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Post by Peter Ellis on Oct 6, 2005 17:46:58 GMT 1
Most of our clients are coming to Croatia using Ryanair in to Trieste. Some have been using Ryanair or Easyjet in to Venice and a few have been using Easyjet in to Ljubljana. This presupposes that they can easily get to Stanstead. The other day I was having breakfast in Cologne next to a guy who works for Jet2, who I hadn't come across before. Their website is at www.jet2.com/cgi-bin/airkiosk/I7/181002i?LS=2&LANG=ENThey are a low cost airline. What makes them interesting is that they fly to Venice from Leeds/Bradford and Manchester. Venice is only an hour further than Trieste and offers a big time saving for people in the North of England over having to drive down to Stanstead. |
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Post by Graham Amiss - Bosmere Travel on Oct 6, 2005 19:40:11 GMT 1
The last time I checked there were about 16 flights a day into Venice from the UK. In season we get a lot of clients flying into Venice and we book the fast ferries for them across to the various prots on the Istrian coast. Last seasons timetable is still on our website as we do net expect the 2006 one until November. Hiring a car in Croatia does away with the problems of breakdowns etc in an Italian car whilst in Croatia (massive costs for recovery if the driver is at fault in any way!). For groups we often do mini bus or coach transfers from Venice to Istria and Kvarner as these work out cheaper than taking the ferry. If anyone wants advice etc please feel free to contact us.
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Post by Bob on Oct 14, 2005 16:01:34 GMT 1
Mr. Amiss - How easy / cheap is it to get from Venice airport to the port that the ferries / hydrofoils depart from? Is there an easy link up with arrivals from the UK?
Thanks.
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Post by Graham Amiss - Bosmere Travel on Oct 15, 2005 16:59:03 GMT 1
from Marco Polo airport there are two bus companies which run to Roma bus station in Venice and from there it is a simple waterbus journey round to Basilio where the ferries depart from. There is also the possibility of taking a waterbus from Marco Polo but that is quite a long journey. Additionally some people take a water taxi from the airport direct to the ferry terminal (handy if there are four or five of you). Treviso where Ryanair fly to is further away from Venice but there is still a fairly regular bus service into town.
The cheapest bus (ACTV) from Marco Polo is about 1 Euro person. The fast ferries that we work with mostly depart at about 1700 so you should not have much of a problem if you take a morning flight.
If you need to know any further information just drop us an email or call us.
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Post by kaf on Oct 25, 2005 18:31:19 GMT 1
Flew into Venice from Manchester with jet 2.com in September 2005, about 150 pounds each for return 15 days later. Picked hire car up from airport (easy - just had to walk out of arrivals and through car park) booked through europcar via holiday autos, need to mention going to Slovenia and Croatia. They forgot to charge us the extra for this assuming that we had pre paid everything to Holiday autos - think it was supposed to be about 6 euro/day extra. Went to the brand new Ikea in Padova to get a few bits for our flat in Medulin, took about 30 mins from Venice airport to the store. Drove to Medulin ( near Pula) took 4 hours 15 minutes from the airport junction including getting lost round Trieste. Motorway in Italy was about 7 euros from Venice to Trieste and really quick but loony Italian drivers at the toll points! One Slovenian toll of 1.70 euro, will accept euro if you have no tolar. No problem at borders with it being out of season, despite a car loaded with Ikea products! On the way back left Medulin at 8.10 a.m and arrived at Venice airport at 11.50 a.m. Spent 2 nights in Venice which emptied the bank account but worth it. Flight delayed 5 hours on way back but due to valid reason ie plane faulty! Will definitely use this route again as better than driving to Stanstead for us Northerners!
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Post by Peter Ellis on Oct 25, 2005 20:26:17 GMT 1
How come you got a Slovenian toll? Did you go on the Ljubijana motorway then drop down? I've sometimes thought of trying that, as, although it is longer, the road is more straightforward. Trying to describe the current route around Trieste is not easy otherwise. Once they finish the motorway they are building on the East side of Trieste it will be much easier.
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Post by kaf on Oct 26, 2005 20:06:12 GMT 1
We missed that big right turn in Trieste where all the traffic builds up at the bottom of the hill, went straight on and got lost. Ended up in Basovizza and followed signs to Slovenia from there, ended up crossing at Kravi Potok and then as you say onto the short stretch of motorway at Kozini where we paid the toll. It was the main Ljubljana motorway. Came off at Rizana heading towards Buzet, Roc and Pazin, then main road to Pazin and Pula. Thought about using the big loop around Trieste on the motorway, maybe try that next time, I would imagine that it is a faster route
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Post by farrah2uk on Oct 31, 2005 15:01:15 GMT 1
Hi Peter - last time I was at Trieste airport in September, there were big posters behind the checkin desks advertising direct flights to Montreal and Reykjavik of all places!? I took down the name of the firm on the posters and we did a search when we got home but couldn't find them anywhere. If Di's parents could fly direct from Iceland, they would bring a few 100 people in search of sun with them!!! If you go to the airport - any chance somone could ask about the direct flights to Reykjavik, the name of the airline - whether its charter or not? The Istrian Icelandic boom could be on its way!!! Thanks Jules  |
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Post by Graham Amiss - Bosmere Travel on Oct 31, 2005 22:03:45 GMT 1
The probability is that they were one off charter flights which are quite common for Italian tour operators to arrange. We sometimes get asked if we can help backload flights like this to the UK but we always manage to decline the offer!
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