WHAT'S ON THIS WEEKEND 25 - 27 October 2013
TIME CHANGE ON SUNDAY: We're going back to the standard time, so remember to set your clocks ONE HOUR backwards on Sunday, 27th October at 3.00 a.m !
Art Exhibitions
On Sat 26/10 at 18.00 at LUX Art Gallery in via Rittmeyer 7, Inauguration of VII Salone d'Autunno dell'Arte Triestina (Triestine Art Autumn Salon) with many renowned contemporary Triestine artists. Open until 16/11, Mon-Tues-Thurs-Fri-Sat from 17.00 - 20.00.
Tonite at 18.30 at the SpazioTRART gallery in Viale XX settembre 33, Inauguration of painting exhibition "Alice" (Alice in wonderland) with the participation of 10 renowned Triestine artists. Open Tues - Sat, from 17.30 - 19.30
LATIN AMERICAN FILM FESTIVAL
It is on until Sunday, 27th October 2013. Watch a great variety of films in several downtown locations: at the Auditorium of the Revoltella Museum (via Diaz, 27), at Teatro dei Fabbri (via dei Fabbri, 2) and at the Knulp Cultural Centre (via Madonna del Mare, 7). For more information on the films and schedules, check: http://www.cinelatinotrieste.org/fest2013/
Tonight CONCERT by SCOTT MATHEW
Tonite at Teatro Miela (near the train station) at 21.30 Concert by Australian-born singer songwriter Scott Matthew. He has been likened to David Bowie, Antony Hegarty and any number of musicians from the annals of music history who shiver and quiver as they sing. Matthew is at his most content living life as a connoiseur of sadness, what matters more to him than the folly of likenesses are the distinctive nuances and prismatic shades of melancholy. See www.vivaticket.it
Chez Café' degli Specchi : Last Operetta
On Sat. 26/10 at 18.00 at Café' degli Specchi (Piazza Unita'), sip your tea or aperitif while enjoying an unusual and entertaining "food-based" operetta concert by soprano Ilaria Zanetti and pianist Master Trojan. Music by Offenbach, Strauss, Fratelli Costa, and various other authors.
UPCOMING NEXT WEEK, Sat.
2nd November at 18.30 : Maksimovic. La storia di Bruno
Pontecorvo (The
story of Bruno Pontecorvo) in Teatro
Miela, written by
prof. Giuseppe
Mussardo, in cooperation with ICTP & INFN, directed by
Cenetiempo in 2013. On
September 1, 1950, at the dawn of the Cold War, the italian
physicist Bruno Pontecorvo and his family mysteriously
disappeared. This
created a real political earthquake in Europe and the USA:
Pontecorvo was in
fact a scientist known around the world for his expertise in a
very delicate
area, that of nuclear research. The story of his disappearance
is one of the
most fascinating mysteries related to the atomic era,
especially when it became
known that he had crossed the Iron Curtain and moved to Soviet
Union.
Bruno Pontecorvo’s unique life was strongly interlaced with
20th century
history and with the development of particle physics. With his
exceptional
theoretical intuitions, which went hand in hand with his
brilliant qualities as
an experimental physicist, Bruno Pontecorvo is the scientist
that, more than
anyone else, has entered the secrets of the most elusive and
enigmatic particle
of our universe, the neutrino.
MISCELLANEA
Sunday 27 October : PAROVEL'S OIL TASTING TOUR
Parovel is a renowned local oil and wine producer and is organizing on Sunday an olive oil tasting tour : see the new oil produced from the oil mill and understand the different types of extra virgin olive oils produced there. Tours must be booked in advance and take place at 10.00/11.30/12.30 and 15.30. Call 3467590953 or see www.parovelevents.com
Address: Zona artigianale Dolina, San Dorligo della Valle, Trieste. Take bus 40 from the train station (it goes to Dolina) and get off in strada della Rosandra.
While you are there, take a nice walk in the Val Rosandra nature trails (see details below)
SWIMMING POOLS: there are three municipal swimming pools (piscine) in Trieste open to the public as follows:
Bianchi, in Passeggio S. Andrea, 8. Open Mon to Fri 9.00-22.00; Sat 9.00-15.00/Sun & hols 9.00-13.00. Ticket: euro 4,50/head - Take bus 8 from Roiano or nr 9 from the train station. For info call: 040 306024.
