Venue

Bernardin Resort and Conference Center is located half-way between Portoroz, the major tourist resort on the Slovenian Adriatic coast and Piran, a medieval town with a rich history. It is composed of the 5-star Grand Hotel Bernardin with the conference center on its top three floors high above the sea, the 4-star Histrion Hotel and the 3-star Vile Park Hotel.

From Bernardin, you can walk to either Portoroz or Piran (15 min) or drive to other towns or beaches on the Istrian Peninsula. Trieste (Italy) is just 30 km to the North, Porec (Croatia) is 45 km to the South. Secovlje salt pans are only about 10 km away; there is a small museum and a part of the area is a nature reserve. If you can spend some more time, you can visit the amphitheatre of Pula (Croatia, 90 km) or Venice (Italy, 150 km). Organized tours can lead you to the inland where the majestic Postojna Cave and the Lipica stud farm are located, as well as to the nearby countryside.

Travel Information

By car:

• Ljubljana-Portorož: 125 km (driving time 1 hour 15 min)
• Zagreb-Portorož: 250 km
• Budapest-Portorož: 550 km
• Belgrade-Portorož: 630 km

By train:

• The nearest railway station is Koper.
• Koper railway station-Portorož: 15 km
• Public transportation (bus, one-way trip, 4 EUR)

By plane:

Portorož is 140 km away from the International Airport of Ljubljana (Jože Pučnik Airport) and 80 km from Trieste International Airport (Ronchi dei Legionari).

For more information about Slovenia please check country information, Lonely Planet pages on Slovenia and some general tourist information on the Slovenia.info server. If you plan to travel via Slovenia's capital Ljubljana and overnight there, here is a link to Accomodation in Ljubljana.