I lived in Trieste literally all my life, I just moved out last year. I'm SO GLAD you made a video there! I agree with whatever you said. Trieste is gorgeous and definitely worth going there. The whole city center is walkable and it's a pleasure to wander around it. The urban bus net is also excellent and will take you literally everywhere and there is a direct train taking you to the next airport. It's only 1 our and a half by train from Venice so I always thought that if you crossed the ocean to get to Venice, it's really a small detour or a day trip. There also are a lot of museums. I'm SO glad you featured Trieste!
Trieste is the hidden secret of Northen Italy, mostly because people focus on Venezia.. but I consider this city the most beautiful in the country, together with Venice... and I'm from Venice myself
0:00 the dock he's standing on is called "Molo Audace" ("Bold Dock"): it was the first place Italian sailors landed when they reclaimed the city from the Austro-Hungarian Empire after WWI
What do you mean "reclaimed"? Before WWI, Trieste was never under Italian control. It was in the Hapsburg empire since the 1300s.True, a lot of Italian-speaking people lived in Trieste, but that's a different thing.
You should definitely go!😍 do you still have relatives in Trieste? Btw if you’re looking for something to watch, I also have a channel with content from London, Italy and Greece ☺️
Trieste is famous for its cold, gale-force Bora wind, and indeed, all manner of creatures and people have blown through the seaside city in Italy's far northeast, next to the Slovenian border.
Hey, that's my hometown! (Even though now I moved to Finland.) When did you film it? Minute 1:42 that's not a church, but a bank: it represents the change of structure that took place in the city during the age of Enlightenment. The centre of the city was moved from San Giusto Cathedral (old town, religious power) to piazza Unità and piazza della Borsa (borsa stands for Stock market, hence economical power), named after that building. Moikka!
I always like so much when you post interesting videos about small Italian cities, other than big touristic destination. I'm still looking forward for a Brescia one 😉
Brescia is an interesting city!! I have 3-4 close friends from there and everyone has very strong feelings about Milan where I lived! 😂 is it the same for you?
@@VASIGTravelingLifeinLondon almost everyone share a similar feeling, not because of Milan but because of their inhabitants. We - not only in Brescia but in other as cities as well - used to call them "Bauscia" (literally "saliva") because of their arrogant and snobbish behaviors. We make fun of them believing outside of the city there's only desert for miles, until you reach their holiday places such as Courmayeur, Cortina d'Ampezzo or Cervinia.
If you're in Trieste don't miss Miramare Castle and also a bit further out Duino castles, Rilke trail and the Grotta Gigante, those are must see places!Delfino Verde is a cool boat ride to see the whole of the coast 🙌🙌🙌 Oh and have pasta alla busara 😉😉
Hi, I always wondered the origin of these comments, and since this time we are making a comparison within Italy, I think I can purge myself of any bias I could have. I am Italian, from Rome. I have no beef with Trieste, I think it's really cute, a shame it is not well known. However, I have visited much of Italy, and actually, I have made myself a list of Italian cities. Trieste, although cute, falls fairly low on my list, 25th (anything below 13 on my list of Italian cities is shaky, and I am still judging, as I need to familiarise myself better with some cities and I am still missing some possible contenders, so really it is better to say Trieste falls around the 20th place). Meaning it has beauty, however can't compete with the top players (often smaller than Trieste). and I understand it is normative. However, how much of Italy have you seen, and what is the origin of your comment saying you find it one of the most beautiful cities in Italy? By which I mean, how many Italian cities and towns have you spent enough time wondering around to get an idea of their beauty? 10? 15? 20? I hope I don't come off as aggressive. However I often hear this from my friends and people in general. Claiming one or another European cities to be some of the most beautiful, yet I have never been able to make such judgments. It takes me multiple visits and hours thinking about it...
@@leonardodavid2842 you seem like a nice guy so I’ll try to explain my thinking. A) I said favourite, not best. B) I did my bacc in Italian lit in the 90s including a semester at l’universitá di Urbino and about a year living in Italy. Had to learn italian before beginning the degree, liked my course on Dante v Petrarca best, did a thesis on Rome vista da D’annunzio, CE Gadda e Pasolini, etc. C) I’ve hitchhiked most of the country, haven’t counted the cities and towns because that’s a fool’s errand. D) My favourite of all is likely Chieti (Pescara) but maybe it really is Rome. Rome really is on another level. E) La coscienza di Zeno is one of the more underrated books of the 20th century imho.
@@acchaladka I appreciate the answer. If it isn't too much to ask, what was the main element of the cities you mentioned: Trieste, Chieti, Rome; that made them your favorites? I am genuinely interested in knowing what elements of a city make people feel something.
