Your goal... Day 6 & 7 - Evening sunshine in Moscenicka Draga 
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£625.00 (2012)
7 nights
7 B&B, 3 evening meals, 4 picnics
Luggage transfers between hotels
Medium
3½ - 5½ hours per day
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Istria (Croatia)
Hilltop towns of north-west Croatia
How to get there:

ARRIVING BY AIR

 

Best airport is Pula, followed by Trieste and Ljubljana. Intercontinental flights will arrive to Venice and Zagreb, from which transfers can be arranged if required.

 

Flight information can change rapidly, and not all flights run daily. Please do check for yourself 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.

 

We do not recommend airport transfers by public transport on this route.

 

Flights from UK and Eire airports (P=Pula, T=Trieste, L=Ljubljana)

 

Birmingham Ryanair (T)

Gatwick Adria Airways (L);

Manchester Adria Airways (L, May-Sep);

Stansted Easyjet (L) (seasonal, not daily), Ryanair (T) (P Sat & Tue);

 

See "getting to the start of the walk" below for transfer information.

ARRIVING BY TRAIN

Nearest railway stations:

Start: Buzet or Pazin

Finish: Opatija-Matulji (short taxi ride from Moscenicka Draga)

 

Typical rail journey from UK via Paris, Munich and Ljubljana:

London: Eurostar to Paris, transfer to Paris Est for TGV to Munich Hbf.  Take night train to Ljubljana.  Change to local train to Pazin (continues to Pula). ~26 hrs plus taxi from Pazin to Motovun. Best to have morning off in Ljubljana before taking only daily train (currently at 13:20).  See www.seat61.com/Slovenia.htm for the London-Ljubljana stretch, www.bahn.de for Ljubljana-Pazin (buy ticket locally).

 

Return - Opatija Matulji to UK via Ljubljana, Munich, and Paris: Train to Ljubljana (www.bahn.de, buy tickets locally) then see www.seat61.com/Slovenia.htm.

Getting to the start of the walk:

The first hotel is in the town of Motovun and the last in Moscenicka Draga. Airport transfers can only effectively be done by Pre-booked taxi.  For train arrivals see below.

 

PULA, TRIESTE AND LJUBLJANA AND RIJEKA AIRPORTS:

 

Outward: Pre-booked taxi transfer from airports to first hotel: Trieste or Rijeka 1 hr 45 mins; Ljubljana 2 hrs or Pula 1 hr 

Return: Pre-booked taxi transfer from last hotel to airports: Trieste 2 hrs; Ljubljana 2.5 hrs; Pula 1 hr or Rijeka 1 hr

 

Transfers from railway stations:
Outward: Local Pre-bookable taxi from Pazin station to Motovun

Return: 19km local pre-bookable taxi from Moscenicka Draga to Opatija-Matulji station

 

For pre-bookable taxi prices, see "Prices"

 

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