Castello di Miramare
The Castello di Miramare is a 19th-century castle on a cliff above the Adriatic, built for Archduke Maximilian of Habsburg. The park and grounds are free.
City in Italy
Trieste
3 things to see
Trieste is Italy’s most underrated city, with Habsburg architecture, a famous coffee culture, a windswept waterfront, and prices well below the Italian average. The vast Piazza Unita d’Italia opening onto the sea and the seafront promenade cost nothing to wander, and an espresso in a historic cafe stays cheap by Italian standards. It sits close to the Slovenian border for cheap onward travel toward the Balkans. Spring and autumn dodge the summer heat, though the gusty Bora wind can blow in any season.
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Piazza Unita d'Italia
Piazza Unita d'Italia is the largest seafront square in Europe, an open rectangle facing the Adriatic with grand Austro-Hungarian facades on three sides and the sea on the fourth. Free.
Trieste Old Town
Trieste's old town climbs the hill behind Piazza Unita to the Castello di San Giusto (free grounds, modest museum fee) and the Roman Theater (free to see from the street). The literary cafes (Caffe San Marco, Caffe degli Specchi) where James Joyce wrote parts of Ulysses and Italo Svevo drank coffee are part of the city's identity.
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