You’re approaching the matter from entirely the wrong way. When choosing a favourite city, why shouldn’t we be biased? Perhaps a person may care more about some mixture of the weather, landscape, culture, history, cuisine, or feeling of a place, rather than just the architecture or paintings? Who can say what feels like home, or exciting, or otherworldly to any particular person? Personally, I could never choose a city as a favourite that wasn’t next to the sea. I enjoy the intrigue of Trieste as a place that is not inevitably Italian but only accidentally. The city combines a sense of melancholy with hopeful ambition that I find very endearing. I like the glimpses of the hills of the Karst in the background. Rome, Venice, and Florence all have better tourist attractions, and everyone should visit once. However, having done so, I would now rather live a day enjoying the caffes of Trieste with a good book rather than shuffling through queues as a tourist.
@JayPhelps-vt5qy well said! I enjoy Slovenia and the Balkans as well, but really, quite right it's a preference, an enjoyment, and aesthetic choice, and that's it.
Interesting to watch, never really heard of it before. For another place people may not have heard about - Villa D'Este is well worth a day trip from Rome if in Italy.
Yeah! Cool memories. It's beautiful and delicious food. I went travelling from Milan then moved to Venice and crossed to travel around the North of Croatia - by bus/train.
Great video, as usual! Does this mean we can expect to see your Slovenia video soon? :) We have a family connection to the country and have been looking forward to hearing about your experience in Slovenia!
Slovenia is a beautiful county and it recently got very popular! I went there last year and totally loved it 😍 Btw if you’re looking for something to watch, I also have a channel with content from London, Italy and Greece ☺️
You should totally go😍 It’s very underrated but once you’re there, you can travel around a lot and go to Venice or Vicenza! Btw if you’re looking for something to watch, I also have a channel with content from London, Italy and Greece ☺️
Trieste can be a little windy depending upon the season. I visited the Castle by the sea (a huge stately home that a man built for his wife) It is huge and gorgeous inside..with part of the grounds made into a park
When did you actually record this video? It was definitely not recent or even 2020. You’re missing the statue of Gabriele D’ annunzio in piazza della Borsa. Also the construction in canal still ongoing, that ended a long time ago. There is a lot more to Trieste ( tree-est-ay).
Ciao Davide!☺️ I feel like he there a while ago, he’s also dressed quite light! Btw if you’re looking for something to watch, I also have a channel with content from London, Italy and Greece ☺️
It is supposed to warm up some next week, we currently can't travel out of FVG, but Trieste is in FVG... soooo we are going to hop on the Autostrada and go for a quick day trip since it is only a couple of hours away.
As any other place in the world, there are a lot of things that can be said about Trieste, but amongst those I consider most important I must stress multiculturality, as you already mentioned (we have places of worship of many religions - including what was until not long ago the largest synagogue in Europe) and one of the highest concentration of education and research institutions in the world. There also is the largest open to public cave in the world, the "Grotta Gigante" (giant cave), 3 castles (S. Giusto and Miramare that you mentioned but also Duino's castle is nearby), and once a year the largest regatta in the world for open sailboats (2000 boats, old, new, cruise, race, traditional or technological, from 5 to 30 meters all race together, the starting line is 2km long). The city is so complex because it had been under control of different countries, my mother always laughs saying that her father was born Austrian, her older brother Italian and she American (yes after WW2 the city and its surroundings were governed for a long time by an allied government). Whoever's going to get here, feel free to ask for suggestions :)
Hi! We would love to go to Trieste for a daytrip, do you have any recommendations on what we must see or do? Like your top three :D Would appreciate your help! Best wishes, J.
Hi! Not very easy to recommend a top 3 without knowing personal tastes (for example views or visits?) and what will be your mobility; I think that a good start is Miramare's castle, a walk in the city centre (Piazza dell'Unità d'Italia and surroundings and possibly up S. Giusto's hill to the castle and cathedral) and Grotta Gigante (a little bit out of the city).
Don't miss Piran, just a little down the coast in Slovenia. Beautiful little town on a peninsula. Various layers of medievil walls protecting it. Maze of narrow passages. Surrounded by perfect clear water. Great swimming in summer.
*Pirano.... the city belonged to Venetians and Italian people for thousands years before they were forced to leave by Slovenians anfer WWII. There was no slovenian-speaker in the city until the 50s and Italian architecture is everywhere
@@seanhurley4003 Trieste is the biggest city of Istria, the metropolitan area has more people than the rest of the peninsula. So, you will see a huge concentration of very nice buildings, with elements of the Austrian architecture (mostly in the square and sea walk) and the rest of the city that resambles any other city of Northern Italy. But the mix of the styles is amaxing. Pirano too is beautiful, but is 100% Venetian in its architecture with zero influence from Austria
@@davidetoffoletto9981 But Slovenia people say that Pirano and portoroz were occupied by Venice empire and then they gave it back to origin... Is this correct historically?
@@83marktwain we know that in Slovenia people and politcs fake history, but just for Intellectual honesty: the city was founded by Romans, Venetians arrived later and population continued to be Romance-Latin all over history for 2000 years. Architecture is Italian. In 1911 Istria falled for a little period under Austrian rule and the Austrian Crown organised this census where resulted that no inhabitant was Slovene speaker, population was 100% Italian. After WWII the region, Italian in everythin from building to people language and culture, was given to Slovenia and Croazia that forced the autoctonus to exodus with the use of force....
