How to get to us

Trieste is located in the north-eastern part of Italy, near the border with Slovenia. The zoomable map shows the locations of the three sites of the Physics Department; below the map is some information about how to get to us by car, train or plane.

Sites of the Department of Physics

Via A.Valerio, 2 - 34127 Trieste (Headquarters)
Via G.Tiepolo, 12 - 34143 Trieste (Astronomy)
Strada Costiera, 11 - 34151 Trieste (Theoretical Physics)‎

Getting there by car

Trieste is connected by motorway to Venice (A4), Udine and Austria (A4/A23), and Ljubljana and Slovenia (E61/E70). Detailed driving directions can be obtained from http://maps.google.com/

Coming by train

Train timetables and tickets can be obtained at the Trenitalia website: http://www.trenitalia.com/. Once at Trieste central railway station, take one of the buses 17/, 51 or 51/ to the Via Valerio site, bus 6 to the Miramare site, or bus 24 to the Via Tiepolo site. Timetables and other information about the Trieste public transport system are available at the http://www.triestetrasporti.it/ website.

Arrival by plane

The three closest airports are:

• Aeroporto Friuli-Venezia Giulia (Trieste): 40 km away, with coach connection (G51) (https://triesteairport.it/)
• Tessera Airport (Venice): 135 km away (http://www.veniceairport.it/)
• Ljubljana Airport: 100 km away (http://www.lju-airport.si/)