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Border city where there are them. Vibrant. Cosmopolitan. «It's a lady, don't you see? Elegant and with great pleasure ». Tatjana Familio, from the Tourism Office of the region, cannot avoid comparisons. And yes, the truth is that Trieste compliments like him. Of course, the location could not be more interesting: almost in the Balkans, in the embrace of Slovenia , and on the shores of the Adriatic Sea; a stop on the road throughout the history of the different transport routes that ran for centuries through the south of the European continent.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia is one of the most particular regions of the country. In fact, it is sometimes defined as a "small compendium of the universe" (the first to do so was the writer Ippolito Nievo ), for the variety of its landscapes and its cultural heritage. To the southeast, radiating its own light off the coast, the city of Trieste boasts of its Central European character and of being the least Italian city in Italy; a city with a lot of personality that falls in love with those who visit it for the first time and continues to seduce all those who repeat the walk through its streets.
Beyond the Plaza de la Unità d'Italia , the largest in Europe facing the sea, and perhaps also one of its best known spaces, Trieste surprises with its neoclassical and Viennese churches, museums and palaces, and the quiet atmosphere that breathes in its streets. If the day is clear and the sun hits, the terraces are groomed with umbrellas and give the " complete tutto " to those who try to take a table on Gioacchino Rossini street, one of the best to enjoy a good coffee in front of the Grand Canal . «At this time it is practically impossible to find a place. We are in one of the most emblematic places in Trieste », they tell us at Caffé Rossini. They know well that the desktop at this point in the city likes.
POSTCARD IMAGE WITH MUSICAL THREAD
Located in the center, it offers one of the most characteristic postcards of Trieste. And not so much because of the light that reflects its waters and the excellent palette of pastel colors of the palaces that follow each other, but also, but because of the scene that frames their boats , tied to each other, with the church of San Antonio Thaumaturgo at its final end and its two bridges crossing it from side to side: the Rosso bridge and the Green bridge. A marvel. The picture is completed with the musical thread of its coffee shops; an ambient sound that evokes the Italian lifestyle of the dolce vita years, calm and carefree.
Next to the Rosso Bridge, in its homonymous square, is Stella Polare, one of the city's many historic cafés, along with those of Torinese, San Marco or Degli Specchi, in Stratti Palace. Meeting place of some of the world's best known writers of the first decades of the twentieth century, there are several who became authentic cultural centers. Writers and poets as famous as James Joyce, Italo Svevo or Umberto Saba passed through their tables. The latter ran a bookshop very close to the San Marco café, which today remains open and can be visited. It is the Bookstore Antiquaria Umberto Saba.
In this same area, up the street, down the street, we can find small shops with gastronomic products typical of the region. Some of the most frequented are Alimentazione BM , a shop with a lot of tradition that sells pasta of all types and forms, and for having, and Eppinger Caffè, specializing in sweets and pastries. In the surrounding streets, different antique stores, second-hand markets alternate, depending on what day of the week, florists and, to the surprise of many, various establishments of kitchen utensils with hundreds of gadgets and a very vintage touch.
traditional cuisine and tastings
Leaving aside the cathedral of San Giusto Martire, the Government Palace and the castle of Miramare, three places of almost obligatory visit, it is worth taking some air and going outside. If you do not have much time and you want to go for a shot (with having an afternoon or a morning, spare), just approach the farmhouse Bajta. The food of its restaurant, abundant and traditional, is exquisite, and the tastings of wine and sausages that organize just 20 minutes from the center of Trieste, ten.
If not, it never hurts to drop by the seafront and enjoy a wonderful sunset, gelato in hand, on the catwalk arranged next to the port. In addition, if there is luck, you can even see some of the ships and cruise ships that are moored at this point in the Adriatic. One of the last to do so was the Costa Venezia, the Costa Cruises ship that took a 53-day trip to the Asian market last March.
Practical Guide
How to get
Direct flights from Valencia with Ryanair , and with a stopover in Rome from several Spanish cities with different airlines.
Where to sleep
In the Savoia Excelsior Palace, emblematic four-star hotel. From 195 euros / night.
Where to eat
Ai Fiori restaurant. Average ticket between 20 and 40 euros / person. In Agroturismo Bajta, 20 minutes by car from Trieste.
More information
On the website of the Tourist Office of the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region: www.turismofvg.it
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