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 Refined, quiet hotel in 19th century palace |
Via della Geppa, 20 Trieste 34132 Italy +39 40 36 9464 http://www.arsenal.it/hotelwrl... |
Nice, refined hotel in the heart of the Borgo Teresiano, the area of the city that was restructured from top to bottom by the forceful Empress of Austria, Maria Teresa. Housed in a beautiful 19th-century palace, the abbey has around twenty rooms, all with bathroom and modern furnishings and all are well looked after. The rooms are quiet and house a valuable collection of modern graphic art. Facilities are not great, but sometimes it is nice to be away from all the hustle and bustle. Saying that, Piazza dell''Unita d''Italia, the heart of the city, is not far away and the train station is just around the corner. If you are not very demanding, this could be the place for you. Parking is a nightmare though: with only paid parking in the streets around the block, it can be a real job to find a space, especially during the day. It is best to leave the car in a garage nearby and get around on foot or by bus. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Beautifu area and good restaurant |
Via Sistiana, 54e Trieste 34013 Italy +39 40 29 9170 http://www.hotelsettenani.it/ |
Without a doubt this is a lovely hotel, not simply because of its enchanting location, in the attractive Sistiana area, a corner of paradise in between Carso and the sea, being half an our away from the city center. Here, in absolute tranquility, away from stresses and strains, you will forget everything and everyone. The hotel has basic amenities but offers an excellent restaurant with mostly fish based dishes. Service is professional, the atmosphere is refined and impeccable, the decor is simple and modern but at the same time very elegant. The hotel is particularly suited to groups, albeit small ones and they even accept small pets. There are lovely gardens and private parking and plenty of sightseeing opportunities in the vicinity. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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well-situated hotel |
Capo di Piazza Bartoli, 1 Trieste 34121 Italy +39 40 36 6220 |
Although this is a modest two star hotel, it is located in one of the most beautiful corners of the city, only 20 meters from Piazza dell'Unita d'Italia, one of the biggest squares facing the sea in Europe. The rooms are clean but nothing special. The furnishings are very simple and not all rooms are en-suite. However the politeness and the both friendly but professional approach from the staff is very praiseworthy. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Trieste Italy |
The old heart of Trieste stands by the sea, near the train station. In order to get here from the Piazza dell'Unità d'Italia, you would simply need to walk along the shore for a couple of hundred metres in the direction of Venice. This area is a little unwelcoming, and visiting at night is not recommended. It is often frequented by Slovenians and Croatians who come to buy discount clothing and merchandise from shops which are small, but always very busy. Recently, a number of commercial enterprises run by the immigrant Chinese community have been set up in the area. From here, you can visit the ancient, glorious port of Trieste. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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 Looking over the extraordinary piazza |
Piazza Unità d'Itali, 7 Trieste 34121 Italy +39 40 36 5777 http://www.caffespecchi.it/ind... |
This was opened in 1839 in the lovely Stratti building, home of the Assicurazioni Generali, and looks onto the Piazza dell'Unita d'Italia. It is the most exclusive cafe in the city and is especially popular on Sunday mornings. It has undergone numerous restorations, the last and most important of which took place in 1969. It is elegant and well looked after, with outside tables that offer a view of the sea. It offers excellent brioches and pastries for breakfast as well as excellent cocktails, sandwiches, desserts and tea. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Central hotel |
Piazza Unità d'Italia, 2 Trieste 34121 Italy +39 40 760 0011 http://www.grandhotelduchidaos... |
The only hotel facing directly onto Piazza dell'Unita d'Italia, this is Trieste's flagship hotel - some of the most important people in the world of culture, politics, and sport have slept here - and those who have visited cannot easily forget the good cooking, the refinement and, above all, the silk sheets. The rooms and colors are particularly warm and elegant; in the bedrooms and salons, wood prevails and the atmosphere is particularly central-European. It is 10 minutes to the railway station and a half-hour to the motorway. There is a small car park in front of the hotel and a garage nearby. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Hotel on the Barcola Coast. |
Viale Miramare, 109 Trieste 34100 Italy +39 40 41 0115 http://www.greifgroup.net/Trie... |
This hotel is named after Maria Teresa, a powerful empress of Austria, and represents the city's glorious Hapsburg past. The hotel is housed in a period building, in the middle of a tree-filled garden, with plenty of parking behind. It has a bar, a entryway seating area, and a large lounge, where meetings and receptions can be held. All the rooms are well maintained, and furnished in cherry wood. You can also stay in shape while visiting as the hotel offers a health center with a heated swimming pool, gym, sauna, Turkish bath, and a jacuzzi. Many of the room windows also offer a beautiful view. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Three star hotel near the railway station |
Via Ghega, 7 Trieste 34132 Italy |
This three-star hotel is located in a typically 19th-century building in the heart of the Borgo Teresiano. It is very close to the railway station, and Piazza dell'Unità d'Italia. It was the home of Karl Ritter von Ghega, the famous engineer who built the Semmering railway which links Venezia Giulia with the heart of Europe. It is ideal for business trips (but also for tourists). It has its own garage nearby. Breakfast is served as a buffet, and it has a small conference room. The rooms are simple, but welcoming. The prices are surprisingly low. Review © 2007, Wcities |
