really looking forward to it!