Boards at. The airport bus stop opposite Terminal A
EUR 4 on weekdays and EUR 3 on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Children under six ride free; older children up to 15 pay EUR 2. Pay the driver in cash or by card, use the machine at the stop, or buy online.
Hours. Weekdays 06:02 (the slow bus, 53 minutes), 07:08, 08:08, then about every half hour from 09:00 to 21:00, and a last bus at 22:44. Saturdays 06:06, 08:06, 10:00, 10:31, 11:31, 12:31, 13:00, 13:31, 15:05, 16:31, 18:31, 19:00, 19:31, 20:31 and 21:00; Sundays the same with 07:46 for 08:06.
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How do I get from Ljubljana airport to Ljubljana city center?
For one traveler the Bus to Ljubljana bus station at €4, 30–53 min, is both the cheapest way in and the fastest. Every option below is priced as a total for your party and says where it leaves you.
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Arriving late?
Not everything runs around the clock: the Bus to Ljubljana bus station runs 06:02–21:00. Outside those hours, the Welcome Pickups transfer to Ljubljana is what remains. Set the hour you leave arrivals and the board keeps only what is running.
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The taxi area and GoOpti's shuttle desk are at Terminal B. The public bus stop is across the road from Terminal A, the neighbouring building.
Finding the stop
Arriva's buses leave from the airport bus stop opposite Terminal A. The buses to Ljubljana go to Ljubljana AP, the bus station; the Bled and Kranj buses use the same stop, so check the sign.
Tickets
Buy on the bus in cash or by card, at the ticket machine at the airport bus stop, or online on the national DUJPP ticketing portal, where the QR code on your phone is the ticket. The machine loads the ticket onto a plastic IJPP card that you buy first.
The taxi rank
Taxis wait in the licensed taxi area in front of Terminal B. Take only a car with Fraport Slovenija's permit behind the windscreen and the meter on, ask for an estimate first and a receipt at the end, and refuse drivers who approach you.
At night
The last bus to Ljubljana leaves at 22:44 on weekdays and at 21:00 at weekends; the first at 06:02 on weekdays and 06:06 at weekends. The airport publishes no hours for the taxi area, and the terminal itself closes from 23:00 to 04:30.
Before you travel
Where each one starts, how long it runs, what it carries
Arriva · ArrivaBus to Ljubljana bus station
From
The airport bus stop opposite Terminal A
To
Ljubljana bus station, beside the railway station, a walk from Prešeren Square
Runs
06:02–21:00
Journey
30–53 min
EUR 4 on weekdays and EUR 3 on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Children under six ride free; older children up to 15 pay EUR 2. Pay the driver in cash or by card, use the machine at the stop, or buy online.
The weekday 06:02 takes the long way through Komenda, Mengeš and Trzin, 53 minutes; every other bus takes the motorway in 30.
At weekends there are gaps of two hours and more: nothing between 08:06 and 10:00 on Saturdays, 07:46 and 10:00 on Sundays, or 16:31 and 18:31. Check the next departure before you walk out.
The bus stops at Tivoli, on the edge of Tivoli Park, three minutes before the bus station; it is the closer stop for the west of the old town.
Weekdays 06:02 (the slow bus, 53 minutes), 07:08, 08:08, then about every half hour from 09:00 to 21:00, and a last bus at 22:44. Saturdays 06:06, 08:06, 10:00, 10:31, 11:31, 12:31, 13:00, 13:31, 15:05, 16:31, 18:31, 19:00, 19:31, 20:31 and 21:00; Sundays the same with 07:46 for 08:06.
EUR 5 on weekdays and EUR 3.70 on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays; children under six free. Pay the driver in cash or by card, use the machine at the stop, or buy online.
The 13:00 and 14:00 on weekdays go through Kranj and Radovljica and take 46 minutes; the others are direct in 31.
For Lake Bohinj change at Bled or Kranj; no bus runs there from the airport direct.