 Rocky, karstic high plain above Trieste |
Carso Trieste, Trieste Italy |
The Carso is one of the symbols of Trieste, one of the incomparable marvels of this region, and one of the most evocative natural environments in the whole of Europe. The Carso is the characteristic high plain which is spread to the East and South-East of the city. It is more than 40 kilometers long and five kilometers wide on average. The people of Trieste love this place more than anywhere else, and many people make excursions here on Sundays. The Carso is mainly built of limestone and dolomitic rock. Its formation, which began around 120 million years ago, is due to the sedimentation of microorganisms (animals, vegetables, and mollusks) in a vast sea of which the Mediterranean is just a part. The remains of these microorganisms were deposited on the bottom of the sea and built up layers of white mud which solidified to form stone. The Carso has been modeled into many bizarre forms because of its exposure to surface water and atmospheric conditions over the last 15-20 million years. Today it is a unique place. The main characteristic of the karstic countryside is that there is no superficial water network. The only visible water course can be found in Val Rosandra. The other short water courses which can be found on the plain, disappear underground and then reappear after having run underground for some time. This has created a countryside which appears rocky, arid, and full of hidden dangers and legends. There are a lot of caves in this area (some of which have never been explored); the most famous is the Grotta Gigante - it is so big that it could easily contain the basilica of St. Peter's, and it is in the Guinness book of records for this reason. On the Carso, which mainly faces the sea (this contrast gives life to an astonishing landscape), the Mediterranean scrub lives alongside continental and Alpine flora. Oaks, ashes, and juniper shrubs alternate with young woods of Scots pine, spruces, beeches, and plane trees. There are also clearings, moors, canyons, and the typical dry white walls built by the peasants of this area. The fauna is also very rich, with fallow deer, roe deer, dormice, hares, hedgehogs, moles, numerous types of birds, and many different reptiles, including the unusual elm, a blind amphibian which lives in total darkness in caves. As well as the numerous, typical hamlets of this region, there is also a large Slovenian community and many of the road signs are written in two languages. There are 150 restaurants, farm holiday centers, and "osmizze", typical eating places which are family-run and serve local products such as wine and cheese. It is a landscape full of beauty and has much to be discovered. For further information contact the Azienda di Promozione Turismo on the number indicated. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Beautiful hotel in Borgo Teresiano |
Via della Geppa, 15 Trieste 34100 Italy +39 40 36 9900 |
This hotel is to be found in the heart of Borgo Teresiano. The hotel is central (a stone's throw from Piazza dell'Unità d'Italia). There is a small bar, and the furnishings are sober and modern. Group bookings are welcomed (including large groups) and small pets are welcomed. A small word of warning: it makes more sense to leave your car in pay parking or in an a garage, than in the surrounding neighborhood. Review © 2007, Wcities |
 The biggest piazza in Europe, overlooking the sea, the city's front room |
Place Unité d'Italie Trieste Italy |
This is not simply a piazza, but the very heart of Trieste: its lounge, its soul, its business center, as well as the commercial and political center. Very busy of course during the week , it plays an important role on Sunday mornings when thousands of people descend on this large European piazza that overlooks the sea. Here, they drink coffee, meet friends, colleagues and acquaintances, all in a very unique atmosphere. The piazza also accommodates many concerts, festivals, shows and exhibitions. Shaped in a perfect rectangle and surrounded by amazing palaces: the Municipio with its clock tower; the Stratti, housing General Insurance and also the Caffè degli Specchi and the Palazzo del Lloyd Trestino, which once housed the oldest Italian navigation company. Finally there is also the Prefettura or government palace and the lovely liberty building that houses the fine Duca d'Aosta hotel. And at the piazza's center stands the 18th century Quattro Continenti fountain, the former terminal of the Maria Teresa d'Austria aqueduct. It would be a grave sin to visit Trieste and not have a coffee in this lovely piazza. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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High class hotel near station |
Corso Cavour, 7 Trieste 34132 Italy +39 40 760 0055 http://www.jollyhotels.it/eng/... |
This hotel is part of the big four-star Italian hotel chain, Jolly Hotels, and is only a 10 minutes walk away from the railway station and another 10 from the central Piazza dell'Unita d'Italia. The rooms are very spacious, well-lit and classy, although they are rather anonymous. The restaurant service is good and offers both international and traditional local dishes. The area, however, is not one of the best in Trieste. Always be careful of traffic when leaving as the hotel is on one of the busiest roads in the city. Parking is available for hotel customers. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Three star hotel near the railway station |
Via Ghega, 17 Trieste 34132 Italy +39 40 36 9680 http://www.hotel-milano.com |
This attractive hotel is clean and tidy, and is furnished in a contemporary style. It is a three star hotel, but is situated on one of Trieste's most chaotic streets. It is about 5 minutes walk from the railway station where most of Trieste's bus lines stop, and is about 10 minutes from Piazza dell'Unità d'Italia. Small pets are allowed. There is a conference room with a 50 person capacity. There is a garage nearby for EUR 12 per night. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Trieste Italy |
