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FREE-TIME ACTIVITIES
17th-19th AUGUST
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A R T & E X H I B I T I O N S
Revoltella Museum:
Mascherini e la Scultura del Suo Secolo (Mascherini and the Sculpture
of his Century). From 28th July-14th October.
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retrospective exhibition to commemorate Trieste's most famous 20th
century sculptor, on the occasion of his 100th birthday.
The Sartorio Museum has a special initiative this
month:
Every Tuesday and Wednesday, the museum will remain open from 8
p.m to midnight. There are special guided tours within the museum (
ticket costs 3 Euro) and music performances (same price) in the
museum's garden every Tuesday and Wednesday. Visit the permanent
collections on display (Largo Papa Giovanni XXIII), and the "Histria"
exhibition of restored works of art by Paolo Veneziano and Tiepolo.
Open Mon-Fri 10-17, Sat 10-13. Closed Sun and holidays . The Sartorio
Museum is situated in Largo Papa Giovanni XXIII (close to the Stazione
Marittima, you can take Bus 8.
Check for programme: www.triestecultura.it
T R I P - S U G G E S T I O N
M O N R U P I N O
This Sunday you may like to take a trip to the nearby
village of Monrupino, which lies in the hills above Trieste. This
website offers you a brief history of the area in English, as well as
some photographs:
http://www.consorziocastelli.it/icastelli/monrupino?lang=eng. The 42
bus from Piazza Oberdan (which also passes the Grotta Gigante), will
take you straight there. Monrupino is the smallest village in the
province of Trieste to have its own Mayor and Council to administer
its population of about 850 inhabitants. In Monrupino itself, you can
walk up the hill to the ancient Church and admire the spectacular
panorama. You can see right across Trieste, as well as the Slovenian
villages which lie just across the nearby border. The other place to
visit is the Casa Carsica (Carsic House Museum). The house itself is a
well-preserved example of how people used to live in the hill villages
2 centuries ago. The Casa Carsica is only open on Sundays from
11-12:30 and from 15-18. There are also several restaurants in the
area serving typical local food and wine.
F A R O - D E L L A - V I T T O R I A (The Victory
Lighthouse)
The Lighthouse of the Victory, an impressive work of
the Triestine architect Arduino Berlam (1880-1946) and of the sculptor
Giovanni Mayer (1863-1943), has two important functions. Besides
lighting the gulf of Trieste, in order to help navigation, it is a
commemorative monument dedicated to the fallen of the first World War,
as testified by the inscription: "Shine and remind of the fallen on
sea MCMXV-MCMXVIII".
The Lighthouse is open every day from 9 to 11 and from 16 to 18 except
on wednesday. The entrance is free and you can rich it taking bus 42
from Piazza Oberdan.
G R A D O
The old centre of Grado is mainly the old castrum,
that is the first urban centre that had been fortified in the first
decades of 5th century; a narrow area that developed during the
Imperial Age as extreme part of the Port of Aquileia. The old town
centre is very interesting because of its picturesque architecture
that houses of monuments of great artistic value: the Duomo, the
basilica St. Eufemia, the Baptistery Santa Maria delle Grazie, but
Grado is also a very nice place to spend a day on the beach taking the
sun and swim. Moreover along the calli and on the campielli of the old
town centre, trattorias and restaurants offer the best of the kitchen
of Grado.
You can travel from the Molo Pescheria to Grado with the Delfino Verde
shuttle boat.
See the following web site for timetables and prices:
www.aptgorizia.it.
S P O R T
Freeclimbing experience on the carso's
trees. (Duino Aurisina)
At the Trieste Adventure Park in Duino Aurisina you will walk in the
air 10 metres high, zip fly on a pulley from one side of the park to
the other. In the area you can hike or mountain bike trails nd explore
the WW1 trenches and battle fields. After the sporting day you can
have a rest and taste typical food and local wine in front of the park
at the agriturismo Hermada.
How rich it by bus: take bus 44 from Piazza Oberdan to Aurisina and
then take buses 43 - 44 - 73.
For further informations visit the web site: www.triestetrasporti.it.
F A I R S & M A R K E T S
Flea Market
On Sunday 19 August, there will be a
flea market in Trieste town centre. All sorts of antiques and bric a
brac will be on sale all day in the roads of the old town behind
Piazza della Borsa near the Roman Theatre (Teatro Romano).
Flea Market
Each Friday evening for the whole of the summer season, from
18-23 in the Caravella area of Sistiana bay there is a weekly antiques
and bric a brac market, moreover at the " Cicchetteria" located in
the Caravella Park you will have a chance to try nice wine and local
fish and meat food called "cicchetti'.
F O O D & D R I N K
Karamalada Sagra
Also this year the Triestino Nautical Club located in Viale
Miramare 32, arranges a traditional sagra until sunday 19 august, with
food kiosks, music and live-entertainment.
Some suggestions about ethnic restaurants in Trieste:
Chinese restaurant: Cina Cina - Via Brunner n. 1 - tel 040 367388
Greek restaurant: Filoxenia - Via Mazzini n. 3 - tel 040 3481644
Indian restaurant: Via Corridoni n. 2 - tel 040 661255
Japanese restaurant: Tokio - Via Gatteri n. 10 - tel 040 630814
Take away kebab: Kebab Ali Baba Di Omairi Ali Nobil - Piazza della
Libertà 3/C - tel 040 635794
Spanish restaurant: La Rambla - Viale Miramare n. 323 - tel 040 44684
N A T U R E
Carsiana Botanical Garden
The Carsiana botanical garden, which offers visitors a
beautiful selection of the typical local fauna, to be found among the
vegetation in Carso (karst) is organizing two guided tours this Sunday
19 th August at 16 and 17, in this occasion there will be also the
inauguration of the the guided route entitled " La poesia del Carso".
Take Bus 42 from Piazza Oberdan up to Prosecco and
proceed with Bus 46 to Sgonico. For more information: website
www.carsiana.eu or call: 040-229573.
M U S I C & D A N C I N G
Concert at Miramare Castle
Friday 17 August, the summer concert season in Miramare Castle
continues. This evening's concert is a violin recital performed by
Michela Depretto, violin and Jan Grbec, piano. The concert starts at
20:30 in the Sala del Trono (throne room).
T O U R S
Trieste by Bus
Every Saturday a bus leaves for a tour of Trieste from in front
of the train station at 14.00. It takes in all of the main sights to
see downtown, and there is also a 30-minute stop at St. Giusto Castle,
where you can walk along the Castle walls or visit the Cathedral or
simply enjoy the spectacular views. Tickets may be bought in the Sala
Eurostar in the main railway station and cost 5.20 Euro, with children
under 10 travelling free.
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more information on all of the above, and for lots more suggestions of
what to see and do locally, please contact the InfoPoint in the Main
Building Reception