ARRIVING BY AIR
The best 'local' airports are Ljubljana (inbound), and Trieste or Ljubljana (return). Intercontinental flights may use Frankfurt, Vienna and Paris and change onto another flight to Ljubljana. Flight information can change rapidly and direct flights are not available every day. Please do check directly with the airlines' websites before finalising any booking with us and do not book your flights until we have confirmed that we have provisionally reserved accommodation for you.
Land by: 17:00 (Ljubljana); 15:00 (Trieste)
Return flight earliest: No time limit for either airport
'Land by' arrival times not applicable if using pre-booked taxi
Flights from UK and Eire airports (Trieste = T; Ljubljana = L)
Birmingham Ryanair (T) (not daily);
Gatwick Adria Airways (L);
Stansted Easyjet (L, not daily all year round), Ryanair (T, daily).
ARRIVING BY TRAIN
Nearest railway station:
Start: Postojna
Finish: Trieste (5 mins walk) or Ljubljana (short taxi ride)
Typical rail journey from UK via Paris, Munich and Ljubljana:
London: Eurostar to Paris. From here a night train to Munich. Change on to the train for Ljubljana and then another train to Postojna. ~23 hrs.
Ljubljana: Night train to Munich, then change for Paris Est. Transfer to Paris Nord for the Eurostar, arrive London St Pancras International. ~17 hrs
For the stretch between London/Paris and Ljubljana, see www.seat61.com/Slovenia.htm. See www.bahn.de for full timetables to Postojna.
Trieste: Train to Venice for night train "Artesia" to Paris Bercy. Transfer to Paris Nord for the Eurostar, arrive London St Pancras International. ~18.5 hrs. For full timetables, and for local train (no need to book) from Trieste to Venice see www.bahn.de. For Venice-Paris-London see www.seat61.com/Italy.htm
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