Plan your arrival

Trieste Airport – TRS (distance from Koper: 64km)

There are several options to get from Trieste Airport to Koper:

1. Book a GoOpti shuttle (shared van) transfer directly to your final destination in Koper. Please note that advance booking is necessary.
2. Travel in two steps via the city of Trieste:
   1. Take a train to Trieste Centrale or a bus to Trieste Autostazione (the main train and bus stations in Trieste are next to each other).
      Train operator: Trenitalia.
      Bus operator: APT Gorizia (see line G51 – Aeroporto–Trieste).
      2. Take a bus or taxi to Koper.
      Bus operators: FlixBus (advance booking is necessary), Arriva Slovenia (please note that Arriva offers no connections on Sundays).
      For more information on taxi companies, check the taxi section at the bottom of the page.
3. Book a taxi directly to your final destination in Koper. You can book a taxi transfer or a chauffeur service directly at Trieste Airport. It may be cheaper if a taxi transfer is booked with one of the taxi companies serving Koper and its surroundings (check the taxi section at the bottom of the page for more information).

Ljubljana Airport – LJU (distance from Koper: 124km)

To get from Ljubljana Airport (Jože Pučnik Airport) to Koper, you have a couple of options:

1. Book a GoOpti shuttle (shared van) transfer directly to your final destination in Koper. Please note that advance booking is necessary.
2. Travel in two steps via the city of Ljubljana:
   1. Take a bus shuttle with Nomago (tickets must be booked at least 2 hours before departure; check the Slovene version of the webpage for the timetable) to Ljubljana’s main train and bus station (the main train and bus stations in Ljubljana are next to each other).
   2. Take a bus or train to Koper.
      Bus operator (within Slovenia): Tickets can be purchased at Ljubljana Bus Station. Ljubljana Bus Station ticket offices are available Monday–Saturday from 5 am to 10 pm, and on Sundays and holidays from 5:30 am to 10 pm.
      Bus operators (other): FlixBus (advance booking is necessary).
      Train operator: Slovenian Railways (tickets can be bought right before departure, but it is better to buy them earlier). Ljubljana Train Station ticket offices are available Monday–Friday from 5 am to 10 pm, and on Saturday, Sunday and holidays from 5 am to 9 pm.

Venice Treviso Airport – TSF (distance from Koper: 173km)

To get from Venice Treviso Airport to Koper, you have several options:

1. Book a GoOpti shuttle (shared van) transfer directly to your final destination in Koper. Please note that advance booking is necessary.
2. Travel in two steps via Venezia Mestre:
   1. Take a bus to Venezia Mestre train station.
   2. Take a bus to Koper.
      Bus operator: FlixBus (advance booking is necessary).
3. Travel in three steps via the cities of Treviso and Trieste:
   1. Take a shuttle to Treviso train station.
   2. Take a train to Trieste Centrale (a combined ticket from the airport can be purchased online at Italian Railways) or a bus to Trieste (Autostazione), with FlixBus (advance booking is necessary).
   3. Take a bus or taxi to Koper.
      Bus operators: FlixBus (advance booking is necessary), Arriva Slovenia (please note that Arriva offers no connections on Sundays).
      For more information on taxi companies, check the taxi section at the bottom of the page.
4. Travel in three steps via Venezia Mestre and Trieste:
   1. Take a bus to Venezia Mestre train station.
   2. Take a train to Trieste Centrale (a ticket can be purchased online at Italian Railways).
   3. Take a bus or taxi to Koper.
      Bus operators: FlixBus (advance booking is necessary), Arriva Slovenia (please note that Arriva offers no connections on Sundays).
      For more information on taxi companies, check the taxi section at the bottom of the page.

