Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
quent sailings to/from Piran are between late June and mid-September. An adult return
ticket costs €50 to €65 (children aged three to 14 pay half-price) depending on the season
and day, including a tour of Venice. There are various family packages available. An adult
one way costs €35 to €45. Tickets can be purchased at
Kompas
(
www.kompas.si
)
and
various other travel agencies along the coast.
From late May to late September,
Venezia Lines
( in Italy 039 41 272 2646;
www.venezialines.com
)
runs a similar service from Piran, departing at 8.30am and return-
ing at 7.30pm on selected Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. Tickets, which cost
from €46/89 one way/return for adults (children aged three to 13 pay half-price), are avail-
able through several travel agencies in Piran and Portorož, including
Maona Tourist
Agency
(
www.maona.si
)
.
A third vessel, the 42m-long catamaran
Dora
( 05-674 71 60;
www.topline.si
)
, sails
from Piran to Venice at 8am on Saturday from early May to late September, returning at
5pm. The adult fare is €65, with children aged three to 13 paying half-price.
A service run by
Trieste Lines
(
www.triestelines.it
; one way/return €8.50/15.70)
links
Portorož and Trieste between one and four times a day from May to September. Buy tick-
ets (one way/return €7.10/13.10) from the
Atlas Express
( 674 67 72; at-
las.portoroz@siol.net; Obala 55; 9am-4pm Mon-Fri, 10am-1pm Sat)
in Portorož or
the
TIC
( 673 44 40, 673 02 20;
www.portoroz.si
; Tartinijev trg 2; 9am-8pm sum-
mer, 9am-5pm winter)
in Piran.
