Trieste Travel Guide
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Trieste is the smallest province in Italy, and perhaps also the most isolated. For evidence of this, simply take a look at any map: it consists of a thin stretch of land which runs between the sea and the upland plains which border Slovenia. This border area is fraught with tensions, as the city has not yet learned to co-exist peacefully with its foreign … Read Trieste introduction
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Grotta Gigante
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The Grotta Gigante is an enormous cave, first opened to the public in 1908, large enough to contain the entire basilica of Saint Peter. Because of its special characteristics and constant temperature of 12°C, it is the site of scientific …
Grand Hotel Duchi d'Aosta
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The only hotel facing directly onto Piazza dell'Unità d'Italia , this is Trieste's flagship hotel - some of the most important people in the world of …
Stanlio e Ollio
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Everything in this small restaurant on Trieste's ancient aqueduct, including books, brochures and posters, is dedicated to the two comedians, Laurel and Hardy. The owners even look like them: one thin and the other rather large. The …
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at last we found a nice, modern, unpretencious, accomodating (we have kids) hotel in trieste, at the miramare castle junction; it is called miramare; prices are affordable, everything is spic & ... more
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Introduction
Trieste's Austro-Hungarian heyday left her looking gorgeous in a Neoclassical gown. Nature too plays her part, providing rugged cliffs for palaces to perch on, beaches for basking, and that capricious bora wind to keep you on your toes as you promenade the port and piazza.
Not to miss
Teatro Romano Smack-bang in the middle of the modern city, this remarkably well-preserved 2000-year-old Roman theatre was discovered during excavation for public works in 1938. Built into the hillside, with a capacity of up to 6000 people, it would have originally sat directly on the shore …
Facts for the Traveller
Population : 207069 Area : 40.88km² Longitude / Latitude : 13.48 / 45.38 Currency : Euro (EUR) Weights & Measures system : Metric
Getting there & Getting around
Getting there Trieste airport is 33km (20.5mi) northwest of Trieste. Direct daily flights to/from Munich and London Stanstead, and less frequent services to Belgrade arrive here, as well as domestic connections to Rome, Milan and Genoa. A car ferry sails to Durres in Albania twice a week. In …
History
Recent History Today Trieste is a modern, cosmopolitan city attracting increasing numbers of tourists and scientists to the International Centre for Theoretical Physics and International School for Advanced Studies. Trieste wouldn't be a sea port worth its salt without a famous sailing …
Weather
You won't suffer from horrible extremes of heat or cold in seaside Trieste. In summertime you can expect days of mid- to late-20s, with the mercury climbing over 30°C (86°F) only once or twice in July and August. But it's quite possible you will experience extreme wind! The notorious …
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