Maximilian of Habsburg’s white castle, perched above the Gulf of Trieste, with rooms still furnished as they were and a large park by the sea. Here you’ll find which Miramare Castle tickets to buy, the weather during opening hours, opening times and how to get there.
Queues and crowds → · Trieste, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy
Weather at 5:00 PM. The castle opens at 09:00.
The park is free all year round. You need a ticket to enter the castle, with its furnished rooms and the current exhibition.
Our pick: the Tiqets ticket if you want the audio guide, as it costs less than the official ticket plus hire (€21) and it’s already on your phone. If you don’t need an audio guide, the €17 official ticket is the cheapest.
Good to know: the historic Kitchens and the Castelletto can only be visited by booking, separately.
Non-refundable ticket · 4.4 from over 140 reviews
Costs €3.50 more than the official ticket (€17), but includes the audio guide app: at the ticket office the audio guide costs €4 to hire.
Indicative prices, checked onOctober 27, 2026: they may change: the final price is the one shown by the seller.
Good
Good: fair, 15 to 15 degrees, no rain.
Good
Good: clear, 12 to 15 degrees, no rain.
| Time | Sky | Temperature | Rain | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Clear | 12° | – | 35 km/h |
| 10:00 | Clear | 13° | – | 33 km/h |
| 11:00 | Clear | 14° | – | 34 km/h |
| 12:00 | Clear | 14° | – | 33 km/h |
| 13:00 | Clear | 15° | – | 32 km/h |
| 14:00 | Clear | 15° | – | 32 km/h |
| 15:00 | Clear | 15° | – | 34 km/h |
| 16:00 | Clear | 14° | – | 33 km/h |
| 17:00 | Clear | 13° | – | 30 km/h |
| 18:00 | Clear | 12° | – | 27 km/h |
The best days are Monday, November 2, Tuesday, November 3 and Saturday, November 7. The rating only looks at opening hours: rain at night doesn’t spoil the visit.
Today and tomorrow the forecast is accurate hour by hour; up to day seven it is reliable on the trend; the last days give a rough idea. Updated every hour.
Today, Friday, October 30: open 09:00–19:00.
| Period | Hours |
|---|---|
| 09:00–19:00 |
Opening hours: the castle is open every day from 9 am to 7 pm (ticket office until 6:30 pm). The park opens at 8 am and closes between 4 and 7 pm depending on the month: at 5 pm in the second half of October, at 4 pm in November and December.
Best time to visit: May, June and September. Long, warm days, with the park at its best.
| Month | Average high | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 9° | 6 |
| Feb | 10° | 6 |
| Mar | 14° | 6 |
| Apr | 18° | 8 |
| MayRecommended | 22° | 9 |
| JunRecommended | 27° | 8 |
| Jul | 29° | 6 |
| Aug | 29° | 7 |
| SepRecommended | 24° | 8 |
| Oct | 19° | 9 |
| Nov | 14° | 10 |
| Dec | 10° | 8 |
1991–2020 normals for the Trieste weather station: average high and days with at least 1 mm of rain. Source: NOAA, table published on Wikipedia (article “Trieste”).
The castle is visited indoors: Maximilian and Charlotte’s rooms, the Duke of Aosta’s apartments and the exhibition.
An hour-by-hour crowd estimate is coming later, always marked as an estimate and with its source.
Where it is: on Viale Miramare, about 8 km north-west of central Trieste. Parking is limited: the castle recommends bus, train or boat.
By bus: lines 6 or 36 to the Bivio di Miramare stop, then about 750 metres on foot to the park and half a kilometre to the castle. Alternatively, line 6 to the Grignano terminus.
By train: regional trains on the Udine–Trieste and Venice–Trieste lines stop at Miramare station, 150 metres from the park entrance; then about half a kilometre through the park.
Good: fair, 15 to 15 degrees, no rain.
Saturday, October 31: Good: clear, 12 to 15 degrees, no rain. Sunday, November 1: Good: fair, 10 to 12 degrees, no rain.
Until 2 November 2026 the full ticket costs €17, exhibition included; EU citizens aged 18–25 pay €7. On Tiqets the ticket with an audio guide app costs from €20.50.
Yes, entry to the park is free all year. It opens at 8 am and closes between 4 and 7 pm depending on the month.
The castle is open every day from 9 am to 7 pm, with the ticket office open until 6:30 pm.
By bus on lines 6 or 36 to Bivio di Miramare, or by regional train to Miramare station, 150 metres from the park. Parking is limited.
About an hour for the castle with the audio guide, plus at least an hour for the park.
Reliable forecasts reach about 10 days: here you get the next 10, hour by hour for today and tomorrow and as a trend after that. To pick a month, check the climate month by month.
Forecasts come from MET Norway, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, calculated for the castle’s coordinates and updated every hour during the day and every 3 hours at night. Crowd figures are labelled as estimates, with their source.
Castle entry ticket + exhibition · from €20.50
Forecast by MET Norway, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, calculated for the castle’s coordinates. Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0), updated every hour. Updated: October 27, 2026.