Suggested itineraries
From the Patriarchates to the Renaissance
The name Grado comes from the Latin "gradus", meaning port. The Romans built this town to serve as seaport for the nearby city of Aquilea and equipped it with an impressive military station to defend it. It is said that the inhabitants of Aquilea sought refuge in the "castrum" of Grado when Attila and his Huns attacked. The invasion by the barbarians signalled the end of the patriarchate of Aquilea, status which was...
The Karst, uniting nature's boundaries
The word Karst derives from the preindoeuropean "Karra", meaning stone. A particularly suitable name then for this arid territory of chalky stone and rock. So as to gain an idea of Italy's Karst country, we start our journey in Piazza Oberdan, in Trieste, where we board the funicular railway inaugurated in 1902. A succession of breathtaking views greets us on our often heart-stopping voyage upwards towards the first Karst peaks and...
