Location: Trieste
Top Things to do in Trieste
Top 10 Points of Interest & Landmarks in Trieste, Friuli Venezia Giulia
Trieste (/triːˈɛst/; Italian pronunciation: [triˈɛste] listen (help·info); Slovene: Trst) is a city and a seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of Italian territory lying between the Adriatic Sea and Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city. It is also located near Croatia some further 30 kilometres (19 mi) south.
Restaurants in Trieste
1. Albero monumentale - Sequoia
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5.0 based on 2 reviews
2. Piazza dell'Unita d'Italia
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5.0 based on 8,509 reviews
Reviewed By saronic - Zurich, Switzerland
Trieste is at its most majestic by the Piazza dell'Unità d'Italia. Covered with sandstone slabs, free of traffic, it is surrounded by palaces and it is also facing the sea. Most guidebooks will tell you that this is Europe's largest square by the sea. Spontaneously Lisbon's Praça do Comércio came to my mind, which is more than twice as big, but okay it is facing a river, not really the sea. Going around clockwise one will first pass the Palazzo del Governo with its mosaics at the façade. Built at the beginning of the 20th century, it is the youngest structure here. Next comes the Casa Stratti, built for a rich Greek merchant, now housing the famous Café degli Specchi, a place not to miss, when here. The third palace on this side is the Palazzo Modello, the Town Hall, originally meant as a guesthouse. The large building on the opposite side of the sea, with a tower at the centre and many arched windows, is the Palazzo del Municipio, a work by the Triestine architect Giuseppe Bruni, who also built the Palazzo Modello, and who was a representative of the eclecticism in architecture, mixing different past styles. In front of the Palazzo del Municipio is the 'Fontana dei Quattro Continenti', the square's oldest structure, erected in 1750, which explains, why Australia is missing. Captain James Cook only landed on this continent 20 years later. On the right side of the Piazza, looking at it from the sea, comes the oldest palace, the Palazzo Pitteri from 1790, today owned by the insurance company Lloyd Adriatico. Some tourists will know the next palace also from the inside, when they are staying here. Once as the 'Locanda Grande' the largest hotel in town, it has been renamed in the 1970's as 'Grand Hotel Duchi d'Aosta'. Last building on this side, close to the sea, is the Palazzo del Lloyd Triestino, now the seat of the regional government.
3. Grotta delle Torri di Slivia
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4.5 based on 92 reviews
The cave of Torri di Slivia is considered one of the most beatiful cave of Triest Carso. Deep more than 100 meters, it develops in various rooms decorated with families of stalactites, tubular, curtains and stone chandeliers. An incredible variety, which makes her famous in the speleological world and also an example of active protection of naturalistic site.
4. Centrale Idrodinamica
5. Botanical Garden of Trieste
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4.5 based on 60 reviews
Founded in 1842, the Botanical Garden is located on the hill of Chiadino, a green island inside the city. The Garden is enriched with a collection of important and typical plants, in particular with the main “plants of man” (with an economic, medicinal or industrial use) and with a path of ornamental plants from all over the world (with the fragrant collections of hellebore, sage, iris, hydrangea, rose, peony). Furthermore, it is characterized by a geopaleontological route, to recognize rocks and fossils of the Trieste territories and a reconstruction of the local Dinosaur "Antonio" (original fossil exhibited at Museo Civico di Storia Naturale).
6. Acquedotto Romano
7. Molo Audace
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4.5 based on 877 reviews
Reviewed By Quill2005 - Ocala, United States
When in Trieste, besides the Piazza Unita, one should try to take a walk on the Molo Audace pier. From this stone pier one has great views of the Gulf of Trieste and of the Piazza Unite as well as Trieste and the Castle of Miramare in the distance. The Molo Audace is popular with locals and tourists alike and it's easy to see why.
8. Chiesa Serbo Ortodossa di San Spiridione
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4.5 based on 583 reviews
Reviewed By 7268 - Oakland, United States
This church has a beautiful exterior, and it's Orthodox to the core. I'm devoid of religion, but the architecture of an orthodox church stands out. I like it.
9. Foiba 149
10. Chiesa di San Nicolo dei Greci
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4.5 based on 185 reviews
Reviewed By doppelganger_et - Thessaloniki, Greece
It is a classic example of Greek churches, maybe a little more lavish than the ones in Greece. However, the Greek community in Trieste is rather large and wealthy and on the same time, very religious, so it is very common, contributing for temples' maintenance..
