Fažana – Brijuni boat: fifteen minutes to Veliki Brijun, on a national park ticket

The history the park shows its visitors runs from a Roman villa in Verige Bay, through the Austrian Kupelwieser family, in whose time the island's farm buildings went up in the early twentieth century, to a zoo that operated here until 1995, when its predators were moved to Zagreb and Osijek. An exhibition on Josip Broz Tito at Brijuni is part of the same tour. Today all of it lies inside Brijuni National Park, and the scheduled boat to the main island is run by the park itself, from Fažana.

The park sets its boat timetable by the month. In April, May and October there are eleven departures from Fažana, between 09:00 and 22:00, and eleven from Veliki Brijun, between 07:15 and 23:00. From November to March only two boats leave Fažana, at 09:00 and 11:30, with four back from the island. October is therefore the last month this year with a real choice of times.

Nobody sells a plain fare for this boat. You buy a guided or self-guided visit, and your departure from Fažana is fixed on the ticket. For 10 October, for example, the park's online shop offered guided tours at 10:00, 11:30, 13:30 and 14:30, with self-guided visits also at 09:00 and 12:30.

Eleven boats a day in October, two from November

Brijuni National Park boat schedule: the April, May and October timetable runs until 31 October 2026, and the November–March timetable from 1 November · checked 9 October 2026   Brijuni National Park – Boat schedule for Veliki Brijun · 2026-10-09

You buy a park visit, not a boat ticket

There is no boat-only fare on the park's price list. You buy a visit, either a guided tour or a self-guided ticket, and board in Fažana at the time shown on it. From 1 October the guided tour costs €35.00 for an adult and €15.00 for a child aged 7 to 18; under-sevens go free. In summer the same adult ticket was €50.00.

The self-guided option, using the Brijuni Pocket Guide app without a guide or the train ride, costs €30.00, or €13.00 for children aged 7 to 18, and you return on any scheduled boat. Changing your time slot online costs €5.00 and a dog ticket €15.00. VAT and visitor accident insurance are included.

Brijuni National Park 'Veliki Brijun' visitor programme prices 2026: lower rates 1 October – 31 December (and 1 January – 31 May), higher rates 1 June – 30 September · checked 9 October 2026   Brijuni National Park – visitor programme price list 2026 (PDF) · 2026-10-09

Fažana's jetty and Veliki Brijun harbour

Across the Fažana Channel

From Fažana it is a short run over the Fažana Channel to the harbour on Veliki Brijun's eastern shore. The park gives the crossing as about 15 minutes and does not publish a distance.

Before you board in Fažana

• A visit, not a fare

  Board with a guided or self-guided ticket bought from the park's online shop or its Fažana office at Brionska 10.

• Tour languages

  Guided tours run in Croatian, Italian, German, Russian and English and last about three and a half hours.

• Dogs

  Dogs are allowed on a lead with a €15.00 ticket, but not on the train, inside exhibitions or in the Safari Park.

• Your own bike

  Bringing your own bicycle to Veliki Brijun costs €80.00; a child's bike or a scooter €40.00.

• From 1 November

  Only two boats leave Fažana, at 09:00 and 11:30; from the island they leave at 07:15, 11:00, 13:00 and 16:00.

The guided tour lasts about three and a half hours. It includes a tourist-train ride north to the Safari Park, home to around 80 herbivores, a panoramic loop along the island's west side and a walk round the exhibitions; the park counts some 400 plant species across the archipelago.

Croatia has a similar arrangement at Dubrovnik, where the reserve-run boat to Lokrum is run by the reserve and included in its entry ticket. Mljet, another national park, works the other way round: you arrive on a scheduled public service, such as the catamaran from Dubrovnik to Sobra, and pay the park separately.

Getting to Brijuni from Fažana: visitor questions