How to reach Udine

Udine is located in north-eastern Italy.  It can be reached by car (motorways A4/E70 and A23/E55), by train or by plane.

Coming by car
How to reach the railway station area and hotels by car
How to reach the Great hall

Coming by train
Udine is connected by train to Venice and Wien.
To check timetables and train categories, visit the Web site of the Italian Railways. The Website of the German railways is also useful.
Remember to stamp your ticket before taking the train!

How to reach the hotels from the railway station by bus

How to reach the Great Hall from the hotels by bus

Coming by plane
The closest airport is the Trieste airport (40 Km; buses to and from Udine), which has direct connections with the hubs of Munich, Milan and Rome and other airports.
The airport of Venice "Marco Polo" is about 120 Km away. Train connections between Venice and Udine are frequent (approximately every 60 min); most companies fly to Venice from several European airports. From the Venice airport "Marco Polo" you can reach the railway station "Venezia Mestre" (on the mainland) by bus and then travel to Udine by train.
Venice has a secondary airport, near the town of Treviso, with some low cost flights; you can reach Udine from Treviso by train. Take the bus no. 6 from the airport to the railway station. At present (February 2004), shuttle buses to Venice ("Venezia Mestre" railway station and Venezia, bus terminal) are available at the landing of flights of Ryanair and other companies.

Further details on how to reach Udine by plane.

Maps of Udine and local transportation

You can use these links:

Maps of Udine and the surrounding area:
downloadable, diagrammatic map, pdf (102 kb)
http://www.multimap.com/wi/535.htm (clickable map)
Searchable map (captions in Italian: indirizzo=address, città=town; leave the CAP field empty)

Buses in Udine: http://www.saf.ud.it/index2.html
if you are using the Italian version of this page, please choose "ORARI" from the left frame and then "Urbani (Udine)" to get the timetables. In the English version, menus in the left frame remain in Italian, while the German version is correctly linked and works properly.

Map of bus connections: http://www.saf.ud.it/orari_urbani_map.htm

Dowloadable map of bus connections (980kb in pdf format)

Bus tickets must be purchased in advance at tobacco shops and newspaper kiosks. They must be stamped on the bus at the beginning of the journey.