Any ideas which is the best way?
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you can get a ferry but i think they are only something like one a day or every other day. we travelled by car to trieste and then train to venice but that was because we had a lift to trieste, i%26#39;m sure you could get the train
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In summer there are heaps of ferries from venice to porec, which takes you directly to the heart of the town. A one way ticket will cost you around $50 Euro. Otherwise, you can fly or train it to trieste and then catch the bus which takes about two hours to get to Porec because of its handful of stops. Hope this helps.
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As above, the easiest way is to take one of the excursion trips to Venice. Driving to Venice would take between 3 and 4 hours on a good day - the hydrofoils etc will do it in about 2 1/2.
They aren%26#39;t particularly cheap, but for the lack of hassle involved (they drop you 10mins walk from St Marks Sq), it is worth the cost.
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I would not recommend the Venice trip through Atlas. Myself and my girlfriend booked on 21/07/2008. We paid about 60 quid each. Some operators told us that the boat from Porec was full that day but Atlas took our money and agreed to pick us up at the Albatross in Zelena Laguna at 7.00. We got there half hour early and they just never turned up.
At about 7.15 a coach from another company Kompass turned up and the rep contacted Atlas as a courtesy. They told us to get on board with them and then wisked us away to Umag for a completely different and much shorter trip. We have emailed Atlas but have never received an apology or explanation.
Kompass were much more organised, but I still would not recomend seeing Venice this way. You will pay an extra 65 Euros on board the Catermeran for a package which seems good at face value. A gondola ride, taxi boat trip down the Grand Canal and a meal in Venice.
The meal was in a cramped cafe ten to a table. The stater was a handful of Pasta. The main course a slice and a half of meat with half a dozen(literally)chips and a scoup of ice cream for desert. I was convinced they had given me a childs portion. A drink of water was 5 Euros extra and a beer 8 Euros.
All this for about 18 quid. The service was so slow we had to wolf down the meal and run to the Gondola.
The Gondola trip was less than half hour with 6 people to a boat. My girlfriend and I could not even sit together because we had to balance out a portly German guy sat opposite. The Gondoleers far from the cheery seranading images we imagined complained in Italian about having to take us en-mass at the discounted rates they were receiving from the travel companies.
The taxi boat was twelve people in a covered boat. The window was so small it was like looking out of a letter box and we could not take any photos. It was very cramped. We had no time to ourselves and felt rushed all day. We just felt like sheep waiting to be fleeced. This trip does not do Venice justice.
The journey back took about four hours due to rough seas. We were up for seventeen hours and spent about 5 hours in Venice. Better to pay the ferry crossing, get a map and head off yourself or have a weekend there on another trip.
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This may not be possible on this trip,but I am flying Birmingham to Trieste, spending two days in Venice then driving to Porec. Trieste to Venice is just over an hour and then Porec I expect between 3 and 4 hours. does,nt realy matter because I will not be in a rush and may stop in Slovenia for lunch.
Chris
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Rhia, bus to Trieste and than train to Venice, rather simple.
Blackpool, your Venice report reminds me of a students%26#39; excursion of mine, many years ago, it was exactly as you described, but we were very young,everything was fun, the price of a whole trip (Austria, Switzerland, Italy)was very low. Everywhere else on that trip we got better quality and quantity of meals than in Venice.
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