Cycling from Trieste to Koper
by MattyBrown
Trieste is a cracking little place, we stopped there for 4 days while my ship visited with the rest of the NATO force.
loads of nice little bars and as in most countries an Irish bar !! the food is excellent and the prices are very resonable indeed.
I took 7 people with me cycling from Trieste to Koper in Slovenia the day the ship sailed to meet it back into port in Koper, there really wernt any cycle routes as such and finidng the info on the net proved to be a nightmere.
However in true Naval style i managed to Cuff a route, cycling through trieste town centre following the signs for Slovenia. Then we managed to navigate ono the AutoBahn NOT RECOMMENDED BY ANY MEANS!!
we got off at the earliest opportunity to follow a sign called Muggai. From there we picked up a cycle path called D8 which took us all the way to Koper.
We took our passports but didnt need to show them on the border control point.
The Gulf of Trieste
by Arcenciel
In the Gulf of Trieste, the island of the sun, Grado, with its climate, its beaches, the historical buildings and hotels fin- de- siècle.
You can reach island Grado from Trieste by sea line (tickets about 8 euros retour) The Gulf of Trieste between Venetian Coast and Istrian peninsula...with its mediterranean climate and swimming facilities from May to October....
At the end of XIX century this coastline, from Trieste to Grado, became the smart beach of the Hapsburgian Empire.
Canale Grande
by gmg61
Once, in the northern outskirts of Trieste there were many salt mills.
In 1732 there was the need for new land to build the new part of the city and for the new harbour, so that the salt mills were abandoned and filled up, with the exception of that part that is now called "Canale Grande", surrouinded by nice buldings and used mainly as a port for small boats.
The canal was bigger in the past and was also partially filled up. They say that close to the church of Sant' Antonio, at the end of the canal, a sunken ship still remains under the concrete.
Faro della Vittoria
by gmg61
It's a lighthouse but also a national monument.
It was built with many difficulties between 1923 and 1927 on a project by the italian architect Arduino Berlam.
The lighthouse is majestic: 68 mt tall, its peak is 118 mt over the sea level; it can be seen from 35 miles away and its weight is more than 8.500 tons.
On the top of jit there is the statue of the "winfeg vitory" (Nike).
The whol,e comples is also a monument to all the soldiers died during the WW I
Oliver The Parrot
by Carnation
Squawk squawk Meet Oliver the resident parrot. Very bright and intelligent and even talks. Cris (Banjo) was feeling decidedly nervous and tried to make friends by putting out his hand for Oliver to sit on.
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The kitchen.
lutheran church
sculptures
llamas
