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Trieste in a Nutshell
Piazza Unità d’Italia, Trieste main square
Trieste is a lively and beautiful city on the sea in the north of Italy, surrounded by the mountains. It is the most “Mittel European” city in Italy, with a rich history and a glorious past of “Little Vienna by the Sea”. Historically Trieste was a meeting point for many literary figures (e.g., James Joyce lived in Trieste for more than 10 years) and is nowadays the city with the highest density of academic researchers in Europe. Besides the University of Trieste, many academic and research centers, including SISSA (International School for Advanced Studies), ICTP (International Centre for Theoretical Physics), INAF (Astrophysics observatory), OGS (Oceanography and Geophysics institute), and Area Science Park (technological park and tech transfer), form the so-called “Trieste System”. Trieste was the European City of Science in 2020.
The University of Trieste
The main University building
The University of Trieste was founded in 1924. It has recently started a project to expand the computer science area. Its beautiful location on top of a hill right behind the city offers an amazing view of the Adriatic sea and the surrounding mountains. The main building is easily accessible using the public transportation in approximately 15 minutes from the city centre.
- More info on the University website
Reaching Trieste
By Plane
- Trieste airport. It is the closest airport to the city centre, by trains 30 minutes (https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html) and about 50 minutes by bus.
- Treviso airport. There are buses to the railway station of Treviso (~15-20 min) from where one can take a train to Trieste Centrale (~2.5 hrs, https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html) or one can also take a bus to the railway station of Venezia Mestre (~30/40 min, https://www.atvo.it/index.php?lingua=en&area=menustandard&idpadre=23&idmenu=36 or https://www.barziservice.com/en/bus-line-airport-treviso-service/) from where there is also a train to Trieste Centrale (~2 hrs, https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html).
- Venice Marco Polo airport. There are buses to the railway station of Venezia Mestre (~20/25 min, via the ATVO bus line https://www.atvo.it/index.php?lingua=en&area=menustandard&idpadre=23&idmenu=35 or via the ACTV bus line 15), from where one can take a train to Trieste Centrale (~2 hrs, https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html).
- Ljubljana airport (Slovenia). There are buses to Ljubljana city centre, from where one can take a train to Trieste Centrale (~2.45 hrs, https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html) or a bus also to Trieste Centrale (~1.5 hrs, https://www.flixbus.co.uk/?noRedirect=true).
By Train
Trieste can be reached by train from many Italian cities. For example, there are direct links from Venice (~2 hrs), Milano (~4 hrs), Bologna (~3.5 hrs), and Rome (~6 hrs). More information is given at https://www.trenitalia.com/en.html and https://www.italotreno.it/en.
Accommodation
Trieste has numerous hotels in all price ranges. The university is on the hills behind the city centre (https://goo.gl/maps/fyDNhHUzPb7Q23SSA), and it is easily reachable in ~15 minutes by local buses (lines 17, 17/, 51, 3, 4, from the most to the least frequent) from various points of the city. We recommend that you find an accommodation in the city centre, where most of the restaurants, bars and shops are. The area in front of the main train station (Trieste Centrale), the area called “Borgo Teresiano” close to the city canal, and the area close to the main square (Piazza Unità) are all great options.
Here is a (not exhaustive) list of hotels near the city center:
- Albergo alla Posta (3 stars), Piazza Guglielmo Oberdan, 1
- L’Albero Nascosto (3 stars), Via Felice Venezian, 18
- Hotel Roma (3 stars), Via Carlo Ghega 7
- NH Hotel Trieste (4 stars), Corso Cavour, 7
- Savoia Excelsior Palace (5 stars), Riva del Mandracchio, 4
- Grand Hotel Duchi D’Aosta (5 stars), Piazza Unità d’Italia, 2/1.
Reaching the conference location
It can be reached by bus from the city centre (lines 17 and 17/, direction “San Cilino”; line 51, direction “Area di Ricerca”; and line 4, direction “Villa Carsia”) getting off at the bus stop in Via Valerio 2.
The bus tickets can be bought at automatic vending machines near the train station and at some bus stops. It is also possible to buy tickets with the app of the transport company managing the buses. For the conference, the least expensive options are either two single tickets every day (1.35€ each) or one daily ticket every day (3€).