Trieste

Trieste is a town of 198,622 inhabitants in the province of Trieste, in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy. It is the capital of Friuli Venezia Giulia.

The municipality covers 84.49 km², with a density of 2,351 inhabitants per km².

The nearest airport is Trieste (TRS), about 30 km away as the crow flies. Read our guide to the airport.

Habsburg port on the Adriatic

Trieste was for centuries the main port of the Austrian Empire, and it still feels like a Central European city by the sea: grand neoclassical buildings, literary cafés where James Joyce and Italo Svevo wrote, and a mix of Italian, Slovenian and Austrian traditions.

What to see

Piazza Unità d'Italia, one of the largest squares in Europe facing the sea, is the heart of the city. Walk along the Molo Audace pier, climb to the hill of San Giusto with its cathedral and castle, see the Roman theatre and the Grand Canal of the Borgo Teresiano. Just outside the centre, the white Miramare Castle stands on the sea surrounded by a park.

Food

Coffee culture is strong here: Trieste is Italy's coffee port. Try the buffets with boiled pork and sauerkraut, jota soup, presnitz pastries and the wines of the Carso.

Around Trieste

The Carso plateau with the Giant Cave, the coastal path of Rilke, Duino castle and Aquileia. Trieste airport is 30 km away, with trains to Venice.

Trieste on the map

Nearby towns

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