--- title: "Trsat – what is there, and how you get there | Mixroutes" description: "Trsat, Croatia: Trsat is part of the city of Rijeka, Croatia, with a historic castle or fortress in a strategic location and several historic churches, in…" url: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/trsat" markdown: "https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/trsat.md" image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Trsat_Vew_from_mountains_behind_Rijeka_city_2008_year.jpg" --- Part of the city of Rijeka, Croatia # Trsat Trsat is part of the city of Rijeka, Croatia, with a historic castle or fortress in a strategic location and several historic churches, in one of which the Croatian noble Prince Vuk Krsto Frankopan is buried. ![Trsat](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4a/Trsat_Vew_from_mountains_behind_Rijeka_city_2008_year.jpg) Trsat · Wikimedia Commons The place Trsat is part of the city of Rijeka, Croatia, with a historic castle or fortress in a strategic location and several historic churches, in one of which the Croatian noble Prince Vuk Krsto Frankopan is buried. Trsat is a steep hill, 138 m high, rising over the gorge of the Rječina river, about a kilometre away from the sea; strategically significant from the earliest times right up to the 17th century, it is today a major Christian pilgrimage centre and home to a statue of Pope John Paul II who came to Trsat as a Pilgrim in 2003. Today, the University of Rijeka's newly constructed campus lies in the western part of Trsat. Adapted from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trsat), CC BY-SA 4.0. What is there ## Worth seeing in and around Trsat 10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name. 1. Stadion Rujevica Stadion Rujevica, officially known as Stadion HNK Rijeka, is a stadium in the city of Rijeka, Croatia. The stadium is commonly referred to as Rujevica after its location. 5.4 km · football stadium in Rijeka, Croatia · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadion_Rujevica) 2. University of Rijeka The University of Rijeka is a public university located in the city of Rijeka, Croatia, with faculties in cities throughout the regions of Primorje, Istria and Lika. The University of Rijeka is composed of eleven faculties, one art academy, two departments, university libraries, and the Student Centre Rijeka. 1.3 km · Croatian university · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Rijeka) 3. Stadion Kantrida Kantrida Stadium is a football stadium in the Croatian city of Rijeka. It is named after the Kantrida neighbourhood in which it is located, in the western part of the city. 6.7 km · Croatian football stadium · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadion_Kantrida) 4. Rijeka Cathedral The St. Vitus Cathedral is a Roman Catholic cathedral in Rijeka, Croatia. 1.8 km · Roman Catholic cathedral in Rijeka, Croatia · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rijeka_Cathedral) 5. Croatian National Theatre Ivan pl. Zajc in Rijeka The Croatian National Theatre Ivan pl. Zajc in Rijeka (Croatian: Hrvatsko narodno kazalište Ivana pl. 2 km · theater in Rijeka, Croatia · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Zajc_Croatian_National_Theatre) 6. Saint Nicholas Church The Church of St. Nicholas is a Serbian Orthodox church in Rijeka, Croatia. 2 km · Orthodox church in Rijeka, Croatia · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_St._Nicholas,_Rijeka) 7. Trsat Castle Trsat Castle is a castle in Trsat, Croatia. It is thought that the castle lies at the exact spot of an ancient Illyrian and Roman fortress. 900 m · castle in Trsat, Croatia · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trsat_Castle) 8. Rijeka Orthodox Synagogue The Rijeka Orthodox Synagogue is an Orthodox Jewish synagogue, located on Ivan Filipović Street, formerly Galvani Street, in Rijeka in Croatia. The synagogue was built in a Rationalist style in 1931. 2.5 km · synagogue in Rijeka, Croatia · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rijeka_Orthodox_Synagogue) 9. Mosque of Rijeka The Rijeka Mosque is a mosque, located in Rijeka, Croatia. The mosque was built between 2009 and 2013. 5.6 km · Mosque in Croatia · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rijeka_Mosque) 10. Stadion Krimeja Stadion Krimeja is a football stadium in the Croatian city of Rijeka. It is named after the Krimeja neighbourhood where it is located. 1.1 km · football stadium in Rijeka, Croatia · [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadion_Krimeja) Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0. Go there ## Getting to Trsat **Airports:** Rijeka (RJK), 15 km · Pula (PUY), 65 km · Trieste (TRS), 95 km\ **Stations:** Port of Rijeka, 2.3 km · Rijeka railway station, 2.8 km · Grobnik Aerodrome, 5.9 km\ - Pula → Trsat Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/pula-to-trsat) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Pula&to=Trsat) - Velika Gorica → Trsat Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/velika-gorica-to-trsat) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Velika+Gorica&to=Trsat) - Zadar → Trsat Train, bus, flight, ferry and road, side by side [Guide](https://www.mixroutes.com/routes/zadar-to-trsat) [Today](https://www.mixroutes.com/results?from=Zadar&to=Trsat) - From anywhere The planner compares every way there from wherever you are. [Plan a trip](https://www.mixroutes.com/?to=Trsat) Not yet researched ## No local-transport research exists yet for Trsat Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Trsat. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more. What Wikivoyage says about moving around - Get in Of best use to travellers from Rijeka is the Jadrolinija ferry service. - Get in Car-carrying ferries down the Adriatic Coast to Split and Dubrovnik have been cancelled. - Go next Until 2014, Jadrolinija Ferry travelled to Dubrovnik, Split, Stari Grad, Korčula, and Bari in Italy. From [Wikivoyage: Rijeka](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Rijeka), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09. The nearest places where the work is done 1. [Hvar](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/hvar) HR 8 ways of moving, 27 sources 290 km 2. [Korčula](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/korcula) HR 9 ways of moving, 33 sources 339 km 3. [Mljet](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/mljet) HR 9 ways of moving, 28 sources 378 km 4. [Cinque Terre](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/cinque-terre) IT 7 ways of moving, 23 sources 399 km 5. [Zermatt](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/zermatt) CH 8 ways of moving, 26 sources 527 km If you know how people move in Trsat – the stand, the rule, the fare – [tell us](https://www.mixroutes.com/report?key=blog%7Ctrsat&title=Trsat&sub=Field+notes&back=%2Fnotes%2Ftrsat), and the note gets an entry. Around it ## Next door to Trsat - [Corpus separatum](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/corpus-separatum) City of Fiume under the Kingdom of Hungary (1779–1918) 2.6 km - [Sveti Kuzam](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/sveti-kuzam) neighbourhood of Rijeka, Croatia 5 km - [Drenova, Rijeka](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/drenova-rijeka) neighbourhood of Rijeka, Croatia 3.5 km [The place page for Trsat](https://www.mixroutes.com/places/trsat) [All the notes](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes) [Every note on Croatia](https://www.mixroutes.com/notes#c-HR) --- This is the markdown version of https://www.mixroutes.com/notes/trsat, for search crawlers and AI assistants. The HTML page is the canonical copy. Mixroutes is made by Lascade LLC, Sharjah Media City, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. Index of every page: https://www.mixroutes.com/llms.txt