WHAT'S
ON THIS WEEK
23-26
October
MUSEUMS The
following website gives details of all museums in
MUSIC AND CONCERTS
Free
concert by the Jimmy Joe Blues Band at 20:30 on Friday
24 October in Bar Crispi,
via Crispi 18.
First
concert in the new programme of
‘Mattinate Musicali’ in the Auditorium
of the Museo Revoltella (via Diaz 27) on Sunday 26 October 2008 at
11:00. Ticket 6 Euro.
This week’s concert will be by the Nuova Orchestra ‘Francesco
Busoni’,
conducted by Massimo Belli. More info on
the site: www.museorevoltella.it.
Concert
at the Teatro Miela (Piazza Duca delgi
Exhibition at the Civico Museo del Mare in
via Campo
Marzio 5. “I
Cosulich: una dinastia adriatica”, tracing the history of the
great local shipping family. Daily until 1 February 2009 from
8.30-13-30
and 16-19. Closed Monday. Tickets €3.50.
Solo
exhibition by renowned artist BRUNO CHERSICLA -
mentioned in the 2001
Guinness Book of Records as the artist who painted the biggest painting
in the
world in Piazza Unita' square, Trieste -
at Galleria Planetario in via Filzi, 4 , 1st fl. Mon to Fri : 10-12 and 16-19. Open until 30 Nov
Last week to see Luci sull’Adriatico: Paesaggi di mare tra Venezia e Trieste nell’Ottocento. Until
30 Oct, 60
19th Century local landscapes are on display at the Museo
Revoltella in via Diaz, daily from 10-18. Closed Tuesday.
Primoz
Bizjak “Focus on the Invisible” 4 Oct
– 25 Nov an art exhibition dedicated
to the city of
CHILDREN’S ACTIVITY
From
11:00 to 17:00 in Piazza Verdi (near
Piazza Unita’), there will be the last ‘Sunday
Party’ of the season for children from 0-12 years old.
All sorts of games, entertainment and musical
activities are on offer.
CINEMA
and FILM CLUBS
Cinecity,
Shopping Centre
Torri d’Europa, Via D'Alviano 23. Bus 29, 8 and B. Check the movies at http://trieste.cinecity.it/.
Earphones are
available so you can listen to the original language for some films;
please ask
before buying your ticket.
Guided
Tour on foot of
Grotta
Gigante –
This
year the Grotta Gigante, the largest
tourist cave in the world, is celebrating it’s centenary of opening to
the
public with an exhibition until 31 December in the visitor’s centre
open 10-18
daily except Monday. Visits to the cave itself take place every hour
from
10-16. Take bus 42 from Piazza Oberdan and get off at Borgo Grotta
Sgonico. It takes 5mins on foot, following the signs, to reach the
cave.
More info online: www.grottagigante.it.
Faro della Vittoria – Lighthouse visits
If the
weather is fine, it’s nice to take a
walk along the paths of the
Muggia
The
boat linking
Giardino
Botanico Carsiana –
The
local Carsiana botanical garden is open
this Sunday 26 October from 14-18, with guided tours at 15:00 and 16:00
explaining how the local Carsic vegetation prepares itself during
autumn for
the cold winter months. More information on guided tours and how to
get
there on www.carsiana.eu.
CASTLES
Duino Castle, take bus nr. 51
(the airport bus) or bus 44 (city bus 44 from Piazza Oberdan). Visiting
times:
9:30 to 16:30 every day except Tues.
Entrance ticket to the castle Euro 4.50 for ICTP badge holders. Children up to 6 do not pay, from 7-16 years
Euro 3.50, full price Euro 7. Until 2
November, there is an ongoing exhibition of 200 handbags dating back to
the 19th
Century.
To arrange a
guided tour phone: 040 208120. For more info: www.castellodiduino.it
/ info@castellodiduino.it
San Giusto Castle, take bus nr. 24
from the railway station. Built between
1470 and 1630, the castle rises up from the hill in the heart of the
old city.
You can enjoy a full view of
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Useful
Websites
Restaurants
in
Bus
schedules in
Train
timetables: www.trenitalia.it
Map
itinerary: www.mappy.it
Ticket
purchase for concerts in and out of
Buses
for trips outside
Films
on