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Tre Merli is sixth, and the best-scoring hotel outside the centre, because it gives you breakfast free and a restaurant on the water. Breakfast is complimentary, a buffet from 7:30 or delivered to your room at no charge, and our routing puts the Stazione Marittima about 2.6 road miles away, roughly 7 minutes with no traffic.
It's sixteen rooms on the Barcola seafront with limited free parking. That's a short drive to the ship, not a walk, so sail morning starts with a taxi.
The Tre Merli restaurant is closed on Mondays. If your night before is a Monday, plan dinner in town.
Book it for a quiet seafront night with breakfast in your room, and book the taxi to the terminal when you check in.
Book it if
- You want free breakfast, even in bed
- You'd rather sleep by the sea than in town
- Dinner on site, any night but Monday
Look elsewhere if
- Your night before is a Monday and you want the restaurant.
- You're bringing a pet.
- You want to walk to the ship.
Your night before, from here
From check-in to the gangway, using only what Tre Merli publishes.
The Tre Merli restaurant for dinner from 7:30 to 10:30 pm — closed Mondays.
No ride to the ship is mentioned, so it's a taxi along the seafront — about 7 minutes on clear roads by our routing.
Complimentary: a buffet from 7:30 to 10:00, or brought to your room free on request.
The hotel gives no cruise figure — by our routing the Stazione Marittima is about 2.6 road miles (4.2 km) away, roughly 7 minutes with no traffic. Your check-in time decides when to leave Tre Merli, not the hotel.
Limited free private parking for guests, plus public parking nearby; nothing says a car can stay while you cruise.
Night-Before Score: 28 of 100
Scored only from what the hotel or its brand publishes on its own pages, and the hub explains how the Night-Before Score works.
Getting here, and on to the ship
Trieste Airport is about 21.9 road miles from Tre Merli by our routing, Venice Marco Polo about 90.9; from Tre Merli the Stazione Marittima is about 2.6 road miles, roughly 7 minutes with no traffic, by our routing, and every question mark below is a ride you arrange yourself.
The hotel mentions no airport transfer.
No ride to the ship is mentioned, so it's a taxi along the seafront — about 7 minutes on clear roads by our routing.
The hotel gives no cruise figure — by our routing the Stazione Marittima is about 2.6 road miles (4.2 km) away, roughly 7 minutes with no traffic.
From TRS without a hotel shuttle
By our routing Trieste Airport is about 21.9 road miles from Tre Merli, roughly 32 minutes with no traffic. Taxis wait outside Arrivals from 08:00 to 24:00, and seven rental desks share the arrivals hall. More: the airport page.
Tre Merli's services page has no Venice transfer.
No ride to the ship is mentioned, so it's a taxi along the seafront — about 7 minutes on clear roads by our routing.
The hotel gives no cruise figure — by our routing the Stazione Marittima is about 2.6 road miles (4.2 km) away, roughly 7 minutes with no traffic.
From VCE without a hotel shuttle
Venice Marco Polo is about 90.9 road miles from Tre Merli, our routing, 1 hr 38 min on empty roads; Holland America says to allow about 2 hours to the terminal.
Limited free private parking for guests, plus public parking nearby; nothing says a car can stay while you cruise.
Parking for your stay: Limited free private parking, plus public parking nearby.
No ride to the ship is mentioned, so it's a taxi along the seafront — about 7 minutes on clear roads by our routing.
The hotel gives no cruise figure — by our routing the Stazione Marittima is about 2.6 road miles (4.2 km) away, roughly 7 minutes with no traffic.
Flying in the morning you sail? You can bypass Tre Merli entirely; the airport page has the landing check.
Which terminal
Stazione MarittimaMeasured to the Stazione Marittima on Molo dei Bersaglieri, Tre Merli is about 2.6 road miles, roughly 7 minutes with no traffic, by our routing. Costa and TUI park their guests at Molo IV, and whether their ships tie up there too isn't stated, so let your documents decide; the Trieste cruise guide has the rest.
