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Arrival, information and accommodation
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Trieste's Piazza Liberta
bus station
is right by the central
train station
, ten minutes' walk from the town centre. The main
tourist office
is rather hidden away on the third floor at Via San Nicolo 20 (Mon-Fri 9am-7pm, Sat 9am-1pm; tel 040.369.881), but there's an equally helpful office at Riva 3 Novembre 9 (daily 9am-7pm; tel 040.347.8312) and a good Web site at
www.triestetourism.it
. For information on the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region, go to the tourist office at Via G. Rossini 6 (Mon-Thurs 8.30am-12.30pm & 2-4.30pm, Fri 8.30am-12.30pm; tel 040.365.152,
www.fvgpromo.it
).
Accommodation
in Trieste is uninspiring. The cheapest decent
hotels
are all between the train station and the town centre and are fairly uniformly dull but acceptable. The large
Marina
, Via Galatti 14 (tel 040.369.298; L60,000-90,000/€30.99-46.48) is probably the best bet, but otherwise try the
Centrale
, Via Ponchielli, 1 (tel 040.639.482; L90,000-120,000/€46.48-61.98; mid-March to Oct) or the
Alabarda
, Via Valdirivo 22 (tel 040.630.269; L60,000-90,000/€30.99-46.48). There's also a
youth hostel
, 7km out of the city at Viale Miramare 331 (tel 040.224.102; L20,000/€10.32) - take a #36 bus from the station to Grignano and ask the driver to drop you at Bivio al Miramare, from where it's a five-minute walk straight down along Viale Miramare. The nearest
campsite
is the
Obelisco
(tel 040.211.655), on an airy site 7km away in the hills below Opicina, take bus #4 or the
tranvia
(cable tramway) from Piazza Oberdan, stop at the obelisk, cross over the tracks where you'll see a sign to the campsite which is a minute's walk away. Other useful information
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