Found a beautiful Miami-like town called Latina like 45 mins away from Rome... Gorgeous and it’s got a medieval fairy tale like town called Sermoneta and fairy garden. It was a sigh to behold! People didn’t really speak English though but totally recommend (and there were barely and taxis or ubers so prepare) but Google it and you’ll see 😻
Latina! Lovely place. As I understand, it largely didn’t exist prior to the Fascist regime because the area was historically swamps which were reclaimed in an effort to settle farmers into the area. So Littoria was a planned city to be the center of the region. It got its new name after the war, to downplay the whole fascist connection. I was in the center of town and found a public artwork made of a large number of steel rods fastened together into a whole. The act of ‘fastening’ the country together was the rationale the fascists gave themselves for their mission. And there it was, in 2021, still prominently displayed on the town square. It was, in a word, strange.
Hey Marc, nice to see you so close to my hometown, Udine!! Honestly the whole FVG region is sooo underrated and beautiful. Do some video about the rest of the area😊😊
Actually I have been to Udine 😂🙈 It’s a nice small city! Btw if you’re looking for something to watch, I also have a channel with content from London, Italy and Greece ☺️
What’s your favorite city, Tom?😍 Mine is Venice! Btw if you’re looking for something to watch, I also have a channel with content from London, Italy and Greece ☺️
Cool! I am from Sweden but have been around the Croatian coast, Slovenija and Trst quite a few times. Above all I love the Italian style cafés and generally their restaurants with Italian food. What I have passed many times is Prosecco which is right "on the top of" Trst. Guess it is worth a visit but haven't really heard much about it so I don't know.
Hey Mark, long time subscriber here, do you ever put out suggested itineraries? Say, through a particular Country? Italy would be a great start. North to south or vise versa. 1 week, 2 weeks or even a month.
I do have a few videos woth itineraries. I was hoping to make a bunch last summer for different countries while we were traveling but sadly covid took away those trips. I have a Scotland, 1st time Europe, France, and central Europe itinerary videos
The bus station is right next door to the train station. You basically exit the train station from its main entrance, turn right and there's the bus station.
Quick trip but wondering if they at all capitalized on Churchill's Iron Curtain speech which is how I know of Trieste. Perhaps with a file war museum or monument?
I like Trieste--much more enjoyable and interesting than Venice, for example. Trieste is a real city, whereas Venice has a made for tourists feel. And Trieste has a very interesting history, having been a part of different countries over the years.
I only spent 3 days in Rome, Italy and it was raining and tried to go to the touristic places and vendors made it like hell... Such a waste🥺 we didn’t spend enough time and horrible timing of the year🥺 food is great😻😻😻😻😻
Oh, no!! I hope you’ll have the chance to go back soon!❤️ Btw if you’re looking for something to watch, I also have a channel with content from London, Italy and Greece ☺️
We don't really ever talk about restaurants as they change so much. But the beans and cabbage soup is a must as well as the breads that are made with fruits or nuts
@@woltersworld Right in the town centre next to the place where he's filming on the boardwalk there's a cafe called Caffé degli specchi. It's a traditional Triestino coffee shop with all of Italian coffee culture encapsulated in one place.
@@woltersworld Thanks a lot for the response and recommendations. Btw, you are always welcomed to Cyprus and if you come i would be happy to show you around. Keep up the good work.
Why insult Trieste by making it into a byway to Slovenia (an insignificant country of only 2 million). Trieste is one of the nicest cities in Italy. It's not just a tourist spot - it actually has a purpose. It is a living city, though like all of Europe, Italy's fertility rate is so low that it, and its cities, are slowly dying. Meals in the touristy areas of Trieste is pretty bad. Light meals are generally good. The coffee is always good. People are generally helpful - though English is not a big language. Miramare is a must. Visit Trieste, but do it gently. It is well worth it.
Why get upset about what you perceive to be an insult about Trieste only to then turn around and call Slovenia an insignificant country? That is blatant HYPOCRISY on your behalf In the future you should do better thanks
No, they just live in the rural villages around the city, out of the city centre. They arrived as immigrants in search of job in the Italian city. The city was always Italian-speaking
Lived there for 8 years in the 80s. Yeah beautiful city with gorgeous buildings blah, blah, blah... But never encountered such aloof and unhelpful people as I did there.
@@Giovis968 You lost a war against ETHIOPIA. THEY LITERALLY DEFEATED YOU WITH BOWS AND ARROWS. Run your mouth all you want, TRST JE NAŠ GORICA PA ŠE BO!!!
