---
title: "Karlovac – what to see, and every way to get there | Mixroutes"
description: "How to get to Karlovac from Velika Gorica, Rijeka(Omišalj) and Pula: every way compared, with today's quickest and its fare. Karlovac is a city in central…"
url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/karlovac"
markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/places/karlovac.md"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Karlova%C4%8Dka_zvijezda-_Izvor-_Digitalni_Tisak.jpg"
---

![Karlovac](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Karlova%C4%8Dka_zvijezda-_Izvor-_Digitalni_Tisak.jpg)

# Karlovac

Karlovac is a city in central Croatia.

[Plan a trip to Karlovac](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Karlovac) [From Velika Gorica](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Velika+Gorica&to=Karlovac)

## Every way there

- Velika Gorica → Karlovac 48 km · quickest by road, 51 min · €6–9 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/velika-gorica-to-karlovac) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Velika+Gorica&to=Karlovac)
- Rijeka(Omišalj) → Karlovac Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/rijeka-omisalj-to-karlovac) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Rijeka%28Omi%C5%A1alj%29&to=Karlovac)
- Pula → Karlovac 150 km · quickest by road, 3h · €22–31 [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/pula-to-karlovac) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Pula&to=Karlovac)

Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

The field note

What is in and around Karlovac, ranked by how widely it is written about, how you reach it, and the nearest places where we have researched how people move.

[Read the note on Karlovac](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/karlovac)

What Karlovac has

- Y Scheduled flights Velika Gorica (ZAG), 50 km
- Y Trains and coaches Transitous carries 21 timetable feeds for this country, 7 with real-time
- N Ferries no crossing within 25 km
- Y Driving and taxi OpenStreetMap roads; cab fare from the country band
- N Bike and scooter share no share feed known
- N Cruises no open itinerary source anywhere

Y routable now · F found, not yet implemented · N no source known.

45.483°, 15.550°

In the 2021 census, its population was 49,377. Karlovac is the administrative centre of Karlovac County. The city is located 56 kilometres southwest of Zagreb and 130 km (81 mi) northeast of Rijeka, and is connected to them via the A1 highway and the M202 railway.

Get in

## Getting to Karlovac

Buses to/ from Zagreb (50 minutes) about every half hour from a bewildering number of operators. The bus station is on the western side of the town centre. The main

1. Karlovac railway station is to the north

See

## Worth seeing

There are a few museums and a fortress on Dubovac hill with great views of the town.

1. Dubovac Castle
2. Karlovac City Museum Closed due to renovation, check website for reopening..
3. Vjekoslav Karas Gallery Art gallery Rivers & beaches: Korana, Mrežnica, Kupa, Dobra.
4. Museum of the Homeland War
5. Nikola Tesla Experience Center High tech museum devoted to the famous scientist & inventor who went to the school adjacent to the museum.

Do

## Things to do

Mountain Biking. Mountain biking is recommended. Lots of preserved trails all around the city and enthusiastic bikers who'll gladly guide you. Swimming / Rafting / Kayaking. Great swimming in summer months in Karlovac rivers Korana and near by Mrežnica with rafting and kayaking. Karlovacki Dani Piva. end of August. Annual beer festival. The most crowded place at that time of summer, with various folks around.

Eat

## Where to eat

Bistro king, Rakovac ul. 8 (next door to the Nikola Tesla experience). Restaurant with outside courtyard. Vegetarian options.

Text adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karlovac) and [Wikivoyage](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Karlovac), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Wikimedia Commons (see Commons), Wikimedia Commons.


---

This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/places/karlovac, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt