TRAVEL
The closest AIRPORTS to Piran are:
Trieste Ronchi Airport (Italy), 82 km, cca 1h by car
Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (Slovenia), 143 km, cca 1h 30 min by car
Treviso Airport (Italy), 187 km, cca 2h 15min by car
Venice Marco Polo Airport (Italy), 190 km, 2h 10 min by car
Zagreb Airport (Croatia), 270 km, cca 2h 45 min by car
Travels by ROAD/TRAIN:
Book a shuttle (shared/private) from an airport (or elsewhere) to Piran. https://www.goopti.com/en/
For public intercity transport (including cross-border), Ljubljana and Koper have the best connections.
Take a bus https://www.ap-ljubljana.si/en. Works best if you search single routes (e.g. Zagreb - Ljubljana and Ljubljana - Piran, instead of Zagreb - Piran).
Take a train https://potniski.sz.si/en/plan-your-journey/
For public transport within Italy (e.g. Venice to Trieste), use https://www.omio.com/
Use public coastal transport to get from Koper to Piran or from Trieste to Piran https://arriva.si/en/international_transfers/piran-izola-koper-trst-trieste/
Use https://prevoz.org/ to catch a ride with people traveling across Slovenia with their private cars for fairly low rates. Registration is required, the page is in Slovenian but is trustworthy.
LODGING
Piran is a popular tourist destination and we encourage you to book your accommodation well in advance. Below we suggest some options of various pricing, however, plenty of other options can be found on platforms, such as https://www.booking.com and https://www.airbnb.si, or via agencies, such as https://www.palma.si/ or https://cavallotravel.si/.
Grand Hotel Bernadine *****
the venue of the conference
Hotel Histrion ****
4 min walk along the coast
https://www.hoteli-bernardin.si/en/accommodations/st-bernardin-resort/hotel-histrion
Hotel Vile Park ***
3 min walk along the coast
https://www.hoteli-bernardin.si/en/accommodations/st-bernardin-resort/hotel-vile-park
B&B Miracolo di Mare
15 min walk along the coast or a bus free of charge
Preferential prices for the Hotels can be booked by MoBI 2024 guests here
VENUE INFORMATION
The 5th International MoBI conference will be held in the Grand Hotel Bernardin. Enter the Grand Hotel Bernardin from the road called Ladjedelniška reber (turn left before house number 15 or use the coordinates https://maps.app.goo.gl/WsDH9HxQFQDJtvM26). Upon entering take the stairs to the right to the first floor. There you will find the registration desk and behind it the lobby, the ocean view room and the auditorium.
The conference lunch will be offered in the Restaurant Polpo (Fornače 35, 6330 Piran, Slovenia). To ensure all lunch orders are managed within the lunch break, you will be asked to pre-select lunch from the menu for each day at registration. The restaurant is about 5 min walk away from the conference venue.
Main reception on the 4th of June will take place at Hotel Historion.
DAYCARE
EDIT 15.05.2024
Daycare requests that came in so far have been processed accordingly and we look forward to welcoming them on site! Please note that we are now closed for further daycare requests as we need sufficient time to organize it. Thank you for your understanding.
We are looking into options for providing daycare for your children. Offering this option to you depends in part on the demand we receive. To help us best understand your needs, please make sure to indicate in your application the following information:
the number of children you would need daycare for
their ages
dietary restrictions
other important info, such as disabilities or special care
Cover photo by Nikola Jurišič; https://www.slovenia.info/en