Arrival & transportation - LIFEGENMON Conference

Travel information for invited participants

Transportation: please reserve your ticket, LIFEGENMON project will reimburse all your travel costs up to 600 EUR (including tax) if you travel from within Europe and up to 1000 EUR (including tax) if you travel from outside Europe.

Accommodation: please contact Ana Simčič at anica.simcic@gozdis.si, who will book your hotel room. Costs will be covered directly by LIFEGENMON, therefore you do not pay at the check-out.

Please fill in the reimbursement form below (e-versions of tickets count as originals), and send it together with your receipts to:

– Scan: Polona Hafner polona.hafner@gozdis.si

– Originals: Polona Hafner, Vecna pot2, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia

If you have any further questions regarding your travel and accommodation, please contact any of the addresses above.

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1. Arrival & transportation

Ljubljana is located at the intersection of major European transportation routes, halfway between Vienna and Venice. It is easily accessible:

by train,
from the highway,
by air, with Ljubljana Jože Pučnik international airport being only a short drive away.

a) GETTING TO LJUBLJANA BY AIR

Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport is located 26 kilometres to Ljubljana (20 minutes by road).

Flight information

T: +386 (0)4 20 61 981
W: Aerodrom Ljubljana

Transfers to/from the airport

Shuttle transfers: GoOpti, Nomago, MNJ Shuttle, Markun Shuttle, ZUP prevozi.
Taxi: Taxi services are available in front of the airport building. ATTENTION! Those taxis are usually higher in price. For better price taxi call or book online. A taxi ride from Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport to Ljubljana costs from €20.00 to €45.00. Charges are lower when taxis are ordered by phone. In any case, it is advisable to enquire about the fare before the ride.
Rent-a-car: consult the list of rent-a-car service providers at the airport.

Regular bus route

A regular bus route connects the Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport and the Ljubljana Central Bus Station (bus stop no. 28).

The distances to the other airports:

Airport Graz, Austria: 187 km
Airport Klagenfurt, Austria: 85 km
Airport Zagreb, Croatia: 140 km
Airport Trieste,Italy: 130 km
Airport Venice, Italy: 230 km

Ljubljana is easily accessible by airport transfers.

Several airports within reasonable distance to Ljubljana are served by low-fare carriers. Favourably priced scheduled transfers from these airports and Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport can be booked through: Goopti, Shuttle Ljubljana, Getbybus, Nomago shuttle service

Transfers can be booked online.

b) GETTING TO LJUBLJANA BY ROAD

Ljubljana is located at the crossroads of Slovenia’s most important road routes. Motorway access from any of the neighbouring countries is very easy.

Road tax vignettes

Road tax vignettes must be purchased for the use of Slovenian motorways, including the Ljubljana bypass. The roads where the vignette is required are marked by special vignette signs. Vignettes can be purchased at petrol stations located in the border areas of Slovenia’s neighbouring countries, at petrol stations, post offices and most newspaper kiosks in Slovenia, and at branch offices of the Automobile Association of Slovenia (AMZS) and other automobile clubs.

Vignette prices

Class 2A (passenger cars and mobile homes)

Yearly vignette: €110.00
Half-year vignette: €30.00
Weekly vignette: €15.00

Class 2B (vehicles exceeding 1.3m in height above the front axis)

Yearly vignette: €220.00
Half-year vignette: €60.00
Weekly vignette: €30.00

Class A (one-track motor vehicles)

Yearly vignette: €55.00
Half-year vignette: €30.00
Weekly vignette: €7.50

For further information visit the website of the Motorway Company in the Republic of Slovenia (DARS).

Traffic information

The Traffic Information Centre for Public Roads collects and provides information on traffic and road conditions in Slovenia.

More information:

T: 1970 or +386 (0)1 518 85 18

W: Traffic Information Centre for Public Roads

AMZS, the Slovenian national automobile association, provides roadside assistance, car towing services and car repair services 24 hours, seven days a week.
More information:

T: +386 (0)1 530 53 00

W: AMZS

c) GETTING TO LJUBLJANA BY TRAIN

The Ljubljana Railway Station is Slovenia’s main railway station. It connects Ljubljana to Trieste, Frankfurt, Munich, Zurich, Prague, Vienna, Graz, Budapest, Zagreb, and Belgrade. Railway is also a convenient means of transport within Slovenia, given that distances within the country are mainly short and travel costs low.

