Getting away from there
Options if you fly from TRS:
- Take bus #51 of the Gorizia lines, which brings you directly to TRS. There is a bus every 30' (schedule available at the ICTP InfoPoint) and the trip lasts 50'. The stop is on the main road below the ICTP (SR14), after the two tunnels. Tickets (5 euro) are available at the InfoPoint
- take a train directly from the Miramare train station (just behind the GGH) to TRS -- convenient but not so frequent. Check times and prices on www.trenitalia.com (departing from "Miramare", arriving at "Trieste Airport" )
- take a train from Miramare station (or bus#6) to Trieste Centrale, and there take a train to Trieste Airport (more options than directly from Miramare). See the first slides on Monday for Miramare to Trieste times, and then www.trenitalia.com (from "Trieste Centrale" to "Trieste Airport")
- Take directly bus$51 of the Gorizia lines that brings you directly to TRS
- Book a shared ScienceBus (https://www.science-bus.com/user/index.php) or GoOpti (https://www.goopti.com/en/) transfer
- Hitchhike, and hope for the best;)
Options if you fly from VCE:
- take a train directly from the Miramare train station (just behind the GGH) to "Venezia Mestre" and then a normal bus from Mestre to VCE (20 minutes, 8 euro) . Check times and prices on www.trenitalia.com (departing from "Miramare", arriving at "Venezia Mestre" )
- Book a shared ScienceBus (https://www.science-bus.com/user/index.php) or GoOpti (https://www.goopti.com/en/) transfer
Getting there
Trieste is reachable by plane, train, or bus/car (see below). Once in Trieste, you need to go to check in at the ICTP Galileo Guesthouse (via Beirut, 7, 34151 Trieste). For those coming
(i) from TRS by Gorizia lines bus#51: ask the driver to drop you off at “Miramare/ICTP”, cross the road and look for via Beirut, a street that climbs uphill — take via Beirut, walk 10 minutes across its winding turns until you find the Galileo Guesthouse on your right.
(ii) from the "Trieste Centrale” train station: you've got two options, either get bus #6 headed to “Grignano” or get a local train that stops at the Miramare train station.
-- bus option — buy the 1.25€ ticket at the newspaper spot inside the Trieste Central station, exit through the main entrance (that is the exit facing a park) make a left and look the other side of the street for an old yellow building with a large “Francesco Parisi” writing on it, the bus stop is there — see attached map), once on bus#6 get off at the “Miramare” bus stop (ask the driver for ICTP if in doubt) and walk a few meters to your right until finding via Beirut, a street that climbs uphill to your left, take via Beirut, walk 10 minutes across its winding turns until hitting the Galileo Guesthouse on your right. The last bus #6 leaves the Trieste Centrale station at 23h10. After that your only option from Trieste Centrale to ICTP is taxi (+39-040-307730, approx ~15-20 euro, not refundable by INFN unfortunately)
--train option — a few local (“treno regionale”) trains that leave Trieste Centrale stop at the Miramare train station (once every two hours, first at 9h27 last at 19h27), which is a few meters away from the Galileo GH. Once off the train at the Miramare train station, descend the stairs to the short pedestrian tunnel that crosses under the railways, turn left at the exit of the tunnel, and Galileo GH is the second building you’ll see on your left, after approximately 30 m. This option is more comfortable as you don’t have to climb uphill with your luggage.
(iii) by train coming from Venice. If you are so lucky that your train from Venice stops at the Miramare train station, get off there, go down the stairs to the short pedestrian tunnel that crosses under the railway, turn left after the tunnel, and Galileo is the second building you’ll meet on your left, after approximately 30 m. Otherwise get to Trieste Centrale and start again from (ii).
Getting in the area by plane
The three closest airports are
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FVG Trieste Airport www.aeroporto.fvg.it/en/home/index.htm, TRS is a regional airport 40 km from downtown with several daily flights to international hubs (Alitalia to Rome-Fiumicino and Milano-Linate; Lufthansa to Munich) and other destinations;
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public transport to Trieste: coach service, line 51 (one-way fare: 4,05 euro);
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taxi to Trieste (60 euro/trip);
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"Science Bus" shuttle service to several destinations in Trieste (18,70 euro/person; reservation at www.science-bus.com/user/index.php?l=en ).
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Venice Marco Polo Airport www.veniceairport.it/en/ VCE is an international airport 135 km from Trieste downtown, with direct flights with many world-wide destinations;
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Flixbus to Trieste (approximately 10 euro/pax and 2hrs travel time, frequency 4/day, flixbus.it).
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bus to the Venezia-Mestre train station then train to Trieste (approximately 25 euro and 2.5hrs travel time).
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sharing a "Science Bus" to Trieste (190 euro/car: see above for reservations).
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Ljubljana Airport http://www.lju-airport.si/en/Main, LJU is a small-sized international airport, 100 km from Trieste downtown:
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"Science Bus" to Trieste (150 euro/car: see above for reservations).
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Getting in the area by car/bus
Trieste is connected by toll motorway to Venice (A4), Udine and Austria (A4/A23), and Ljubljana and Slovenia (E61/E70). See https://www.google.com/maps/ for driving directions.
Getting in the area by train
See http://trenitalia.com for timetables and tickets. Use "Miramare" or "Trieste Centrale" as destinations.
Timetables and other information about public transport in Trieste at www.triestetrasporti.it/index.php?it.
