Sunday
22
July: Special guided tour in English to
Duino
Castle,
the Giant Cave and Monrupino
LIMITED SEATS AVAILABLE!
The Duino
Castle was built
in the 14th century on high cliffs overlooking the Gulf of
Trieste and surrounded by a beautiful park. The
castle is still the home of the Prince della Torre e Tasso and has
hosted many famous visitors and artists over the centuries. One can
admire a large variety of precious furnishings, paintings and
historical documents and the striking panorama from the dining-room
terrace.
The Grotta Gigante or Giant Cave is considered the largest tourist cave in the world and is situated on the Triestine Karst (Carso). It has an enormous hall: 107 meters high, 130 meters long and 65 metres large. Another feature of the cave is the horizontal pendulum, constructed by university researchers in order to calculate the slightest movements of the earth's crust. The cave contains many large stalactites and stalagmites, many of exceptional beauty.
Monrupino is a very interesting,
typical village in the karst with a church on a hill that dominates an
enormous panorama and an old abandoned tabor, or hill fort which was
occupied by the templar monks and the Romans while the first mention of
the present church dates back to 1316. One can view the Italian and
Slovenian borders from here.
The discounted
contribution for the guided tour is euro 5,00/person + euro 10 (total
euro 15/head) for the discounted entrance fees to visit both the Castle
and the Giant cave, all to be paid when you get your ticket at the
Info Point, Leonardo Building (8:30 - 16:48).
Deadline for the participation: Friday at 14:00 hrs.
Seats are limited and
will be assigned on a first-come first-served basis. Wear very
comfortable sneakers or rubber soled shoes for the trip and maybe take
a sweat shirt with you to the cave as the temperature inside is
constantly 11°C.
THE MEETING POINT WITH
OUR GUIDE AND COACH IS AT 13:20 hrs. AT THE GRIGNANO BAY BUS STOP.
RETURN SCHEDULED AT AROUND 20.00 hrs.
Drinks and snacks, etc., at own cost.
Info Point
ext 433/219