WHAT'S
ON THIS WEEK
9 April – 13 April
TOURS IN TRIESTE AND
SURROUNDINGS
Guided Tour on foot
of Trieste’s
historical
monuments (in Italian and English) at
10:00 each Saturday and Sunday. The tour lasts 2 hours and costs Euro
5,00
(children under 12 go free). Advance booking is necessary, please call
the Tourist Bureau in Piazza Unità. Tel. 040-3478312. Email: info@turismo.fvg.it
Grotta Gigante – Giant Cave:
The
cave is considered the largest tourist cave in the world.
It is situated on the Triestine Karst (Carso), about half an hour from
the city
centre. 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
5 mins on foot, following the signs, to reach the cave. Entrance costs
Euro
8.50 per person, and Euro 4.50 for a group of 15. More info online: www.grottagigante.it.
Duino Castle is considered one of
the
most attractive castles in Europe and
is still
the official residence of the Torre e Tasso royal family. From its
cliff-top location it overlooks the small fishing village of Duino,
and it is surrounded by extensive gardens. Inside you can see the
furnishings, pictures, books and mementoes collected over centuries.
In
the grounds you can visit a World War 2 bunker. New exhibition
“L’Imperatore
a Duino”, more than 300 items about Emperor Franz Josef is on display
until 8 November 2009.
MUSIC
– FREE ENTRANCE
Thur 9 April at 21:00: Western
& Country music at Lee Roy
Bar in via Paduina
n.9
Thurs 9 April: “Didjeridoo”
demonstration – ethnic music
from Australia – at
21:00 at
the Pub/Birreria Sol del Sur (Argentina)
in Via Campanelle 85, info: 040.395423 / 338 5622973
Fri 10 April at 21:00 “Tommy
Beltrame” band, rock and blues at
Lee Roy (same address).
Every Wednesday
at 20:30, free concerts at the Conservatorio Tartini in Via Ghega n.12
For more
info and programme: www.conservatorio.trieste.it
CONCERTS
Jazz at the Miela
Theatre, on Monday 13 April in Piazza Duca degli Abruzzi
n.3, at 21:30, Francesco Cusa “Scrunch Acoustic”. Ticket eur 5,00.
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.
MUSEUMS
The following website
gives details
of all museums in Trieste
and the surrounding region: http://www.museifriuliveneziagiulia.it/
www.turismo.fvg.it
EXHIBITIONS
Multimedia
exhibition at the Immaginario Scientifico in Grignano entitled "Tempi e
Stratempi" exploring
meteorological phenomena is
open until 14 June every Sunday from 10-20. More info on http://www.immaginarioscientifico.it/
and 040-224424.
Exhibition on Japanese
culture until 11 April at the “Nat_Spaziocorti”
(via Corti 2, Trieste), Open
daily Tuesday-Saturday from 10-13 and 15.30-19.30. 040-9990006 for
more info.
Exhibition at the
Municipio (town hall) in Sgonico (take bus 46 from Piazza Oberdan),
entitled ‘Bosnia
Erzegovina uno sguardo al futuro’ with photographs by the
journalist &
writer Erica Mattea Vida and the poet Ljubia Selic of their travels
throughout
the former Yugoslavian Republic. The exhibition will be open until 7
May
Mon-Fri 9-13 and Mon & Wed 15-17. Entrance is free, but donations
are
welcome for a charity in Sarajevo
which takes care of war orphans.
To mark “Darwin Day”, the bicentenary of the birth of
Charles
Darwin, Trieste’s
Aquarium (molo Pescheria, 2 on the waterfront) has prepared a
special
exhibition of “Nature anomale” (nature’s anomalies). Open daily from
9-13. Closed Mondays. Entrance costs 4.50 euro for adults and 3 euro
for
children over the age of 5 and young people up to the age of 20. The
ticket is also valid for entrance to the rest of the aquarium’s
exhibits.
Useful Websites:
Restaurants in
Trieste: http://www.vivalapappa.it/ristoranti/elenco.php/provincia=Trieste
Bus schedules in Trieste: www.triestetrasporti.it
Train timetables: www.trenitalia.it
Map itinerary: www.mappy.it
Ticket purchase for concerts in and out of Trieste: “Ticket Point” in
Corso
Italia 6/c tel: 040.3498277
Buses for trips outside Trieste: www.autostazionetrieste.it