Weekdays hourly on the hour from 09:00 to 20:00 (19:05 instead of 19:00). Saturdays 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 14:00, 17:00, 18:00, 19:05; Sundays 10:00, 11:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00, 17:00, 18:00, 19:05.
What is the best way from Ljubljana airport to Ljubljana city center?
For one traveler, the Bus to Ljubljana bus station at €4, 30–53 min. The cheapest way in. Nothing listed is quicker. The same holds for a group of up to eight. How we weigh price against time is set out on the fares page, in numbers.
What is the cheapest way from Ljubljana airport to Ljubljana city center?
For one traveler, the Bus to Ljubljana bus station at €4. Per-person fares multiply with the size of your party and per-vehicle fares do not, so check the total for your group rather than the single fare.
How do I get from Ljubljana airport to Ljubljana city center by bus?
One bus reaches Ljubljana bus station: the Bus to Ljubljana bus station, €4 for one traveler, 30–53 min. For one traveler that is the cheapest way into Ljubljana by any means. See every option by bus
How do I get from Ljubljana airport to Ljubljana city center by taxi?
One taxi reaches Ljubljana bus station: the Welcome Pickups transfer to Ljubljana, €42 for one traveler, 30 min, to any address in Ljubljana. It is not the cheapest way in: the Bus to Ljubljana bus station at €4 is. See every option by taxi
How long does it take to get from Ljubljana airport to Ljubljana city center?
Bus to Ljubljana bus station: 30–53 min. Welcome Pickups transfer to Ljubljana: 30 min
How far is Ljubljana airport from the city center?
Ljubljana Airport does not publish a distance to the city. By time: the fastest way in, the Bus to Ljubljana bus station, takes 30–53 min.
Where do I catch the Bus to Ljubljana bus station at Ljubljana airport?
The airport bus stop opposite Terminal A. Follow the signs from arrivals. It leaves you at Ljubljana bus station, beside the railway station, a walk from Prešeren Square.
Is there a train from Ljubljana airport to Ljubljana at night?
The Bus to Ljubljana bus station runs 06:02–21:00. Outside those hours the Welcome Pickups transfer to Ljubljana is what remains; it is €42 for the vehicle. Weekdays 06:02 (the slow bus, 53 minutes), 07:08, 08:08, then about every half hour from 09:00 to 21:00, and a last bus at 22:44. Saturdays 06:06, 08:06, 10:00, 10:31, 11:31, 12:31, 13:00, 13:31, 15:05, 16:31, 18:31, 19:00, 19:31, 20:31 and 21:00; Sundays the same with 07:46 for 08:06.
Does the Bus to Bled go to Ljubljana bus station, for Prešeren Square and the old town?
This goes north-west to Bled in the Julian Alps, away from Ljubljana; for the city take the bus signed Ljubljana AP.
Worth knowing
One public bus runs to the city: Arriva's intercity bus from the stop opposite Terminal A to Ljubljana bus station, beside the railway station, in 30 minutes. Prešeren Square and the old town are a walk from there.
The single costs EUR 4 on weekdays and EUR 3 on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays, with the national 25% weekend discount. Children under six ride free; older children up to 15 pay EUR 2.
Pay the driver in cash or by card, buy at the ticket machine at the airport bus stop, or buy online on the national ticketing portal and show the QR code when you board.
On weekdays the bus runs about every half hour from 07:08 to 21:00, with a slower 06:02 and a last bus at 22:44. At weekends there are 15 buses, 06:06 to 21:00, with gaps of two hours and more.
Taxis wait in front of Terminal B and run on the meter. The airport publishes each licensed company's rates and an indicative price to Ljubljana bus station: from about EUR 38 to EUR 64, most between EUR 53 and EUR 60.
GoOpti and Nomago run shared airport shuttles to Ljubljana, booked online with the price set when you book; GoOpti sells seats at its desk in Terminal B. Nomago quotes from EUR 12 a seat.
There is no train to the airport.
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