Trying to travel from Zagreb to Venice by train preferably overnight. Can anyone tell me how to do it.
Zagreb to Venice by train
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You'll probably have to train from Zagreb to Villach, Austria and take a train or bus from there.
Or you could take a train from Zagreb to Ljubljana and take a bus from there to Venice. There's a daily direct bus service in the morning to Venice Mestre by a Slovenian bus company called DRD. There's another bus service called GoOpti that I think is on-demand. Neither of these would probably work as an overnight option, though.
Travel Zagreb to Ljubljana by train, around €15, just buy at the station. A nice comfortable and scenic run along the River Sava.
Then every couple of hours there's a Slovenian domestic train to Sezana on the Italian border, €8.95, buy at the station, no reservation needed or even possible. A lovely scenic rural run across Slovenia.
Then take taxi the last few miles into Trieste. You could take the historic tram from Villa Opicina on the Italian side of the border as I did, 3 miles from Sezana, the tam links Villa Opicina and central Trieste every 20 minutes 0700-2000 fare €1.10, although it may still be closed for refurbishment. The tram becomes a funicular down the escarpment, the only such tram in the world, and a Trieste institution in its own right. I've put some photos and a link to their site at www.seat61.com/Slivenia.htm at the bottom of the page.
Train every hour Trieste to Venice, €14, no reservation needed or possible, just buy a ticket and hop on the next train.
No cramped buses, and a pleasant journey with great scenery along the way.