Source: triesteterminal.itDistance
~2.6 road mi, our routingThe hotel gives no cruise figure — by our routing the Stazione Marittima is about 2.6 road miles (4.2 km) away, roughly 7 minutes with no traffic.
Source: tremerlibeachhotel.comTo the ship
No shuttle statedWith no ship shuttle listed at Tre Merli, your check-in time sets the clock — our no-traffic routing is about 7 minutes to the terminal, so book the taxi the night before.
Source: tremerlibeachhotel.comParking while you sail
Cruise parking
Cruise parking unconfirmedLimited free private parking for guests, plus public parking nearby; nothing says a car can stay while you cruise.
Source: tremerlibeachhotel.comTTP cruise parking
Priced only when you bookTre Merli offers limited free private parking. For the cruise itself, TTP runs the only official parking, booked on its site, with drop-off from 08:00 to 17:00; its prices appear only once you’re in the booking portal, so we can’t print one.
Compare Tre Merli with TTP’s lots and the city garages, or see the parking math.
Source: triesteterminal.itThe evening and the morning
The evening
Food or bar on siteThe Tre Merli restaurant for dinner from 7:30 to 10:30 pm — closed Mondays.
Breakfast
FreeComplimentary: a buffet from 7:30 to 10:00, or brought to your room free on request.
Address
Viale Miramare, BarcolaViale Miramare 44, 34136 Trieste
Hotel website
The fine print, in one place
Times, fees, rooms and the small stuff, as Tre Merli publishes it. The gaps here are whether the free parking covers a cruise week and a taxi fare to the terminal — a call to Tre Merli settles both.
Check-in and check-out
Minimum age
Not stated by the hotel.
Extra fees
None stated
Wi-Fi
Free
Parking for your stay
Limited free private parking, plus public parking nearby
Breakfast
Complimentary: a buffet 7:30 to 10:00, or delivered to your room free on request
Pool
No pool mentioned on the pages we read
Pets
No pets, per the hotel.
Food and drink on site
- Tre Merli restaurant12:00–2:30 pm and 7:30–10:30 pm, closed Mondays
Rooms
16 rooms, per the regional listing, including sea-view Junior Suites.
Accessibility
Tre Merli’s pages we read don’t detail accessible rooms, so call before you book one.
On site
- EV chargingNot stated
- Guest laundryNot stated
- GymNot stated
- Pets allowedNo
Also worth knowing
- Early check-in on request
- Air conditioning and soundproofing in every room
- No pets
Before you book
Worth knowing
- Restaurant closed on Mondays.
- Free parking is limited.
- Early check-in on request.
- No pets.
- We found no star category for Tre Merli, and Trieste's tourist tax goes by stars — €1.80 to €3.80 (about US$2–4) a person a night in the city's 2026 table. Ask the hotel which rate it charges; exemptions apply.
What we couldn’t confirm
- Whether the free parking covers a cruise week
- A taxi fare to the terminal
- Room count beyond the regional listing's 16
Every hotel fact here comes from Tre Merli’s own pages or its brand’s, read October 4, 2026, unless we name another source — so before you book, confirm whether the restaurant is open on your night.
Worth a look alongside it
Before you book Tre Merli: the Trieste cruise guide, Trieste cruise parking and the splurge list.
Wake up on the Barcola seafront, breakfast brought to the room.
Tell us your sail date and we’ll check Tre Merli for the night before. No payment on the form.
Tre Merli FAQ
Is breakfast free at Tre Merli Beach Hotel?
Yes — a complimentary buffet from 7:30 to 10:00, or delivered to your room free on request, per the hotel.
How far is Tre Merli from the Trieste cruise terminal?
About 2.6 road miles (4.2 km) to the Stazione Marittima by our routing, roughly 7 minutes with no traffic.
Is the Tre Merli restaurant open every night?
No — it's closed on Mondays. Otherwise it serves 12:00 to 2:30 pm and 7:30 to 10:30 pm, per the hotel.
Does Tre Merli Beach Hotel allow pets?
No — the hotel says pets aren't allowed.
Is parking free at Tre Merli?
There's limited free private parking, plus public parking nearby. The hotel doesn't say a car can stay while you cruise.
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