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TRAVEL INFO
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The nearest airports are: Rijeka (on the island Krk), Zagreb, Pula, Ljubljana (Slovenia), Trieste (Italy) and Venice (Italy). The conference will offer organized transfers from Rijeka (Krk), Zagreb, Pula, Ljubljana, Trieste and Venice airports to Opatija, and after the conference back to the airports. The price depends upon the number of passengers. Approximate prices are presented in the table. The prices are per person and in one direction.
Those participants that wish to use transfer service have to make reservation. For reservations and detailed transfer information please contact damir@da-riva.hr. The airport Zagreb has good connections with Main Bus Terminal Zagreb. Buses drive frequently. Price in one direction is 30 kn (cca 4,5 EUR€) and the drive takes about 25 minutes. You may check the web site Pleso Prijevoz for schedule and price information (www.plesoprijevoz.hr ). Buses from the Main Bus Terminal Zagreb to Rijeka drive almost every hour (last approximately 2,5 hours). The ticket prices are between 110 and 160 kn (15 – 22 EUR€). Detailed information about bus services from and to Zagreb can be found on the website www.akz.hr . Rijeka Airport provides transportation by buses for each flight, from Rijeka Airport to the city of Rijeka (Rijeka Bus Terminal). The journey takes about 30 minutes. Single ticket is 22 kn (cca 3 EUR€). Tickets can be purchased on the bus. From Rijeka to Opatija you can take either taxi placed on the bus terminal (the price is about 50 kn - 7 EUR€) or local bus number 32 (the local bus station is across the street, you can get the ticket in bus for 16 kuna - 2,2 EUR€). Airlines
Most convenient way to travel from Ljubljana and Vienna. There is a daily train service from Zagreb to Rijeka (prices 15-20 euros) Train travel last approximately 3, 5 hours. Website providing all information about train services from Zagreb: www.hznet.hr The railway station is in Krešimirova street 5. Information on rail services is available on the info counter, by info telephone 060-333-4444 or on their website www.hznet.hr. Tickets can be obtained and reservations made at the station ticket-office tel. 213-333. The left-luggage department is open from 9:00 am till 9:00 pm. Luggage safekeeping is charged 10 kn. Most convenient way to travel from Zagreb and Trieste. There is a daily direct bus services from Zagreb to Rijeka (last approximately 2,5 hours, price 15-20 euros). Website providing all information about bus services from/to Zagreb: www.akz.hr The bus terminal is very small (situated at one of the central squares - Trg ZŽabica) By your own means of transportation Coming from direction of Zagreb (Hungary, Czech Republic, Poland, Austria) you will reach Opatija if you follow the highway Zagreb - Rijeka, and leave of in Rijeka for another 15 km towards West. The local transportation in Rijeka is organized by buses (orange colored) by the 'Autotrolej' company. Tickets can be obtained in buses or at news-stands, you can also have a monthly student transportation ticket (we will provide you with your travel pass when you arrive, provided that you have sent us your 3 photos). The city bus company also operates to many tourist places in the Kvarner Bay (to Opatija and Lovran in the north, and to Crikvenica and Selce in the south), so these towns may easily be reached. However, the city bus company does not operate to the island of Krk, so you will have to take the regular bus-line, which is not so cheap, and the buses are always very crowded. If you come from Trieste or Ljubljana Descending from Matulji towards the city you can see the whole Kvarner Bay, with the mountain Učka at the foot of which is situated Opatija, and islands Krk and Cres. You are partly driving on the former racing track on which the motor races for the "Great Adriatic Prize" were driven before "Grobnik Track" was constructed. With the straight road that follows the coast you arrive at the swimming pool of the "Swimming Club Primorje" next to which is the football stadium "Kantrida" where the "Football Club Rijeka" plays its matches. The stadium is very interesting because was erected on the spot of excavation made for the constructing of the city port. Then, driving alongside the industrial units you can see the shipyard "3. maj" which developed from the shipyard "Ganz - Danubiuz", then you pass near large petroleum refinery, the skyscraper of "Novi list", well known daily newspaper, the town park in Mlaka after which follows the hospital complex. The central of the complex is the former Maritime Military Academy, the institution where the Austrian and Hungarian officers were educated from 1866 till 1918. Then you arrive at the railway station and here, you are in the centre of the city of Rijeka. If you come from Split Passing the fascinating the Bay of Bakar you come to big petroleum refinery in Urinj. Then, you drive through the kilometres long seaside resort Kostrena and you come to the very successful ship-repairing yard "Viktor Lenac" the largest in Mediterranean and you are at Pećine. At the very entrance of the city stands a small stone monument, the gift from the Japanese city Kawasaki. In the residential part of Pećine are situated old villas, beaches and hotel "Jadran". Here are also the houses where the two eminent writers were born. They are Odon von Horvath and Janko Polić Kamov. The first fascinated Europe with his dramas, while the second, Janko Polić Kamov, only now days has gained deserved recognition as Kafka before Kafka and Joyce before Joyce. Passing beside "Pyramid", former milestone you come to "Croatian Cultural Home" and the hotel "Neboder", once the highest building in the state. If you come from Zagreb Driving through Grobničko polje you come to the plains where Mongols and Turks were passing in their ruthless attacks. Today here is the racing track that was taken into consideration for the competition in the racing of Formula 1. Through the canyon of the river Rječina and underneath the castle of Trsat you descend by the market route of the road Luiziana, named after the daughter of the Austrian emperor and the second wife of Napoleon Marie Louise and you come to Sušak, the eastern part of the city. Beyond you are the former "Paper factory" and on the other bank of the river of Rječina, water - spring Zvir, which never drains and recently got the cupola covering. If you come from the sea It is really fascinating experience to come in Rijeka by the sea because it is the only way to understand its elongation and soft placed position alongside the coast. Sailing around almost two kilometres along breakwater, where once was secession bathing place, you enter the port basin built according the ground plans of the French architect Pascal who designed the ports of Marseille and Trieste. After several rises and falls today the port of Rijeka looks almost idyllic with lots of sailing and fishing boats which start from here their cruises in Adriatic. The city façade toward the port consists of several palaces: "Adria" ("Jadrolinija"), the palace Zmajić the former hotel "Europe" and today the building with the municipal offices, the palace "Croatia line" once the world's biggest shipping companies headquarters, then the reticular façade of the department store "Rijeka" and the secession building of Transadria, once the biggest forwarding agencies in the state. Opatija is a small town situated 15 km from Rijeka, which can be reached by plane, train or bus. From Rijeka to Opatija there is a taxi and bus service.
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