If you are searching for snow during the summer months, remote alpine villages, country villas, mountain huts, Roman archeological sites; or if you prefer long beaches, rocky coastlines, lagoons, and picturesque fishing villages, Friuli is the perfect destination. A beautiful and severe border region, where almost every town boasts a museum, and is able to surprise with its cultural attractions and the plurality of architectural styles (in the centre of Udine the Venetian Gothic of the Palazzo del Comune faces the beautiful XX century Art Deco Cafe’ Contarena). The Basilica in Aquileia, once an important city of the Roman empire, is also well worth a visit. Then there is Trieste - city of the “three roads” as it was defined by Umberto Saba, a native of the region. The beauties of Trieste have been greatly appreciated by the European intellectual community so much so as to figure in the works of such great writers as James Joyce, Italo Svevo, and, of course, Umberto Saba.

Restaurants

Restaurants

Trattoria Gostilna Devetak - Savogna d'Isonzo

The restaurant offers its guests the best Carso, Slovenian and Middle European raditional dishes combining them with...

Vitello d'Oro - Udine

Located in a corner of the old part of Udine, the Vitello d'Oro offers a great charme.

Suggestions

Miscellaneous

Andrea Binetti - Trieste

Tenor and showman, singer and songwriter

Web site

Aquileia - The archaeologic area - Aquileia

Aquileia was founded in 181 b.C. by the triumvirs Publius Scipio Nasica, Caius Flaminius and Lucius Manlius Acidinus...

Aquileia Museum of Archaeology - Aquileia

The National Archaeological Museum is still situated in its originary seat, the Villa Cassis Faraone, built between...

Historical Castles - Strassoldo

The Consortium for the Protection of Historical Castles of Friuli-Venezia Giulia is an association that gathers...