By train
Lots of trains from Venice and Udine, Eurostar from Milan and Rome and Cisalpino from Basel at the Central Railway Station.Trains from Ljubljana, Maribor, Budapest and also Zagreb Euronight at the Villa Opicina Station, from where you can travel to central Trieste by the tram or by bus #42.If you arrive by train, the last 15 minutes of travel you have a beautiful sight, because the railway goes along the sea and if the weather is good it should be very striking.
By car
A4 Venice-Trieste, toll-gate Monfalcone-Lisert, exit point "Sistiana" SS 14 "Costiera" . The town is 24 km from the motorway.
SS 202 Triestina: Motorway A4, toll-gate Lisert, Carso Plateau, Opicina, Padriciano, Trieste
SS 15 Via Flavia: Koper Slovenia - Rabuiese border
SS 58, Carniola highway: Ljubljana Slovenia - Fernetti border - Opicina, where the highway joins to SS 202, Trieste
By plane
National flights via Milan, Rome and Genoa. International flights via Milan and Rome Alitalia (http://www.alitalia.com/); direct flights from Munich Air Dolomiti - Lufthansa (http://www.airdolomiti.it/); direct flights from London and Birmingham Ryanair (http://www.ryanair.com/); direct flights from Belgrade Jat (http://www.jat.com/); direct flights from Tirana and Prishtina BelleAir (http://www.belleair.it/).
The International Airport of Ronchi dei Legionari (http://www.aeroporto.fvg.it/) is 33km north of the city centre. A bus service number 51 runs to the airport from Trieste's bus station next to the railway station. Weekdays buses leave at 5 minutes and 35 minutes past the hour however on Sundays the service is every 1 to 2 hours. The bus takes about 55 minutes, a taxi around 50 euro takes 30-35 minutes. Tickets can be bought from a machine in the airport terminal. You can also take a train from Trieste station to Monfalcone approximately 25 minutes and take a short bus / taxi ride to the airport.
The airport is just off the A4 Trieste-Venice motorway Redipuglia exit. Long and short-stay car parks are available.
Monfalcone Railway Station - located some 5 km from the airport on the Trieste-Venice railway line - can be reached by Local Transport service APT Bus 10, running every 20/25 minutes.
The public transport company APT operates bus and coach services linking the airport with:
Gorizia: Coach 1 and other services in connection with Coach 51
Monfalcone: Bus 10
Udine: Coach 51 also non-stop via the motorway
Trieste: Coach 51
Tickets can be purchased at city bus/coach stations or at the airport: in the Arrivals Hall, with an automatic machine for selfticketing and at the Post Office.
Taxis are available outside the Arrivals hall from 08.00 to 24.00.