Trieste – The Mediterranean Border Town
Depending on what you’re searching for on your holiday: culture, beautiful scenery, historic landmarks or just a good place to chill out, Trieste is worth your time. It has everything mentioned above in copious portions, ready for the tourist to “digest”. The Adriatic never looked better, or more cosmopolitan. And the best way to enjoy all these is to come looking for a yacht charters Italy opportunity.
General Info
This city has benefitted from its geographic position in northeastern Italy, near the Slovenian border and expanded as a port on the Gulf of Trieste opening up to the Adriatic Sea. Despite the fact that it changed hands throughout the ages, being disputed by many nations, the port has always been prosperous and under the Habsburg rule even enjoyed popularity as a cultural center.
Today, it has lost some of the cultural feel but retained its architecture and, aided by the local setting, has managed to become a harbor for all Yacht Charter sailors coming from neighboring countries but also as far as Germany or the Scandinavian peninsula.
Travel & Arrival
Trieste is the most important town in this part of Italy and thus is connected to major towns on the peninsula, such as Rome, Milan and Genoa. The International Airport Ronchi dei Legionari has direct flights with a number of European capitals, and it’s not very far from the city itself, just 33 km. And when there’s also a bus connection taking you downtown at the rate of two per hour, flying in seems to be the best option for Yacht Charter visitors to get here.
Just 24 km from the motorway, Trieste is easily reachable by car also. Those Yacht Charter skippers taking the A4 Venice-Trieste should exit at the Sistiana point and continue on the SS202. There are also roads linking the town to cities in Slovenia, like the SS15 and the SS58.
Train travel should also be an option for any Yacht Charter group thinking of making a trip down here, as there are frequent trains leaving from Venice and Udine, Milan and Rome, Ljubljana, Maribor and Budapest. And for what it’s worth, the last kilometers of tracks are right by the sea and make for a stunning view if the weather is fair.
Avant & Apres Sail
The natural setting here in Trieste will surly leave any Yacht Charter regular impressed, with its white rocky cliffs, the blue waters and the green vegetation hills is a combination seldom found on the Adriatic coast. And when you add the fact that the town’s style is a unique mix of Latin, Germanic and Slavic influences, you begin to understand Trieste’s real appeal.
There are organized sightseeing tours of the town available for Yacht Charter crowds but here are some of the main sights you can visit while here: Museo Revoltella (fine collection of modern art), Museo di Storia, Arte e Orto Lapidario (historical, archeological and art museum), the Roman theater, Il Faro della Vittoria (Victory Lighthouse) and the Arco di Riccardo (Roman gate to the town).
Castles seem to be big crowd magnets no matter where they are located, and in Trieste, Yacht Charter crowds gather around the San Giusto and the Miramare castles, which have a number of museums inside, fully-packed with historical artifacts and events.
As you’d expect, the cuisine here is a mélange of cultures and ingredients. Your Yacht Charter party is advised to try out the Austrian and Slavic recipes like caldaia (boiled pork), jota (pork and vegetable soup), gnocchi (dumplings), brodetto (fish soup), sardoni in savor (flavored ilchards) and bruscandoli.
Shopping here in Trieste is centered around household goods like furniture, Bohemian glassware and Austrian silverware which illustrate some of the local crafts. Also, the antique market seems to be very prolific here, with lots of Yacht Charter visitors purchasing aged paintings, prints, books and photographs. Shopaholics will be glad to know there are also modern shopping malls as well as some 4000 shops where you can find anything from leather products to expensive designer clothes.
At night, the place for Yacht Charter sailors to be is the city center, packed full of clubs, restaurants and pubs which stay open late for the party people. For those seeking a more intimate night out, we recommend one of the late bars that are to be found on quiet side streets.
Events & Activities
We’ll start off the events section with one of the most attended happenings here in Trieste, the Festival Internazional del’Operetta. Then, there are 2 film festivals, the Festival del Cinema Latino Americano (taking place in October) and the Festival del Cinema Alpe Adria (in January). During the summer months, you can attend the International Celtic Festival which is made up of music, lectures and typical Celtic festivities. It’s hard for any Yacht Charter adventurer not to find something to his liking, no matter how pretentious.