This is a small town (one of six) which lies around ten kilometres from the centre of Trieste. It is a seaside town with a strong fishing tradition, and was the last fortification before the state border. It has recently been completely restructured and contains features which are reminiscent of the istroveneto period. Take a walk through its narrow streets, past the fishing boats, which are anchored in its beautiful port. The shops are small and relatively modest, but life here is still extremely pleasant. To get here by sea, you need simply set sail in the opposite direction of Venice. Frenetic building work is now taking place where the glorious shipyards of San Rocco once stood. A giant tourist complex is being built; this will comprise of hundreds of moorings for boats, hotels, sports centres, restaurants and apartments. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Beautiful village near the border |
Via Battisti Trieste, Trieste Italy |
This is a beautiful town by the sea of Venetian origin. In the 18th Century it had a vote of loyalty with Venice and its historic center has many, typically Venetian, architectural and structural features such as the narrow, twisting alleyways. In 1998 the historic center of the town was completely renovated and pedestrianized. The old Mandracchio is a must see, a small port surrounded by pastel colored houses where boats of old fisherman can be found. There is also the cathedral, with an unmistakable Gothic facade, dedicated to the saints Giovanni and Paolo. Encircled by medieval walls, Muggia is dominated by a fourteenth century castle, which has been restored many times and is now abandoned. Only a tower and traces of two doors still remain of the old, defensive structure. In the main square is the beautiful Loggia Municipale, with the 15th-century San Marco lion. Muggia is also famous for its carnival, with popular, ancient traditions, and for its enchanting basilica of roman origin, that everyone knows as the church of Muggia, and that overlooks the town from a hill near the Slovenian border. A small motorway links Trieste and Muggia, and for more information, contact the tourist office. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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New hotel on the plain |
Strada per Vienna, 55 Trieste 34016 Italy +39 40 21 4214 |
Opened in 1997 and located in Opicina, 20 minutes drive from the center of Trieste, this hotel offers all the services to make a visit much more enjoyable- for tourists and for business guests. It has an underground garage and a courtyard. There is a piano bar with a garden and a good international restaurant. It has two conference rooms, an indoor swimming pool, a sauna, a Turkish bath, a jacuzzi, sun lamps, masseurs, and beauty treatments. Thanks to all these excellent services, this hotel is also very popular with people from Trieste. The rooms are furnished in a tasteful and sober manner. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Trieste Italy |
Opicina itself is the largest of the villages on the upland plains. It is fairly self-contained and well worth a visit. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Focal point for students and young people who love to travel |
Viale Miramare, 331 Trieste 34136 Italy +39 40 22 4102 http://www.ostellotergeste.it |
This is a classic youth hostel for those traveling on a budget. In a fantastic area, on the sea shore and a few dozen meters from the attractive Castello di Miramare, il Tergeste has become a point of reference for local students. And in the lovely gardens they hold fun parties with live music. To come here you need to join the association that runs it. It gets very busy in the warmer months and it can be a job to find a room, yet is empty in the winter - which is only to be expected. A small canteen keeps guests happy during peak season. Dorms are equipped with several beds, and are well furnished and comfortable. Located 20 minutes by bus from the city centre, you won't spend too much of your travel money here. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Hotel in a beautiful location near Trieste |
Strada Costiera, 22 Trieste 34014 Italy +39 40 22 4551 http://www.hotelrivieraemaximi... |
This hotel is situated in a beautiful location, even if it is a bit far from the city center (about 20-30 minutes by car). It sits on the main road heading into Trieste, right on the sea. You can relax at the beach, or in the garden, and refresh yourself at the bar. The rooms are all impeccable, including bedrooms furnished in a modern but elegant style. The building itself is especially suitable for groups, and the hotel accepts small domestic animals. There is a small conference room, but be sure to reserve early as the hotel is very full during bank holidays. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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Trieste Italy |
Val Rosandra lies to the east, somewhere between Muggia and Trieste. It is the most beautiful and evocative corner of the Carso and consists of the extraordinary valley which has been carved out by the Rosandra river. For those who live locally, this is an ideal place for spiritual retreats as well as for spending relaxing Sunday afternoons in the summer. It is spot not to miss, where you will be able to go on delightful walks and take in enchanting views. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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 The biggest conference centre in Trieste |
Molo Bersaglieri, 3 Trieste 34100 Italy +39 40 30 4888 http://www.promotrieste.it |
The Maritime station is one of the main characteristics of the waterfront. It's only a stone's throw from the Piazza dell'Unita d'Italia and the main hotels in the city. The station is the most important and best equipped congress center in Trieste. It is managed by a private company and the interior has been furnished with all the latest conveniences and the most recent communication technology. It boast 13 rooms with a total of around 1,000 places as well as vast exhibition spaces. There are continually important scientific and informative displays here. There are also international conventions, state meetings and exhibitions. Review © 2007, Wcities |
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