To be honest. I expected more. City looks like pension club. Ive never seen so many old ppl and like few young ones. I saw like 5 kids in city of 200.000 ppl. Literally. 5 of them, I counted. Tho Seafront is freaking amazing and worth going there. But rest of the city is tipical Austrian arhitecture. Building are very dirty from smog. Tho rest of the city is clean. A lot of stuff are closed. The city is failing bad since the fall of Yugoslavia (Yugoslavs used to go here to shop western clothes and stuff). Tho it is still cheap. Like really cheap compare to other parts of Italy. Prices are kinda same as in Slovenia, Ljubljana. Tho 1kg of cherry was 8 eur almost gave me heartattack cosidering as a peasant Bosnia I can get them for free back in motherland. Sadly city is really dying. City would be much better if it was part of Yugoslavia-Slovenia. I think. What else. The streetsss. To many cars!!! Outside of 2 main squares and few parks u cant walk around. Barely. Or u gonna get crashed by car. Also to many coffe shops. More then ppl I swear. Tho coffe and cakes and croasants they sell are amazing.
The port in Trieste is hurting as the Slovenian and Croatian port cities took away a lot of Trieste port traffic by charging lower rates and more container ready facilities. More modern for sure.
You know, Trieste was the major Austro-Hungarian port city: in fact, until 1918 it was Austria's gateway to the sea. That's why it feels so Mittle-European rather than Italian
I lived in Trieste literally all my life, I just moved out last year. I'm SO GLAD you made a video there! I agree with whatever you said. Trieste is gorgeous and definitely worth going there. The whole city center is walkable and it's a pleasure to wander around it.
The urban bus net is also excellent and will take you literally everywhere and there is a direct train taking you to the next airport.
It's only 1 our and a half by train from Venice so I always thought that if you crossed the ocean to get to Venice, it's really a small detour or a day trip.
There also are a lot of museums.
I'm SO glad you featured Trieste!
Trieste is the hidden secret of Northen Italy, mostly because people focus on Venezia.. but I consider this city the most beautiful in the country, together with Venice... and I'm from Venice myself
I've been there 8 years ago, it is so beautiful especially the sea. I'd like to come back there some day
0:00 the dock he's standing on is called "Molo Audace" ("Bold Dock"): it was the first place Italian sailors landed when they reclaimed the city from the Austro-Hungarian Empire after WWI
What do you mean "reclaimed"? Before WWI, Trieste was never under Italian control. It was in the Hapsburg empire since the 1300s.True, a lot of Italian-speaking people lived in Trieste, but that's a different thing.
My grandfather came to the US from Trieste. On my list to visit.
You should definitely go!😍 do you still have relatives in Trieste?
Btw if you’re looking for something to watch, I also have a channel with content from London, Italy and Greece ☺️
I just found out today my great great Grandfather was from Trieste. My mom's side is from Genoa.
Trieste surprised me because I didn't expect that beauty. Wonderful city, love it and recommend it.
Trieste is famous for its cold, gale-force Bora wind, and indeed, all manner of creatures and people have blown through the seaside city in Italy's far northeast, next to the Slovenian border.
I'm very much looking forward to visiting Trieste in about three weeks! Thanks for your video.
Hey, that's my hometown! (Even though now I moved to Finland.) When did you film it? Minute 1:42 that's not a church, but a bank: it represents the change of structure that took place in the city during the age of Enlightenment. The centre of the city was moved from San Giusto Cathedral (old town, religious power) to piazza Unità and piazza della Borsa (borsa stands for Stock market, hence economical power), named after that building. Moikka!
Whole Italy is beautiful
Trieste la bella città ricca I have been there for many years, even though there's a what we call Bora .
This is so interesting, I never knew about this part of Italy called Trieste. I learn something new everyday..Thank you for this video.
I was in Trieste 2 weeks ago for my Mediterranean cruise. I took the train from Milan .
I always like so much when you post interesting videos about small Italian cities, other than big touristic destination.
I'm still looking forward for a Brescia one 😉
Brescia is an interesting city!! I have 3-4 close friends from there and everyone has very strong feelings about Milan where I lived! 😂 is it the same for you?
@@VASIGTravelingLifeinLondon almost everyone share a similar feeling, not because of Milan but because of their inhabitants.
We - not only in Brescia but in other as cities as well - used to call them "Bauscia" (literally "saliva") because of their arrogant and snobbish behaviors.
We make fun of them believing outside of the city there's only desert for miles, until you reach their holiday places such as Courmayeur, Cortina d'Ampezzo or Cervinia.
@@VASIGTravelingLifeinLondon I just moved to Brescia. Where are you friends from? Vasi is a nice name.
If you're in Trieste don't miss Miramare Castle and also a bit further out Duino castles, Rilke trail and the Grotta Gigante, those are must see places!Delfino Verde is a cool boat ride to see the whole of the coast 🙌🙌🙌
Oh and have pasta alla busara 😉😉
What is pasta alla busara
it's not just a really cute town - Trieste is unique - surrounded by history
good memory this city. Miss Italy so much.
the coffee is AMAZING
Yes, we once were the capital of the "green gold" (coffee), and Illycaffe' is from Trieste.
I've been to Trieste a couple of times on business trips. Trieste people are the most welcoming.
I love Trst, it's one of my favorite Slovenian cities.
I concur, that I a correct statement.
