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From Trieste airport |
Trieste - Koper - Porec |
Distance (in miles) from the airport |
Follow the green signs to the motorway (marked autostrada) |
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There is a ticket booth before the motorway starts.Immediately out of
the ticket booth, take the turning to the right signposted Trieste |
5m |
Pay at the motorway toll booth - should be about 70c |
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Stay on the motorway heading towards Trieste/Slovenia |
18m |
Ignore the turn off to Slovenia - there is a sign immediately after for
Capodistria/Koper (the Slovenian name for it) |
22m |
motorway ends |
23m |
Stay on the main road, ignore turn off to right to centre of Trieste |
24m |
The road goes under a couple of bridges and there is a fork to the left,
going uphill, signposted Capodistria, as well as Trieste centro |
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Dual carriageway for some 3 miles |
27m |
ignore turn off to Trieste |
28m |
blue sign to Capodistria |
29m |
turn right signposted to Capodistria and Muggia |
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There is a short descent to a roundabout at the bottom of a hill. Follow
the sign left to Slovenia. Then immediately take the lower right fork,
signposted to Capodistria/Muggia. You will now be on a short road which
merges with traffic from the right and immediately after you will see a
larger crossing, with 2 lanes in each direction. Keep to the right hand
lane and follow the road round for about 1km, after which you will see a
Shell garage on your right. The road starts to bend uphill. Go through
the first set of lights and immediately after the road forks. Take the
left fork signposted Capodistria, through the tunnel. Immediately after
the tunnel, the road bends right. Follow the road round to the left
(signposted to Koper) and take the second left to Slovenia. After 100m
is a t-junction. Turn right here. |
32m |
There is a roundabout with an outlet store on the right hand side - go
straight over the roundabout (2nd exit), heading for the border. After
the border stay on the same road all the way to koper (Capodistria)
passing through Skofije. |
35m |
The road dips through some roadworks. Follow the signs for Koper and
join the motorway |
36m |
There are signs for Pula |
39m |
Take the exit for Pula and Porec - it is a short run off so you need to
brake in advance |
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join the traffic from the left, cross over the flyover and go straight
ahead at the traffic lights. You will stay on this road now until the
border |
40 |
The road will turn into a dual carriageway - now is a good time to
overtake all those caravans in front of you, but there are some extreme
bends on this bit |
43 |
end of the dual carriageway |
48 |
Border crossing. Stay on this road for another 4 miles |
52 |
In Buje, turn left at the t-junction, signposted Pula, Porec, Rovinj |
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After 300m, go straight ahead at the traffic lights. Stay on this road
until you get to Vizinada (about 10 miles) |
55 |
You will pass through Krassica, with fabulous views over the hills down
to the coast. |
59 |
You are in the Mirna valley - keep on this road |
62 |
you will have great views to your left over Motovun and out to Mt Ucka. |
63 |
In Vizinada, soon after you enter the village, you will see a large sign
Tourist Info, take the right hand turn signposted Labinci/Kastelir,
going past the supermarket "San". Stay on this road for another 9m till
you get to Porec |
72m |
At the T-junction in Porec, turn left and stay on this road through
Porec for another 5 miles or so. Go past Plava Laguna and Zelena Laguna |
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In Funtana, go past the water fountain and the small hard-surface
football pitch. After 100 yards the road curves right and you will see
the bus stops. Turn right immediately after the bus stop where the Post
Office and Tourist Information centres are. Go up the hill for about
50ms towards the church. The road bends right and turns into a oneway
system. The house is located at Frane Blecica 3, in a row of three
houses, with a gravel parking space out to the front. The house is the
furthest one at the end of the row, behind the small yellow house. Our
house has a terrace on the first floor and a door that is at right
angles to the rest of the building |