Pula
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Legend of Pula
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Arriving to Pula
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Legend
The legend of the Argonauts describes the pursuit of the Colchidians after the ship Argo and the Golden Fleece. The subjects of the king of Colchis gave up further pursuit after the death of their king's son. Fearing that they would be punished for his death and the failure of the quest if they returned to Colchis, they decided to settle where the prince had died. Pula therefore became not only a harbor of refuge to the Colchidian fugitives, but also their place of exile. The most famous geographer of the antiquity - Strabo - claims that this is how Pula was founded and according to this legend, it was about three thousand years ago.
Transportation
By plane
Pula has its own international airport (http://www.airport-pula.hr/) with daily flights to Zagreb and direct services from many European cities such as Oslo, London, Many flights to Pula are charter rather than scheduled, while other flights are seasonal (summer only). There is a scheduled bus service from the bus station in town to the airport.
Buses are operated by Brioni www.brioni.hr/en-us/home.aspx and connect to most major flights. The cost of a one-way ticket is 25kn.
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It is possible to also consider Rijeka Airport (http://www.rijeka-airport.hr/index_eng.asp ) on the island of Krk and Trieste Airport (http://www.aeroporto.fvg.it/en/home/index.htm) in nearby Italy to access Pula as they are close by and offer flights to different destinations.
There is also airport of Venice www.veniceairport.it/en/ and Ljubljana, Slovenia www.lju-airport.si/en/Main.
By land
The large and modern bus station is on the edge of the 'old town' district and is the hub of local, domestic and international bus routes.
Online timetables are listed at (http://www.pulainfo.hr/en/prijevoz/bus/54/) andhttp://www.brioni.hr/en-us/home.aspx.
There is also a train station near the waterfront with services serving Istria and into Slovenia due to historical circumstance rather than back towards the rest of Croatia (though a connecting coach service operates for services to Rijeka and Zagreb). Ticket prices, timetables and other information are on the Croatian Railways www.hzpp.hr/en
By sea
Venezia Lines ( http://www.venezialines.com) ferry connects Pula with Venice. It runs five times a week, travel time is around 3hr. Services are only during summer months.
Distance from other cities in Croatia and Europe
Rijeka - 102 km
Zagreb - 288 km
Dubrovnik - 696 km
Trieste - 126 km
Vienna - 593 km
Frankfurt - 1030 km
Amsterdam - 1490 km
London - 1750 km
Munich – 607 km
Milan – 535 km
Rome – 756 km
Graz – 398 km
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