Trieste Transportation

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If you have a couple of free hours why don't you take a look at Trieste from a different point of view?
Just take the small ferry that links periodically the harbour of Trieste with the castle of Miramare, end enjoy a beautiful view over the city and the coast, including Grignano and the nice castle.
Usually operated April to October, the Trieste - Barcola - Grignano service costs € 1,80 per ride and it takes about 1 hour to go from one point to the other.

During summer there is a boat service from Trieste to Barcola-Grignano , Trieste-Sistiana-Duino, Trieste-Muggia.
You can use it to go to Miramare castle because there's an entrance to the park in Grignano near the boat stop.There's a couple of steps to do then you are in the park.
If you go to visit Miramare by car in the weekend during summer there could be traffic if you return around 7 pm because all people come back from Barcola. So the boat could be a nice idea.
The ticket(2006 prices) costs 3 euros 1 way to go to Grignano, 1,80 euros to go to Barcola and Muggia, 4,85 to go to Sistiana and Duino.
You can take the boat near the pinguino ice cream bar and you can pay the ticket on the boat or it's included in the T-for you card if you already payed for it.

Trieste is the place where to start your trip east: for Ljubljana (Slovenia), Zagreb (Croatia) and places beyond there's a couple of comfortable trains leaving every day: reservations are unnecessary/unheard of - those trains run half empty. They are comfortable, anyway, although a bit on the slow side
For other Croatian, Slovenian and Bosnian towns there's a handful of buses going to Rjieka, Dubrovnik, Pula, Porec, Rovinj, Piran, Portoroz and Medjugore every day, and from there you can connect with other buses going down the coast, of with the Jadrolinja ferries. The link below provides the timetable for buses.
The train station and bus station are one opposite the other

Trieste is situated on the historical Orient-Express track, so forget about cars and busses and come by train.
There are many trains each day connecting Trieste with Venice.
As it is often the case, the railroad track goes through much nicer places than the road. There are some really nice views between Venice and Trieste.

If you look at a map, Trieste is on extreme corner of Italy. There is a good train service into Italy, but not elsewhere. Trains to Ljubjana go by a roundabout route. To get to Koper by train, one a day several hours in time By bus to Koper one hourTrain to Pula one a day several hours journey Bus to Pula 3 a day , 3 hour journeyTrain information can be got on www.bahn.de. Bus information on www.autostazionetrieste.it On the website of Man in Seat 61 he explains a way round Trieste to Ljubjana, by the Trieste historic tram to Opcina,then taxi to Sezana, then regular trains to Ljubjana.

You can go to various destinations in eastern Europe from Trieste, by bus. There are buses to several places in Croatia, Slovenia and to other countries departing from the bus station.

The bus station is located at piazza della Libertà; not far from the railway station.

Considering the importance of Trieste as a transport crossroad in the 19th century, it is a kind of shame that historical circumstance means that Trieste is now somewhat out on a limb.

Most trains that get to Trieste from the Italian side are localis trains from Venice Mestre (about 2 hours), although there are a number of trains that come from deeper inside Italy. One interesting train makes an overnight journey all the way from Lecce on the southern 'heal' of italy (and Vice versa) taking some 13 hours.

The approach into Trieste makes the rather sluggish journey times worthwhile. Clinging to the cliff-face along the last few miles into town the railway is the only way to enter the city.

Travel into Slovenia and beyond is still not really reliable, by train, but many coach routes run from the coach station.

The airport is at Mountfalcone, and is simply connected to Trieste with a reasonably priced service bus (or get a local bus to the train station and rail it it in). Flights are a little sparce, but Ryanair has a selection of routes that maybe of use.

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This was so fun! We would walk through the center of town, past the Grand Canal to the Tram. It made stops in the square every 1/2 hour and was popular with locals, who used it to travel up the hill to Opacina.
Outwardly, it resembles a trolley car. At one point, the Tram would stop and connect to an engine which would push it up the steep grade.
I would leave my daughter at the top to work at school and I would enjoy the ride back to Trieste.