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Getting from Venice airports to Pula

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The Venice airport, Marco Polo, is situated 273 km from Pula. The second Venice airport in Treviso is situated 282 km from Pula; in both cases there is a driving time to Pula of about 3 hours.

From both airports there is a frequent airport bus; to the Mestre Railway station in Venice travel time from Marco Polo airport is 20-30 minutes, from the airport in Treviso about 1 hour. From the Mestre Railway station there are train and bus connections to a large number of cities in Italy.

Below we have listed the various travel options you have from either of the Venice Airports to Pula:

By Car, as mentioned, car drive from the Venice airport to Pula takes about 3 hours. Expect for 15-20 km before the Slovenian/Croatian border that there is highway end to end. On the highway in Italy and Croatia toll fee applies. At the Venice airport you can rent a car from majority of the well known car rental brands, normally it is not a problem to bring the car to Croatia, but make sure to ask anyway. You can check the current car rental offers available from the Venice airports here.

Transfer, for a small number of people a transfer is obviously a relatively expensive way of travelling from Venice to Pula, but if you are a group of 6, 8 or more people a pre-booked transfer is for sure a travel option to consider. Here you can check prices and pre-book a transfer from the Marco Polo airport and here you can see prices and pre-book a transfer from the Treviso airport.

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Bus, from the Venice bus station there are two daily direct buses (expect Sundays). Timetable for the buses you can find here. To catch either of the buses in Venice, you will have to take the airport bus from either of the airports (Marco Polo, Treviso Airport) to Venice.

Train, from the Mestre railway station there are frequent trains to Trieste, from Trieste you will then have to continue the travel with either bus, rented car or pre-booked transfer.

Plane, there are no direct planes between the Venice airports and the airport in Pula which means that flying would require minimum one hub, in most cases several hubs. The bottom line from a time perspective, flying is not an option.

Boat / Catamaran, venezialines operates a catamaran between Venice and Pula. During main season (July and August) the catamaran has daily departures, outside of main season (April- June + September-October) there are 2-4 weekly departures.

Feel free to leave a comment below if you have any questions about travelling from one of the Venice airports to Pula.

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6 Comments »

Bob Aishford says:

30. January 2015 at 06:06

Hi,

My wife and I will be arriving at the Marco Polo airport at 11:20am on Tues May 5.

I would like to take a ferry to Pula the same afternoon I arrive, but not sure about ferry schedules.

Do you have any idea about the ferry please?

What might be my other options to get to Pula on May 5?

Thanks,

Bob
Lene Smalby says:

1. April 2015 at 13:30

Hi Bob,

The line between Venica and Pula, is not sailing in the beginning of May as far as i am aware, I just checked Venecijaline, they have departure from Venice to Porec on the 6th of May, so if you have to travel on the 5th you probably will have to take the bus from Venice to Pula, schedule you can find here

Brgds, Morten
David Oteng says:

23. February 2016 at 17:15

Hi,

I am travelling as part of a party of 3 for the outlook festival & will be arriving at the Marco Polo airport at 18:25pm on 31/08/16.

I would like to take a ferry to Pula the same evening I arrive, but i’m struggling to find any availability.

If this is a non-starter, What other options are there to get to Pula on 31st August?

Thanks,

David
Lene Smalby says:

13. March 2016 at 11:13

Hi David,

do to your arrival time, I doubt you will be able to catch any catamaran from Venice at that day, probably your best options is to take train from Venice mestre to Trieste and them from there on travel with bus to Pula.

Brgds,

Morten
Jenny says:

20. May 2016 at 15:13

Hi,

Do you know what the best way to get from Trieste to Stinjan would be? Any help would be great!

Thanks,
Jenny
Lene Smalby says:

20. May 2016 at 15:20

Hi Jenny

from Trieste you have buses to Pula https://getbybus.com/en/bus-trieste-to-pula, once at the Pula bus station, you can take local bus to Stinjan

brgds, Morten

Pula Croatia – Holidays in Pula

Pula is the largest town and the administrative centre of Istria, but today Pula is also a modern tourist destination. In the summer months tourist are offered an extensive program of cultural events, among the most famous events is the Pula Film festival and the Histria Festival. The latter is a music festival which takes place in the 2000 years old Roman Amphitheatre, the Arena. Normally the Histria festival has real world stars like e.g. Elton John on the program, so it is for sure something to consider if you plan to spend your holidays in Pula.

In terms of overnight there is plenty of private accommodation in Pula. As Pula is relatively big in terms of surface, I recommend you to check in which city part you will be staying. I also recommend checking out how often the city buses run from the specific city part. In the suburb called Verudela a large number of Hotels can be found, but of course it is also possible to find hotels in the centre of Pula. The campsite offer inside city border of Pula is limited but in the larger areas of Pula there are plenty of great campsites.

In terms of restaurants Pula has more or less everything to offer. The highlight is a restaurant run by two chefs who used to work for the world famous restaurant El Bulli in Spain. Restaurants can be found in all parts of the town. Of course, the majority of restaurants is concentrated around the centre of the city.

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