It's not "A CUTE Town "....it's a Beautiful CITY with a rich history.....an important Port City.
I have missed out visiting northern Italy. Furthest north I've been is Venice. So much to see in Italy.
Make sure you make a trip to Miramare Castle, Park and Gardens outside the city. Beautiful and on the water.
This is great. My son’s ship just ported here. Cool to see where he is. Go Navy!
One of my favourite stops in Italy, very mellow and live able. Thanks for the memory.
Hi, I always wondered the origin of these comments, and since this time we are making a comparison within Italy, I think I can purge myself of any bias I could have.
I am Italian, from Rome. I have no beef with Trieste, I think it's really cute, a shame it is not well known. However, I have visited much of Italy, and actually, I have made myself a list of Italian cities.
Trieste, although cute, falls fairly low on my list, 25th (anything below 13 on my list of Italian cities is shaky, and I am still judging, as I need to familiarise myself better with some cities and I am still missing some possible contenders, so really it is better to say Trieste falls around the 20th place). Meaning it has beauty, however can't compete with the top players (often smaller than Trieste). and I understand it is normative.
However, how much of Italy have you seen, and what is the origin of your comment saying you find it one of the most beautiful cities in Italy? By which I mean, how many Italian cities and towns have you spent enough time wondering around to get an idea of their beauty? 10? 15? 20?
I hope I don't come off as aggressive. However I often hear this from my friends and people in general. Claiming one or another European cities to be some of the most beautiful, yet I have never been able to make such judgments. It takes me multiple visits and hours thinking about it...
@@leonardodavid2842 you seem like a nice guy so I’ll try to explain my thinking.
A) I said favourite, not best.
B) I did my bacc in Italian lit in the 90s including a semester at l’universitá di Urbino and about a year living in Italy. Had to learn italian before beginning the degree, liked my course on Dante v Petrarca best, did a thesis on Rome vista da D’annunzio, CE Gadda e Pasolini, etc.
C) I’ve hitchhiked most of the country, haven’t counted the cities and towns because that’s a fool’s errand.
D) My favourite of all is likely Chieti (Pescara) but maybe it really is Rome. Rome really is on another level.
E) La coscienza di Zeno is one of the more underrated books of the 20th century imho.
@@acchaladka
I appreciate the answer. If it isn't too much to ask, what was the main element of the cities you mentioned: Trieste, Chieti, Rome; that made them your favorites?
I am genuinely interested in knowing what elements of a city make people feel something.
You’re approaching the matter from entirely the wrong way. When choosing a favourite city, why shouldn’t we be biased?
Perhaps a person may care more about some mixture of the weather, landscape, culture, history, cuisine, or feeling of a place, rather than just the architecture or paintings? Who can say what feels like home, or exciting, or otherworldly to any particular person?
Personally, I could never choose a city as a favourite that wasn’t next to the sea. I enjoy the intrigue of Trieste as a place that is not inevitably Italian but only accidentally. The city combines a sense of melancholy with hopeful ambition that I find very endearing. I like the glimpses of the hills of the Karst in the background.
Rome, Venice, and Florence all have better tourist attractions, and everyone should visit once. However, having done so, I would now rather live a day enjoying the caffes of Trieste with a good book rather than shuffling through queues as a tourist.
@JayPhelps-vt5qy well said! I enjoy Slovenia and the Balkans as well, but really, quite right it's a preference, an enjoyment, and aesthetic choice, and that's it.
Only knew this was where Illy coffee started in 1933.
Thank you to visiting our town.. Trieste is very quiet town..
Interesting to watch, never really heard of it before.
For another place people may not have heard about - Villa D'Este is well worth a day trip from Rome if in Italy.
What a cool place, thanks for sharing!
Yeah! Cool memories. It's beautiful and delicious food. I went travelling from Milan then moved to Venice and crossed to travel around the North of Croatia - by bus/train.
Great video, as usual! Does this mean we can expect to see your Slovenia video soon? :) We have a family connection to the country and have been looking forward to hearing about your experience in Slovenia!
Slovenia is a beautiful county and it recently got very popular! I went there last year and totally loved it 😍
Btw if you’re looking for something to watch, I also have a channel with content from London, Italy and Greece ☺️
Slovenia is one of our favorite places here in Europe... it is so beautiful!! It is also very reasonably priced.
Okay add it to the list lol. I’m sold!
You should totally go😍
It’s very underrated but once you’re there, you can travel around a lot and go to Venice or Vicenza! Btw if you’re looking for something to watch, I also have a channel with content from London, Italy and Greece ☺️
Trieste can be a little windy depending upon the season. I visited the Castle by the sea (a huge stately home that a man built for his wife) It is huge and gorgeous inside..with part of the grounds made into a park
That was Emperor Maximilian of Mexico (born Asburg prince) and his wife was Charlotte. There is a tragic story about the Miramare castle, you know?
@@matteoj74 yes that’s correct, he was murdered by the Mexican thug Juarez.
It can be extremely windy.
