HOW
TO REACH US
MUSEO STORICO E IL PARCO
DEL CASTELLO DI MIRAMARE
Viale Miramare - 34151 Trieste
The Castle and Park of Miramare
are located about 8 km northwest of the city of Trieste.
BY CAR
From the highway
Take the A4 motorway towards Trieste, exit at Monfalcone Est – (“Lisert”), continue to the “Sistiana” exit, take the Regional Road 14 (panoramic coastal road, former SS14) then turn right at the sign “Grignano Mare” (secondary entrance to the Miramare Park – Grignano side), or at the following sign “Castello di Miramare” (main entrance to the Miramare Park – sea side, “Viale Miramare”).
From the center of Trieste
Leave the center of Trieste by taking viale Miramare which begins near the central railway station of Trieste, follow the signs for Miramare (after the sign for the end of the town, turn left at the Miramare crossroads).
From Slovenia
From the Sesana-Fernetti pass: continue towards Opicina, follow the signs for Trieste and Miramare. Kilometers from the pass: 9.5. From the Skofie-Rabuiese pass: continue towards Aquilinia, follow the signs for Trieste and Miramare. Kilometers from the pass: 16.
PARKING:
Accessed from Regional Road 14, before the main entrance to Miramare Park, there is an unattended for-pay parking area where you can leave your car while visiting the museum site.
Stalls are available for passenger cars, motorcycles and buses up to 12 meters.
PUBLIC NOTICE: Due to the severe storms that hit the city in November, the Municipality of Trieste has issued an ordinance regarding vehicular traffic: a ban on transit for vehicles weighing over 3.5 tons along Viale Miramare, in the section of approximately 600 meters of the side branch between the junction with the Strada Costiera and the access gate to the “Parco di Miramare” – limited to the areas under the jurisdiction of the Municipality of Trieste. For more information, please click on the link: https://miramare.cultura.gov.it/en/accesso-al-museo-storico-di-miramare/
Access by campers, caravans or trailers of any kind is forbidden.
Parking is allowed in areas marked by blue lines.
BY TRAIN
• With the regional trains of the Udine-Trieste, Trieste-Venice or Trieste-Vienna lines (Austria) get off at MIRAMARE STATION (built by Maximilian of Habsburg to serve the Castle), then continue on foot for about 150 meters along via Beirut and reach the entrance to the Miramare Park.
From here a romantic walk of about half a kilometer along the paths of the Park will lead to the Castle.
• With the main railway lines, reach the TRIESTE CENTRALE railway station.
Exit on viale Miramare and take bus lines no. 6 or no. 36 (same route with slight seasonal variations) towards MIRAMARE-GRIGNANO.
More information on the Trenitalia S.p.A. website.
BY BUS
• With the urban public bus service, lines no. 6 or no. 36 (same route with slight seasonal variations) towards MIRAMARE-GRIGNANO.
Getting off at the BIVIO DI MIRAMARE stop, continue for 750 meters and reach the entrance to the Miramare Park. Then follow the signs to reach the Castle after about half a kilometre.
Alternatively, with line no. 6, get off at the terminus of GRIGNANO and continue on foot for about 200 meters up to the Park entrance and for another 350 meters up to the Castle.
More information on the Trieste Trasporti S.p.A website.
• With the public extra-urban bus service, lines no. 1, no. 26 or no. 51.
The vehicles stop in both directions (origin or departure from Trieste) near the Miramare tunnels, near the MIRAMARE BIVIO. Then continue with the aforementioned indications for the bus service.
More information on the Gorizia Provincial Transport Company website.
BY PLANE
Trieste Airport – Friuli Venezia Giulia is 31 km from Miramare Castle and is served by bus and coach connections from the main public and private operators, railway (the Trieste Airport railway stop is adjacent to the Redipuglia exit of the A4 motorway), taxi . It also has a car rental service.
For more information: Trieste Airport
BY BICYLE
Thanks to the collaboration with the mobility and traffic office of the Municipality of Trieste, bicycles of Bicincitta Italia S.r.l. are available in Miramare. Thanks to this sharing mobility service, the area is connected to the various other stations in the centre of Trieste.
For more information visit the website BicinCittà