Information on train schedules:

Slovenian Railways call centre T: 1999 (indicative call price; €0.75; the price depends on the phone network you are calling from)

Answering service (information on train timetables from Ljubljana) T: +386 90 93 9801

E: potnik.info@slo-zeleznice.si

W: Slovenske železnice

d) GETTING TO LJUBLJANA BY BUS

The Ljubljana Bus Station has regular services to all Slovenia’s neighbouring countries and the most popular tourist destinations within the country. Bus tickets can be purchased at the counter of the Ljubljana Bus Station or online from the Ljubljana Bus Station website.

European cities served by direct bus routes from Ljubljana: Trieste, Venice (Mestre, Marco Polo Airport), Florence, Milan, Klagenfurt, Vienna, Munich, Dortmund, Paris, Budapest, Zagreb, Sarajevo, Belgrade, Niš, Sofia.

Major Slovenian tourist destinations served by direct bus routes from Ljubljana: Bled and Bohinj lake resorts, Postojna cave, the coastal towns of Portorož and Piran. In addition to bus tickets for the above-mentioned tourist destinations, Ljubljana Bus Station website offers the possibility to purchase tickets for some of the major Slovenian tourist attractions.

T: +386 (0)1 234 46 00

Bookings for bus tickets from Ljubljana:

T: 1991 (the number is available only for calls placed from within Slovenian phone networks).

E: narocanje@ap-ljubljana.si

W: Avtobusna postaja Ljubljana

Taxi services in Ljubljana and its surrounding areas (and prices to airport)

Avto Taxi Tima ekspres

From airport to anywhere in Ljubljana 20 €. Taxi Ljubljana – taxi airport Ronchi 90 eur, taxi ljubljana – taxi celovec airport 70 eur, taxi ljubljana – taxi treviso 180 eur

M: +386 (0)41 606 716, +386 (0)40 253 669
E: taxi@amis.net
W:http://www.taxitimaekspres.com

BookTaxiSlovenija

28€ – Taxi transfer from Airport Ljubljana to Ljubljana city centre
info: distance 26 km, driving time 00:20 min
T +386 (0)70 720 414
E: info@taxi-airport-ljubljana.com
W: http://www.taxi-airport-ljubljana.com/

Elit Taxi
T:+386 (0)41 752 751
E: elit@elit-taxi.si
W:http://www.elit-taxi.si

Gea Taxi
T: +386 (0)1 433 34 44
M: +386 (0)30 333 444
E: info@gea-taxi.biz
W:http://www.gea-taxi.biz

Metro Taxi

0,99 €/km
T: 080 11 90
M:+ 386 (0)41 240
E: info@taximetro.si
W:http://www.taximetro.si

Rumeni taxi
T:+386 (0)41 731 831
E: info@rumenitaxi.com
W:http://www.rumenitaxi.com

Taxi društvo Ljubljana
T:+386 (0)1 234 90 00
M:+ 386 (0)31 24 30 00
E: info@taxi-ljubljana.si
W:http://www.taxi-ljubljana.si

Taxi Intertours
T: 080 311 311
M:+ 386 (0)31 311 311
E: info@taxi-intertours.si
W:http://www.taxi-intertours.si

Taxi Laguna
T: 080 11 17, +386 (0)1 511 23 14
M:+386 (0)31 492 299
E: taxi.laguna@siol.net
W:http://www.taxi-laguna.com

Taxi Ljubljana Intereks
M:+386 (0)41 460 460
E: taxi@intereks.si
W:http://www.intereks.si

Taxi Rondo
T: 080 900 900
M: +386(0)41 970 970
E: info@taxi-rondo.si
W:http://www.taxi-rondo.si

Airtrail Slovenia
M: +386 (0)41 281 228
E: airtrail.slovenia@gmail.com
W: http://www.airportljubljana.com

Intaxi
T: +386(0)31 40 20 20; 080 40 20
E: info@intaxi.si
W: www.intaxi.si

Taxi and Transfers TuamV
M: +386 (0)40 805 761
E: transfer@tuam.si
W: https://tuamv.com/book-taxi