Trieste Travel Guide

 46 Reviews  The City Hall (Palazzo del Municipio) is the dominating building on Trieste's main square Piazza dell'Unita d'Italia. Like the square, also the City Hall was designed by the Italian architect Giuseppe Bruni. He completed the building in eclectic style in 1875. The main feature of the City Hall is... 

 21 Reviews  The Serbian Orthodox Church of St. Spyridon was built in Neo-Byzantine style after designs of the Italian archictect Carlo Maciacchini. The church with its five cupolas was completed in 1866 on the site of an even earlier religious bulding. Due to Trieste's location in the neighbourhood to the... 

 28 Reviews  In the fifth century this church was a basilica which was built in place of a Roman temple. It was probably destroyed in the IX century. Between the IX and the X century two churches were built on the site of this basilica. These were joined to form this cathedral in the XIV century. 

 21 Reviews  The Church of San Antonio Nuovo is situated at the Northern end of the Canal Grande. This amazing church, with water and fountain in front of it was designed byPietro Noble. The interior is worth to visit as well. 

 15 Reviews  Italy has such a wealth of treasures from antiquity. I am so glad that many of them are freely open to the public unlike in other countries I could name that screen them off, put in a crappy 'interpretation centre' and charge you a small mortgage to look around. The first century Roman theatre is a... 

 11 Reviews  Museo Revoltella is a modern art museum. The original palace was built between 1854 and 1858 and has three floors. It was owned by Pasquale Revoltella (1795 – 1869) who was an entrepeneur and financier. On the ground floor there is the library. The first floor houses the private apartment of the... 

 14 Reviews  The Old Stock Exchange Palace (Borsa Vecchia) is one of most impressive neo-classical structures in Trieste. It was built in 1806 by the Italian architect Antonio Mollari. The facade is dominated by four massive columns which hold a triangle roof with a clock. Nowadays, the building is home to the... 

 3 Reviews  if you google 'trieste aquarium' then the second named site claims that you would expect to find an aquarium in a city such as this and it 'does not disappoint'. Yes it does. The building itself is right on the seafront and has the appearance of a church. Despite a recent refurbishment the... 

 4 Reviews  From downtown Trieste you can take the funicolar tramway (buy 1 hour transport ticket, 1 euro) and in 20 minutes reach the highland (400 mts. above sea level) with terrific panorama and a scenic route. From the tramway station above in Villa Opicina ( with the same transport ticket) you take the bus... 

 3 Reviews  The Faro della Vittoria accomplishes two functions: it enlightens the Trieste gulf and commemorates the seamen fallen during WWI, with this inscription: SPLENDI E RICORDA I CADUTI SUL MARE MCMXV - MCMXVIII (i.e. "Shine and remind people of the fallen in the sea 1915-1918"). The copper statue on the... 

 2 Reviews  In the park that surround the Miramare's Castle is possible to try scubadiving bare foot and without getting wet....how?There is another building in the park, called "Castelletto"in which is held the new Natural Marine Reserve.Here all visitors, make this exploration barefoot. So you can see and... 

 2 Reviews  The tram de Opcina is a 105-year-old rack-railway line that connects Piazza Oberdan in Trieste to the suburb of Villa Opicina. It correspond to line 2 of the public transport network. The track is five kilometres long but the tram takes half an hour to cover them, due to the steepness. It is used... 

 2 Reviews  Villa Revoltella is a park located on the city's outskirts. On its grounds there is a beautiful chapel; built around 1860 and a beautiful chalet. It was the summer residence of Baron Revoltella (XIX century). You can go to Villa Revoltella by bus from the city centre (n. 25 or 26). The entrance to...