Trieste & surroundings

This fantastic historical city is the capital of region Friuli-Venezia Giulia and it is located on the Italian-Slovenian border.  The town serves as an essential harbour as the biggest harbour of the North Adriatic sea.  The city is a mixture of different ethnic backgrounds from the surrounding countries and regions such as Austria, Venice, and Slovenia.

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Trieste

Trieste was one of the oldest parts of the Habsburg Monarchy, belonging to it from 1382 until 1918. In the 19th century the monarchy was one of the Great Powers of Europe and Trieste was its most important seaport. As a prosperous seaport in the Mediterranean region, Trieste became the fourth largest city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
Trieste enjoys and boasts of a unique location where it is surrounded by the Adriatic Sea and Carsic hills all over.
There are many leisure and sporting activities you can undertake in the great Italian city. Here there are no long traffic jams or smog as in the case of other Italian towns.

Trieste

Castello Miramare (Miramare Castle)

The Castello Miramare is located on the waterfront 8 kilometres (5 miles) from Trieste. It was built between 1856 and 1860 and The Castle gardens provide a setting of beauty with a variety of trees, chosen by and planted on the orders of Archduke Maximilian, that today make a remarkable collection.

 

Miramare

Barcolana

Besides being a beautiful town with a long history, Trieste is known to host the famous sailing regatta Barcolana. It is the largest sailing race on Earth that happens on the Gulf of Trieste and for the sailing enthusiasts, but also for tourists or motor boat owners this is a never miss spectacle. It takes place every year in October.

Barcolana

Portopiccolo

Sheltered by the protective embrace of the majestic cliffs known as falesie, and with a one-of-a-kind location in the beautiful Duino Cliffs Nature Reserve, Portopiccolo is at once modern and traditional, technologically advanced yet perfectly in sync with its surroundings.

Portopiccolo

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