Maribor

By bus

The Maribor bus station is situated in the eastern part of the Maribor city centre at Mlinska ulica 1, only few metres from the main train station.There are a few international bus connections running through Maribor:

~ Ljubljana – Beograd Serbia

~ Beograd Serbia – Ljubljana

~ Maribor – Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina

~ Maribor – Neum Bosnia and Herzegovina

~ Maribor – Vienna Austria

~ Maribor – Tuzla Bosnia and Herzegovina

~ Tuzla Bosnia and Herzegovina – Maribor

By plane

Although Maribor has an international airport, e.i. the Edvard Rusjan Airport or simply just Maribor Airport, it does not provide regular flight connections.

Nearby airports are in Ljubljana Slovenia, Graz Austria, Zagreb Croatia, and Klagenfurt Austria. Airports in Ljubljana, Graz and Klagenfurt are also destinations of the low-cost carriers easyJet Ljubljana and Ryanair Klagenfurt and Graz. Closest to Maribor is the Graz Airport: trains from the Graz Airport to Maribor leave six times a day, and the journey takes about an hour and a half.

By train

The Maribor train station is situated in the eastern part of the Maribor city centre at Partizanska cesta 50.By train, you can travel to Maribor for example from:

Vienna Meidling – Maribor 3 h 30 m

Graz – Maribor 1 h

Venezia Santa Lucia – Ljubljana – Maribor 9 - 10 h

Zagreb – Dobova – Zidani most – Celje – Pragersko – Maribor 3 h 30 min

Budapest – Vienna – Graz – Maribor 6 h 30 m

Budapest – Hodoš – Murska Sobota – Ormož – Ptuj – Pragersko – Maribor 6 h 30 m

Budapest – Murakerestur – Zagreb – Maribor 13 h 30 m

Prague – Vienna – Maribor 9 h

You can find more connections and schedule information at Slovenian Railways Slovenske železnice.

By bike

It is handy to visit the Maribor region by bike, since there are numerous widespread trails over the slopes of the Pohorje Mountain and in the picturesque Maribor surroundings.

If you`re arriving to Maribor from the direction of Italy, Austria or Croatia, you can cycle along the Drava Cycling Route, starting in Dobbiaco Italy, passing Lienz, Spittall, Villach Austria, Dravograd, Ruše, Maribor, Ptuj, Ormož Slovenia, and ending on the Slovenian-Croatian border.

By car

By car, you can travel to the Maribor region from the direction of Ljubljana Slovenia on the A1/E57, from the direction of Zagreb Croatia on the E59, from the direction of Budapest Hungary on the E59/E65/E71/M7, and from the direction of Trieste Italy on the E57/E70. Maribor is located only few minutes from the Austrian boarder: you can travel to Maribor from the direction of Graz on the A9/E57/E59, from the direction of Klagenfurt on the road B80/B70, and from the direction of Villach on the B80/B70/E66/B83.

In order to use motorways and express roads in Slovenia, a vignette is required. You can purchase the vignette at the border, at petrol stations in Slovenia and neighbouring countries, at post offices in Slovenia, at some kiosks etc. The monthly vignette is € 30, while the weekly one is € 15 for motorcycles € 7,50.

Between Maribor and other ex-Yugoslavia coutries' capitals is a distance of: Ljubljana 123 km, Zagreb 110 km Croatia, Sarajevo 487 km (BiH, Belgrade 512 km Serbia, Podgorica 703 Montenegro and Skopje 945 km Macedonia.

Between Maribor and other European cities is a distance of: Paris 1299 km France, Venice 365 km Italy, Prague 548 km Czech Republic, Budapest 340 km Hungary, Berehove 653 km Ukraine, Shkodra 759 km Albania, Hamburg 1163 km Germany, London 1488 km England, Nordkapp 3699 km Norway, Lisbon 2739 km Portugal, Belgorod 1925 km Russia, Thessaloniki 1134 km Greece, Frankfurt 1050 km, Graz 68 km, Milan 622 km, Munich 493 km, Prague 595 km, Salzburg 352 km, Split 460 km, Trieste 216 km, Vienna 255 km, Zurich 803 km.