Hi Mark, nice video. Would you recommend after Trieste and Ljubjana going to Zagreb as well? I'd have 1 week more or less. Thank you a bunch.
When did you actually record this video? It was definitely not recent or even 2020. You’re missing the statue of Gabriele D’ annunzio in piazza della Borsa. Also the construction in canal still ongoing, that ended a long time ago.
There is a lot more to Trieste ( tree-est-ay).
The most beautiful city in Italy. I love Italy so much!
So amazing how many pleases you guys have been blessed to travel 🧳 to!
Feel like he’s one of the few people traveling at the moment 😅 even though the videos loooks like it was shot before!
Been 3 times. We love Trieste
When did you go there?
I live in Trieste and I can guarantee that in normal conditions it’s full of tourists!
BTW, Trieste is wonderful!
Ciao Davide!☺️ I feel like he there a while ago, he’s also dressed quite light!
Btw if you’re looking for something to watch, I also have a channel with content from London, Italy and Greece ☺️
Agreed, but never to the extent of Venice.
It is supposed to warm up some next week, we currently can't travel out of FVG, but Trieste is in FVG... soooo we are going to hop on the Autostrada and go for a quick day trip since it is only a couple of hours away.
As any other place in the world, there are a lot of things that can be said about Trieste, but amongst those I consider most important I must stress multiculturality, as you already mentioned (we have places of worship of many religions - including what was until not long ago the largest synagogue in Europe) and one of the highest concentration of education and research institutions in the world. There also is the largest open to public cave in the world, the "Grotta Gigante" (giant cave), 3 castles (S. Giusto and Miramare that you mentioned but also Duino's castle is nearby), and once a year the largest regatta in the world for open sailboats (2000 boats, old, new, cruise, race, traditional or technological, from 5 to 30 meters all race together, the starting line is 2km long).
The city is so complex because it had been under control of different countries, my mother always laughs saying that her father was born Austrian, her older brother Italian and she American (yes after WW2 the city and its surroundings were governed for a long time by an allied government).
Whoever's going to get here, feel free to ask for suggestions :)
Hi! We would love to go to Trieste for a daytrip, do you have any recommendations on what we must see or do? Like your top three :D
Would appreciate your help!
Best wishes, J.
Hi! Not very easy to recommend a top 3 without knowing personal tastes (for example views or visits?) and what will be your mobility; I think that a good start is Miramare's castle, a walk in the city centre (Piazza dell'Unità d'Italia and surroundings and possibly up S. Giusto's hill to the castle and cathedral) and Grotta Gigante (a little bit out of the city).
There is a major street in Vienna called "Triester Straße" (=Trieste street).
Don't miss Piran, just a little down the coast in Slovenia. Beautiful little town on a peninsula. Various layers of medievil walls protecting it. Maze of narrow passages. Surrounded by perfect clear water. Great swimming in summer.
*Pirano.... the city belonged to Venetians and Italian people for thousands years before they were forced to leave by Slovenians anfer WWII. There was no slovenian-speaker in the city until the 50s and Italian architecture is everywhere
@@davidetoffoletto9981 and nicer than Trieste would you say?
@@seanhurley4003 Trieste is the biggest city of Istria, the metropolitan area has more people than the rest of the peninsula. So, you will see a huge concentration of very nice buildings, with elements of the Austrian architecture (mostly in the square and sea walk) and the rest of the city that resambles any other city of Northern Italy. But the mix of the styles is amaxing. Pirano too is beautiful, but is 100% Venetian in its architecture with zero influence from Austria
@@davidetoffoletto9981 But Slovenia people say that Pirano and portoroz were occupied by Venice empire and then they gave it back to origin... Is this correct historically?
@@83marktwain we know that in Slovenia people and politcs fake history, but just for Intellectual honesty: the city was founded by Romans, Venetians arrived later and population continued to be Romance-Latin all over history for 2000 years. Architecture is Italian. In 1911 Istria falled for a little period under Austrian rule and the Austrian Crown organised this census where resulted that no inhabitant was Slovene speaker, population was 100% Italian. After WWII the region, Italian in everythin from building to people language and culture, was given to Slovenia and Croazia that forced the autoctonus to exodus with the use of force....
Found a beautiful Miami-like town called Latina like 45 mins away from Rome... Gorgeous and it’s got a medieval fairy tale like town called Sermoneta and fairy garden. It was a sigh to behold! People didn’t really speak English though but totally recommend (and there were barely and taxis or ubers so prepare) but Google it and you’ll see 😻
Latina! Lovely place. As I understand, it largely didn’t exist prior to the Fascist regime because the area was historically swamps which were reclaimed in an effort to settle farmers into the area. So Littoria was a planned city to be the center of the region. It got its new name after the war, to downplay the whole fascist connection. I was in the center of town and found a public artwork made of a large number of steel rods fastened together into a whole. The act of ‘fastening’ the country together was the rationale the fascists gave themselves for their mission. And there it was, in 2021, still prominently displayed on the town square. It was, in a word, strange.
Where do you take the bus from to go to Ljubljana?
