Guides and itineraries
Getting to Trieste: a practical transport guide
Everything you need to know to reach Trieste by plane, train, car or bus, with journey times, frequencies and up-to-date costs.
Jul 11, 2026Hidden villages and off-the-beaten-path spots in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Hidden Friuli-Venezia Giulia joins the Alps and the Adriatic far from the mass-tourism routes: villages like Venzone and Cividale, the Natisone valleys, the mountain Carnia and the lagoon of Marano. A crossroads of cultures, it offers authentic flavours, silent trails and towns where time slows down. Discover the lesser-known destinations of this border region.
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Guides and itineraries
Where to Eat in Trieste: Jota, Buffets and Osmize Between Central Europe and the Adriatic
In Trieste, food tells centuries of borders: jota and goulash, Central European cafés and Carso wines, in a city that resembles nowhere else.
Jul 11, 2026
Guides and itineraries
Where to Stay in Trieste: Sleeping Between the Bora Wind and the Adriatic in Italy's Most Literary City
From Habsburg palaces in Borgo Teresiano to seaside B&Bs overlooking the gulf, an intimate guide to finding your perfect base in authentic Trieste.
Jul 11, 2026
Wild nature
The Karst Behind Trieste: Caves, Sinkholes and Osmize
A plateau of rock and wind where the earth opens in spectacular chasms and hidden osmize offer genuine wines and cured meats. The Trieste Karst is an underground and rural world few tourists ever discover.
Jul 5, 2026
Italian villages
Pesariis: The Clock Village Lost in the Carnic Alps
In the Carnic Alps, this tiny borgo hides monumental clocks on every corner: three centuries of pendulum craftsmanship in an open-air museum outside of time.
Jul 5, 2026
Italian villages
Sauris: The German-Speaking Village That Time Forgot
Perched above 1,000 metres in the Carnic Alps, Sauris is a German-speaking village where Italy's rarest prosciutto is smoked. A place where the Alpine Middle Ages survive intact.
Jul 5, 2026
Guides and itineraries
The Collio Goriziano: Vineyards and Border Flavours
Gentle hills blanketed in vineyards, cellars producing Italy's finest Friulano, silent borghi straddling the Slovenian border. The Collio goriziano is Italy's answer to the Langhe — without the crowds.
Jul 5, 2026
Italian villages
Clauiano: Friuli's Most Authentic Stone Borgo
Frozen in the Renaissance, Clauiano is a flawless rural borgo of sandstone and silence in eastern Friuli — one of Italy's most beautiful and least visited.
Jul 5, 2026
Castles, palaces and monuments
Palmanova: The Star-Shaped Fortress City Poised Between Venice and Austria
Palmanova, Friuli's nine-pointed star fortress, is a masterpiece of Renaissance military urbanism still perfectly intact and a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Jul 5, 2026