Venice Marco Polo Airport – VCE (distance from Koper: 176km)

To get from Venice Marco Polo Airport to Koper, you have several options:

1. Book a GoOpti shuttle (shared van) transfer directly to your final destination in Koper. Please note that advance booking is necessary.
2. Take a bus to Koper, either directly or via Venezia Mestre (which can be reached from the airport by a shuttle bus).
   Bus operator: FlixBus (advance booking is necessary).
3. Travel in three steps via Venezia Mestre and Trieste:
   1. Take a shuttle to Venezia Mestre train station.
   2. Take a train to Trieste Centrale (tickets can be purchased online at Italian Railways).
   3. Take a bus or taxi to Koper.
      Bus operators: FlixBus (advance booking is necessary), Arriva Slovenia (please note that Arriva offers no connections on Sundays).
      For more information on taxi companies, check the taxi section at the bottom of the page.

Pula Airport – PUY (distance from Koper: 102km)

Pula Airport is in Croatia.
There are a couple of options to get from Pula Airport to Koper:

1. Book a GoOpti shuttle (shared van) transfer directly to your final destination in Koper. Please note that advance booking is necessary.
2. Travel in two steps via the city of Pula:
   1. Take a shuttle to Pula’s main bus station.
   2. Take a bus to Koper.
      Bus operator: FlixBus (advance booking is necessary).
3. Travel in three steps via the city of Pula and the village of Rakitovec:
   1. Take a shuttle to Pula’s main train station.
   2. Take a train to Rakitovec (pri Kopru).
      Train operator: Croatian Railways arriving at Rakitovec (once a day).
   3. From Rakitovec, take a local bus to Koper with Nomago (offering service twice a day; tickets must be booked at least 2 hours before departure; check the Slovene version of the webpage for the timetable) or by taxi (check the taxi section at the bottom of the page for more information).

Koper has good motorway connections from various European cities. Make sure to buy an e-vignette before entering a Slovene motorway!

Parking rules are enforced in the city. Most of the parking zones are payable, some public car parks are payable only part-time during the day and some are free of charge during weekends. The official web page with information about parking in Koper is only available in Slovene and Italian. Feel free to contact us if you need help with that.

Koper has bus connections with both Ljubljana and Trieste, as well as other Slovenian coastal towns, and Croatia. There are three main scheduled inter-city bus companies: FlixBus, Črnja Tours and Arriva Slovenia. Both FlixBus and Črnja Tours provide frequent international services, and Arriva provides domestic bus services with some international routes including Trieste. Additionally, Nomago sometimes provides some regional inter-city services.

Tickets can be purchased in advance online from FlixBus, Nomago (check the Slovene version of the webpage for the timetable), or the Ljubljana Bus Station website.

There is no longer any direct train service to Trieste but there is a slow (and scenic) route connecting Koper and Ljubljana a few times per day. See the Slovenian Railways website for train schedules within Slovenia (the schedules are available up to three months in advance).Slovenia has train connections with Croatia, Italy, Austria, Hungary,

Serbia, Czechia, Germany and Switzerland, and is indirectly connected also to other European countries. Slovenia is a part of the Eurail Global Pass system, which means that this ticket can also be used to travel to Slovenia.

Some tickets may be purchased through the Deutsche Bahn or ÖBB web pages.

In case you plan to travel to Trieste by train, there are several options to get to Koper:

• By bus: FlixBus (advance booking is necessary), Arriva Slovenia (please note that Arriva offers no connections on Sundays).
  Note that FlixBus also has a connection between Venezia Mestre train station and Koper.
• Directly to your final destination in Koper by booking a GoOpti shuttle (shared van) transfer. Please note that advance booking is necessary.
• By booking a taxi transfer directly to your final destination in Koper (check the taxi section for more information).

There are several local taxi companies that offer services in and around Koper as well as to and from the city of Trieste. We suggest the following taxi companies:

• Cammeo (using a smartphone app, iOS, Google play, AppGallery)
• Taxi Srečko (+386 31 386 000, +386 40 386 000)
• Taxi NCC Panama (+386 40 860 546)
• Taxi Morje (+386 41 222 111)
• Taxi Laguna (+386 31 492 299)

It is advisable to contact the company an hour or more in advance to make arrangements so that you do not have to wait for their arrival. As of June 2022, the prices range anywhere between 1 and 2 EUR/km with an additional EUR 2 starting fee and possible EUR 20–25 per waiting hour.