Thank you for the highlights... I hope you will go to Slovenia coastal cities also and film there..
He is already in slovenian costal city... Trst je naš!!
if you had a choice what city would you pick TRIEST or LJUBLJANA?
was born there. been there done that
Hey Marc, nice to see you so close to my hometown, Udine!! Honestly the whole FVG region is sooo underrated and beautiful.
Do some video about the rest of the area😊😊
Actually I have been to Udine 😂🙈
It’s a nice small city! Btw if you’re looking for something to watch, I also have a channel with content from London, Italy and Greece ☺️
Ho visto, molto belli i video👌🏼
I agree, i have visited a lot of FVG, and it is very lovely.
going in the end of August, mainly because it's the closest Italian seaside to Hungary :)
351👍🏻 Big Super like for Triest, my dream to go there
What’s your favorite city, Tom?😍
Mine is Venice! Btw if you’re looking for something to watch, I also have a channel with content from London, Italy and Greece ☺️
Kraków 🇵🇱Poland 🤗
Check out lake garda and sterzing,italy too.
Something like alto aside. My wife and I visited several small visited whether wife used he5 fluent German more than my Italian.
Cool! I am from Sweden but have been around the Croatian coast, Slovenija and Trst quite a few times. Above all I love the Italian style cafés and generally their restaurants with Italian food. What I have passed many times is Prosecco which is right "on the top of" Trst. Guess it is worth a visit but haven't really heard much about it so I don't know.
Love the Italian style for sure.
It's Trieste, not Test
@@mauriziorossi6445 Trst is in Croatian or Slovenian sorry for mixing the languages. I understand that might be confusing for an Italian 💚🤍❤
Unfortunately most tourists, these days prefer commercial instead of cultural experiences. But hey less crowds for you and I, Wolter!
Hey Mark, long time subscriber here, do you ever put out suggested itineraries? Say, through a particular Country? Italy would be a great start. North to south or vise versa. 1 week, 2 weeks or even a month.
I do have a few videos woth itineraries. I was hoping to make a bunch last summer for different countries while we were traveling but sadly covid took away those trips. I have a Scotland, 1st time Europe, France, and central Europe itinerary videos
How far is the train station from the bus station in Trieste?
The bus station is right next door to the train station. You basically exit the train station from its main entrance, turn right and there's the bus station.
Quick trip but wondering if they at all capitalized on Churchill's Iron Curtain speech which is how I know of Trieste. Perhaps with a file war museum or monument?
Lovely city! Vienna on the Adriatic
It’s on our list on the way to a 2 day side trip to Slovenia. So pretty.
Italy
I like Trieste--much more enjoyable and interesting than Venice, for example. Trieste is a real city, whereas Venice has a made for tourists feel. And Trieste has a very interesting history, having been a part of different countries over the years.
i hope to go a cruise visiting trieste in october 2021
I only spent 3 days in Rome, Italy and it was raining and tried to go to the touristic places and vendors made it like hell... Such a waste🥺 we didn’t spend enough time and horrible timing of the year🥺 food is great😻😻😻😻😻
Oh, no!! I hope you’ll have the chance to go back soon!❤️ Btw if you’re looking for something to watch, I also have a channel with content from London, Italy and Greece ☺️
Trieste is on my list for when I go to the Slovenia and Croatia, hopefully in the Fall.
I love the the cultural mix in the city ,it makes interesting 👍.Definitively place I have to visit 😊
I hope you will have the chance to visit Rijeka (which is 70km far away from Trieste) too
Great video, can you also tell us what and where to eat in Trieste please?
We don't really ever talk about restaurants as they change so much. But the beans and cabbage soup is a must as well as the breads that are made with fruits or nuts
@@woltersworld Right in the town centre next to the place where he's filming on the boardwalk there's a cafe called Caffé degli specchi. It's a traditional Triestino coffee shop with all of Italian coffee culture encapsulated in one place.
@@woltersworld Thanks a lot for the response and recommendations. Btw, you are always welcomed to Cyprus and if you come i would be happy to show you around. Keep up the good work.
@@ThePrudentOne Thanks, i will have this place in mind then
San Giusto cathedral is pronounced San Joos-toh. Italian gi is the English 'j' sound!
Why insult Trieste by making it into a byway to Slovenia (an insignificant country of only 2 million). Trieste is one of the nicest cities in Italy. It's not just a tourist spot - it actually has a purpose. It is a living city, though like all of Europe, Italy's fertility rate is so low that it, and its cities, are slowly dying. Meals in the touristy areas of Trieste is pretty bad. Light meals are generally good. The coffee is always good. People are generally helpful - though English is not a big language. Miramare is a must. Visit Trieste, but do it gently. It is well worth it.
Why get upset about what you perceive to be an insult about Trieste only to then turn around and call Slovenia an insignificant country? That is blatant HYPOCRISY on your behalf
In the future you should do better thanks
Cry about it. Trst is ours and gorica will be.
Was this last year?
