Applications of Structural Fire Engineering    ASFE'15

Here are some useful information on how to reach Dubrovnik.

As Dubrovnik is the most southern city in Croatia, the most practical way to reach it is to do so by plane, especially as there’s a very good frequency of flights during the summer and early autumn months.

For October 2015 you can check Airport Dubrovnik (Cilipi) searchable schedule or Croatia airlines schedule. International companies that fly to Dubrovnik directly:

• Aer Lingus
• Aeroflot Russian Airlines
• AirSerbia
• Austrian Airlines
• British Airways
• Condor Flugdienst
• Croatia Airlines 
• EasyJet
• Eurolot
• Finnair
• FlyBE
• Germanwings
• Iberia Airlines
• Jet2
• Jetairfly
• Lufthansa
• Monarch Airlines
• Norwegian Air Shuttle
• S7 Airlines
• Scandinavian Airlines
• Thomas Cook Airlines
• Transaero Airlines
• Transavia France
• Travel Service
• Vueling Airlines

Croatia Airlines have several daily flights a week from Zagreb to Dubrovnik. If you can’t find a suitable flight direct to Dubrovnik, see if you can fly/travel to Zagreb and then get a Croatia Airlines flight from there.

You can also consider Split, Mostar (Bosnia and Herzegovina) or Tivat (Montenegro) airport. Approximate distances between mentioned cities  and Dubrovnik are:

• Zagreb-Dubrovnik: 600 km
• Split-Dubrovnik: 200 km
• Mostar-Dubrovnik: 140 km
• Tivat-Dubrovnik: 100 km

Transfer from airport

Dubrovnik Airport Cilipi is located 22 km from the City. It takes about 30 minutes to reach the Conference venue. You can take a bus from the airport to the City (Central bus station). The buses leave the airport after every landing (Airport Transportation). You can buy the ticket on the bus (one-way ticket is 5 EUR). From the Central bus station you can take a local bus (bus line number 6) or a taxi to the Conference venue.

From the airport you can also take a taxi. Taxi price from airport to the city is approximately 35-50EUR.

Dubrovnik is connected by bus with various domestic and international places.

The Dubrovnik's main bus station is located at the Western entrance to the town, in port of Gruz, which is about 15-20 minutes ride by local bus to Pile, the main gate of Dubrovnik Old City.

Approximate trip duration for some connections:

• Zagreb-Dubrovnik: 10 to 11 hours drive
• Split-Dubrovnik: 4,5 to 5 hours drive
• Rijeka-Dubrovnik: 11 to 12 hours drive
• Međugorje-Dubrovnik: 3 hours drive

Dubrovnik is connected with a regular ferry service with Bari, Korcula, Island of Hvar, Split and Rijeka. For additional information, you can check on:

Jadrolinija - Croatian company, operators of regular ferry service to Dubrovnik.

Dubrovnik Port - Information on Port of Dubrovnik with additional useful information to cruise line passangers.

If you choose to drive to Dubrovnik, the recommended way is to follow the highway to Split and from Split continue to Dubrovnik following the Adriatic coast road which is single-carriageway and closely follows the coastline. The trip from Split to Dubrovnik takes about 3,5 to 4 hours drive.

GPS coordinates (Lacroma Hotel - venue):

• latitude: 42° 39’ 36’’ N (42.660241666666664N)
• longitude: 18° 3’ 45’’ E (18.062605555555592E)

GPS coordinates (Tirena Hotel):

• latitude: 42° 39’ 39’’ N (42.66108828390727N)
• longitude: 18° 3’ 48’’ E (18.063433841281494E)