Trieste should not be underestimated as an amazing port in its own right, have a look before you consider the three-hour trip to Venice, which is an option from here. Trieste is a deep-water port where the ships sail right up to the city. They could not get closer. As such, the land has therefore been fought over throughout history and has been a maritime gateway for Germany, Austria, and Central Europe. Since 1939 it has belonged to Italy. As such it is multicultural, it is well-developed, and has much history and many churches.
Slovenia is only 8km away, and Croatia is just 30km away.
The square Unita d’Italia is the largest European Square that presents itself to the sea, larger than Lisbon. It has the most amazing 19th-century buildings. Already you can start to smell the coffee because it is a coffee free-port and the Italian capital of coffee as they will tell you. There are many wonderful buildings and palaces built by traders.
The older dwelling and Roman castle are at the top of San Giusto Hill. There is a free elevator to the top of San Giusto Hill if you do not want the climb, Jean walks up from the Roman Theatre, past the 14th Century Cucherna Tower. After the castle and cathedral, she walks down through the Johann Joachim Winckelman Museum and Gardens towards the James Joyce Museum and the statue of Joyce at the canal, the old shipping port.
At the canal, as along the seafront, you can relax and have a drink or lunch. She finishes by showing us the pier and the old lighthouse, found by turning right as you leave the ship and step ashore. Please see all our Eastern Mediterranean port guides and look at our playlists. Please subscribe to this channel and share.
The first of our Trieste videos covers:
- 0:00 – Intro Trieste
- 0:20 – Ship by Piazza Unita d’Italia
- 0:43 – Tourist Office
- 0:58 – Tourism Walk online
- 1:10 – Fountain
- 1:42 – Charles VI Statue
- 2:15 – Leopold I Statue Palace Borsa Vecchia
- 2:36 – Old Jewish Quater
- 3:21 – Roman Amphitheatre
- 4:29 – Tor Cucherna
- 4:45 – San Giusto Castle
- 5:30 – Cathedral San Giusto
- 7:24 – J J Wincklemann Antiquity Musem
- 8:50 – Lower Gate of Gardens
- 9:23 – Santa Maria Maggiore Church
- 10:00 – James Joyce Museum
- 10:18 – James Joyce Statue
- 10:31 – Serbian Orthodox Church
- 10:41 – Canal/Old Sea Port
- 11:05 – Aquarium
- 11:15 – Pier
- 11:25 – Lighthouse
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The second video on Miramare Castle is below.