He said it was June in the video so maybe 2020 or 2019 or even 2018
June 2020 everyone had to wear a mask here (covid...) so it must be earlier
@@mmalabotta a giugno non era obbligatoria in tutta Italia all aperto....che cazzo Spari?
@@e.fontanot3809 nel video non se ne vede nemmeno una per cui mi fa strano
@@mmalabotta ah ok....se intendi quello ok
Many Slovenians live in Trieste.
No, they just live in the rural villages around the city, out of the city centre. They arrived as immigrants in search of job in the Italian city. The city was always Italian-speaking
@@davidetoffoletto9981 We were taught differently, back in Yugoslavia. But it's OK, we have Istria and Dalmatia, which was Venetian.
@@BlazVeber69 we are always ready to take it back to the right owner
@@davidetoffoletto9981 If migrants won't replace you soon;)
@@BlazVeber69 oh yes, the difference is in Italy we vote the people to stop them.. In France, Germany, UK they wait for immigrants with open arms
Never new much about Trieste, other than it exists. Slovenia, however, does sound like a great place to visit. Thanks :)
Slovenia is worth visiting. Gorgeous country
@@woltersworld I would love to go!!
and now you've learned it's also worth visiting
@@alexanderarfhauser1866 yes I have
trieste is nice city.maybe i will visit it when i will come to venice carnival and combine it with it and verona carnival too
Lived there for 8 years in the 80s. Yeah beautiful city with gorgeous buildings blah, blah, blah...
But never encountered such aloof and unhelpful people as I did there.
Are there few tourists because this was during Covid maybe? Don't now when this was taken.
And also your saying Trieste wrong
It's pronounced Trst
Come to see bergamo and Brescia
Good day sir .Do you reply Mark?
Did i see "zelňačka s klobásou" there?
By yacht dreaming?
Viva la e po' bon. This is the triestin motto.
That means “party on”. LOL
I think it’s the birthplace of torpedos.
What do to when you're in Trieste? Go to Slovenian coast. (No hate Trieste is also very beautiful 🙌🙌)
But It is Italian, remember this. Not Slovenian.. you can come here as tourists whenever you want
@@davidetoffoletto9981 Trieste is as Italian as South Tyrol is, ie. it's not.
hallo
Beautiful Slovenian city🇸🇮😍
It was never yours italians🤫
If you know the history you know😌
Slovenian City ? Istria is part integral of Veneto , relax in this moment Italy want peace ,
@@Giovis968 You lost a war against ETHIOPIA. THEY LITERALLY DEFEATED YOU WITH BOWS AND ARROWS. Run your mouth all you want, TRST JE NAŠ GORICA PA ŠE BO!!!
To be honest. I expected more. City looks like pension club. Ive never seen so many old ppl and like few young ones. I saw like 5 kids in city of 200.000 ppl. Literally. 5 of them, I counted. Tho Seafront is freaking amazing and worth going there. But rest of the city is tipical Austrian arhitecture. Building are very dirty from smog. Tho rest of the city is clean. A lot of stuff are closed. The city is failing bad since the fall of Yugoslavia (Yugoslavs used to go here to shop western clothes and stuff). Tho it is still cheap. Like really cheap compare to other parts of Italy. Prices are kinda same as in Slovenia, Ljubljana. Tho 1kg of cherry was 8 eur almost gave me heartattack cosidering as a peasant Bosnia I can get them for free back in motherland. Sadly city is really dying. City would be much better if it was part of Yugoslavia-Slovenia. I think. What else. The streetsss. To many cars!!! Outside of 2 main squares and few parks u cant walk around. Barely. Or u gonna get crashed by car. Also to many coffe shops. More then ppl I swear. Tho coffe and cakes and croasants they sell are amazing.
It used to be said that Trieste has the second highest per capital amount of seniors in the world. Berlin is first.
The Triestini claim their city is the most expensive in Italy.
The port in Trieste is hurting as the Slovenian and Croatian port cities took away a lot of Trieste port traffic by charging lower rates and more container ready facilities. More modern for sure.
I feel bad that Austria doesn't have sea access.
You know, Trieste was the major Austro-Hungarian port city: in fact, until 1918 it was Austria's gateway to the sea. That's why it feels so Mittle-European rather than Italian
@@francescogiovannizollo2989 Oh I know. But I kind of feel bad that they lost their Littoral to Italy and Slovenia.
@@Riftrender but people here in Trieste were always Italian speaking
I live In Trieste but sadly I now live in England
Trieste is bilingual. They speak both Italian and Slovenian.
Trieste City was only Italian speaking during Its history
@@davidetoffoletto9981 You know nothing of history
I’m Italian
U mean Trieste Slovenia #trst je naš
Just try, the whole Istria is Italy. Zitto
@@Giovis968 lmao keep coping. Italy is like someone who peaked in highschool, meaning that someone will never peak again.
Remember Trieste is not Italy!!!
Oh, really?
Hello How are you?
Just like Sarajevo is a mixture of the Ottoman Empire and the Astro-Hungarian Empire! The food is great.