Venice Airport to Trieste Cruise Port Transfer

Start your trip to Trieste with a private one way transfer from your Venice hotel or rental property directly to your hotel or cruise terminal in Trieste. A private water taxi meets you at your hotel and carries you across the canals to the mainland, where a vehicle and professional English speaking driver take over for the road journey to Trieste, about 93 miles (150km) from Venice, for a total transfer time of about 2 to 2.5 hours.

Your pickup time is confirmed in advance, so there is no need to arrange a water taxi, vaporetto, or land transport on your own. Each private transfer includes space for one suitcase and one personal item, such as a backpack or purse, per person, with the vehicle sized to your group. If your group needs additional luggage space or expects extra waiting time, please contact us in advance for a quote, since those needs are handled outside the standard transfer and are at your own expense.

About Venice

Venice is traditionally dated to noon on March 25, 421 AD, when refugees from the mainland began settling the lagoon islands to escape invasion. The city as it exists today spans 118 small islands linked by more than 400 footbridges across some 170 canals, with the Grand Canal as its main waterway. For centuries Venice was the seat of the Republic of Venice, one of the Mediterranean's dominant maritime and trading powers, and the city and its lagoon were inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.

About Trieste the Cruise Terminal

Cruise ships calling at Trieste dock at the Stazione Marittima on Molo IV, built on the site of the city's former Warehouses 41 and 42, which stored imported wine during the Austro-Hungarian era. The current building was constructed between 1926 and 1930 and remains just a short walk from Piazza dell'Unita d'Italia in the city center. Beyond cruise arrivals, the terminal also handles maxi yacht berths and hydrofoil and public transport connections along the waterfront, and today serves cruise lines including Costa, MSC, and TUI.

About Trieste the Town

Trieste's old town centers on San Giusto Hill, where a Roman forum once stood and where the Castle of San Giusto was built by the Austrian Habsburgs between 1468 and 1636, alongside the Cathedral of San Giusto. A few miles outside the city, Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg built Miramare Castle on a seaside cliff between 1856 and 1860 as his private residence before he went on to become Emperor of Mexico. Trieste has also been an important coffee port since the 17th century, when beans arriving by ship were forwarded on to Vienna and other Central European cities, a trade that helped give rise to Illycaffe, the espresso company founded in Trieste in 1933 and still headquartered there today. The city's exposed position on the Gulf of Trieste also makes it one of the windiest cities in Italy, known for the bora, a powerful cold wind that sweeps down from the Karst plateau, especially in winter.

• If you require additional luggage space or extra waiting time, please contact us in advance for a quote. Additional charges may apply.