Day 2 - Church under Nanos (Lynn Cannell) 
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£650.00 (2012)
7 nights
7 B&B, 5 evening meals, 6 picnics, luggage transfers between hotels
Easy
3 - 5 hours per day
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How to get there:

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

 
Getting to the start of the walk:

The first hotel is near Postojna (between Ljubljana and Trieste) and the last in Trieste or Ljubljana. Transfer times and methods are suggested for the two 'local' airports below. Railway station transfers are also given below.

 

LJUBLJANA AIRPORT:

Outward: Bus then train or bus (3 hrs), or local taxi then train or bus to Postojna (2 hrs) then Pre-booked taxi transfer from Postojna to first hotel (20 mins) OR Pre-booked taxi transfer direct from Ljubljana airport to first hotel (1 hr) 

Return: Airport bus or local taxi 

 

TRIESTE AIRPORT:

Outward: Bus then train (3 hrs) OR Pre-booked taxi transfer to first hotel (1½ hrs)

Return: Airport bus or local taxi

 

For pre-bookable taxi prices, see "Prices"

 

Railway/bus station transfers:

Outward:  Your host will give you a lift from Postojna to Hrusevje

Return: Trieste train and bus stations are a short walk from your hotel, Ljubljana bus and train stations a short taxi ride from any of the Ljubljana hotels.

 

Full transfer advice, including timetables, is provided in your Walkers' Pack.  Contact us if you would like additional pre-booking information.