San Giovanni, in via S. Cilino 42/1. Open to the public Mon-Fri 6.30-15.00/20.00-22.00; Sat 7.30-15.00/Sun & hols 7.30-13.00; Ticket: euro 4,70/head. Take bus 6 from Grignano or train station or bus 35 from Piazza Oberdan.www.piscinadisangiovanni.com - tel 040566492
Altura, in via Alpi Giulie 2/1. Open Mon-Wed-Thur 7.00-15.00/20.30-22.30; Tue & Fri 7.00-16.00/21.00-22.30 Sat: 7.00-18.00/Sun 9.00-16.00. Ticket: euro 2,90/head - Bus 8 from Roiano or nr 9 from the train station. Take buses 37 or 48 from Largo Barriera. For info call: 0408321215
Check all the bus schedules: www.triestetrasporti.it/index.php?linee-e-orari
Latin American dancing at Paradiso
Every Friday from 22.00 at Dancing "Paradiso" in via De Franceschi, 3, Trieste, lovers of latin american music and Caribbean rhythms can go dancing. Free entrance. Take bus 20 or 21 from the central train station. Check bus schedules: www.triestetrasporti.it/index.php?linee-e-orari
TOURING THIS AREA
Guided tour of Trieste every day at 10.30 a.m.: A 2 hours guided walking tour through the main sites and monuments of Trieste. The tour is in Italian and English and costs euro 7/pers. Book your tour by calling the FVG Tourist Office in via dell' Orologio 1 (on the corner of Piazza Unità): 040 3478312.
VAL ROSANDRA
The Val Rosandra Valley encloses a remarkable natural environment which reveals its true beauty in autumn. It is situated half an hour by bus from the city centre. There are several hiking routes (easy and not so easy), the remains of an ancient Roman aqueduct, an old rail station that once connected Trieste to Vienna in the past centuries, now converted into a cycling path, a stream, a restaurant and rock climbers enoy training there. Wear suitable shoes.
See: www.turismofvg.it/Parks-and-natural-reserves/Val-Rosandra-Reserve
Take bus 40 from the train station (it goes to Dolina) and get off in strada della Rosandra.
San Giusto Castle, 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 Trieste, visit the museum, the armoury and the lapidario tergestino. Outside the castle walls lies the cathedral built in the 14th century and in the surroundings, the remains of the ancient Roman city dating back to the first and second century. take bus nr. 24 from the railway station Ticket: euro 4/each. Visiting times: 9:00 – 19:00. Check website www.retecivica.it
Revoltella Modern Art Museum: a true beauty. It is located downtown in via Diaz, 27 and was built by Baron Pasquale Revoltella as his home in 1858 following Friedrich Hitzig's designs. The building has been completely used only since 1963, following the restructuring by Carlo Scarpa. It has a remarkable collection of modern art (1860 to 1970), baroque art and 1700s and 1800s furniture, utensils, and much more, located in a luxurious environment. Not to be missed! Only closed on Tuesdays, open from 10:00 - 19:00.
The Natural History Museum - See one of the most intact dinosaur skeletons in the world: "Antonio", a dinosaur discovered in Trieste (Duino) a few years ago, see fossils, old 1800 furniture, books, instruments and old and new mirabilia. Located in via Tominz, 4 - tel 0406758658; open Mondays to Saturdays, 9.00-14.00. Take bus 22 from the train station. www.retecivica.trieste.it/triestecultura/new/musei_scientifici/storia_naturale/default.asp/
The Giant Cave - Grotta Gigante is considered the largest tourist cave in the world, situated in the Karst half an hour from the city centre. An exclusive feature of the cave is the horizontal pendulum, constructed by university researchers in order to calculate the slightest movements of the earth's crust. Visiting times every hour: 10:00 - 18:00. Each visit lasts one hour. Entrance ticket: Euro 11/each. For groups of over 15 persons: Euro 5/head. Take bus 42 from Piazza Oberdan and get off at Borgo Grotta, Sgonico – proceed by foot for 5 minutes – follow road sign for Grotta Gigante. Wear comfortable shoes, no heels. Check website: www.grottagigante.it
City Sight-Seeing tour by bus (like the red London buses), lasts for one hour, departing from downtown at the Stazione Marittima (close to Piazza Unita') but you can board the bus at GRIGNANO. Tickets last for 48 hours and there are 3 tours in the mornings (from 10.00 -12.00) and 3 in the afternoons (from 14.00 -16.00), Ticket costs: Euro 18/head; children Euro 9/head. Ring tel: 393 9172656 to inform that you will board the bus at Grignano. For info: www.trieste.city-sightseeing.it
CAFES, FOOD AND WINE IN TRIESTE
Trieste's historical cafes: Caffe' degli Specchi (Piazza Unita'), Caffe' Tommaseo (Riva 3 Novembre) and San Marco Cafe' (Via Battisti 13) opened in the 19th & 20th century, are places where writers, musicians and artists meet and where artistic-cultural events are often held.
The most typical & genuine Triestine Buffet in town is "Da Pepi", in via Cassa di Risparmio nr 3, where one can have excellent ham rolls at the counter or enjoy the special house dish: a variety of ham and meats served with sauerkraut and freshly grated horseradish. Good selection of wines and beers. Reviewed by the New York Times as the best in the Region.
Two traditional pastry shops, dating back to 1850, decorated in "Liberty " style are "La Bomboniera" in via XXX Ottobre (near Piazza San Antonio) with its delicious pastries and coffee served in a cosy environment and "Pasticceria Pirona" in Largo Barriera 12, where James Joyce used to be a customer. Pirona won a prize for the best hot chocolate in Italy.
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Have a nice weekend!