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Trieste

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

A Habsburg port city on the Adriatic, with grand cafés, a vast seafront square and the white Miramare Castle on the shore.

Photo: Nick Savchenko from Kiev, Ukraine · CC BY-SA 2.0
Best Time to Go
Apr–Jun, Sep–Oct
Our full guide to Trieste is being written. It's on the Northeast Italy list as If You're Nearby.

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Postojna

About 23 miles away

A Karst town above Postojna Cave and its cave train, with the Škocjan Caves and Predjama Castle nearby.

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Ljubljana

About 45 miles away

A delightful, car-free river capital.

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Lake Bled

About 52 miles away

An island church on an alpine lake, below a cliff-top castle.

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Northeast Italy

Venice, Verona and the peaks of the Dolomites.

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