Trieste in a Day: North-Eastern Italy, Trieste, Italy
With only a day to spare, this will聽have to be聽enough time聽to explore Trieste, Italy鈥檚 north-eastern port city.
A leisurely day in Trieste sounded like an excellent way of escaping the hoards in Venice on the last day of聽Carnivale.
Trieste聽is about a 2-hour trip East from Venice (鈧�25 return) on a comfortable and cosy warm train. Sit, relax, and enjoy the ride of mostly flat scenery dotted with quaint farm houses鈥ntil you near the city鈥檚 built-up suburbs.
Positioned聽on the Adriatic Sea and almost at the end of a slither聽of Italian territory, the Slovenian聽border is only some 3 kilometres away. The Croatian border is about 15聽kilometres south聽of Trieste.
To be honest, I haven鈥檛. Nor have I met many travellers that avidly seek聽this city out on their bucket list聽鈥榯o see鈥櫬燿estinations.
Another reason for visiting is that my mother鈥檚 family was from Fiume (I think) but lived in Trieste. Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia) is one of those unfortunate cities, that was bandied around between empires and countries, depending on which war聽was on at the time. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
A leisurely day in Trieste sounded like an excellent way of escaping the hoards in Venice on the last day of聽Carnivale.
Trieste聽is about a 2-hour trip East from Venice (鈧�25 return) on a comfortable and cosy warm train. Sit, relax, and enjoy the ride of mostly flat scenery dotted with quaint farm houses鈥ntil you near the city鈥檚 built-up suburbs.
Positioned聽on the Adriatic Sea and almost at the end of a slither聽of Italian territory, the Slovenian聽border is only some 3 kilometres away. The Croatian border is about 15聽kilometres south聽of Trieste.
To be honest, I haven鈥檛. Nor have I met many travellers that avidly seek聽this city out on their bucket list聽鈥榯o see鈥櫬燿estinations.
Another reason for visiting is that my mother鈥檚 family was from Fiume (I think) but lived in Trieste. Fiume (now Rijeka, Croatia) is one of those unfortunate cities, that was bandied around between empires and countries, depending on which war聽was on at the time. ...... (follow the instructions below for accessing the rest of this article).
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Guide Name: Trieste in a Day: North-Eastern Italy
Guide Location: Italy » Trieste
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Nilla Palmer
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Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
Guide Location: Italy » Trieste
Guide Type: Self-guided Walking Tour (Article (B))
Author: Nilla Palmer
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Sight(s) Featured in This Guide:
- Trieste Centrale Railway Stations
- Piazza dell鈥橴nit脿 d鈥橧talia
- Palazzo del Governo
- Lloyds Triestino
- Piazza dell鈥橴nit脿 d鈥橧talia
- La fontana del Bergamasco
- Porto Vecchio
- Gangemi
- Bricco Caff猫
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