Tourist information - Trieste
Trieste is the smallest province in Italy, and possibly also the most isolated. For evidence of this, take a look at any map: it includes a thin stretch of land which runs between the sea and also the upland plains which border the former Yugoslavia. This border area is fraught with tensions, as the city has not yet learnt to coexist peacefully along with its foreign neighbours.
Bordering the highly urbanised areas in the centre and the south, stands a veritable constellation of small towns and villages just like Sgonico, Monrupino, Duino, Basovizza and San Pelagio which are mainly populated by the Slovenian-speaking minority. In recent years, these areas have witnessed the construction of quite a few country cottages and villas of considerable market value.
The city’s geographical isolation is resembled in its personality. It is at the same time lonely, mysterious, appealing, old-fashioned, pensive, a little primitive, perennially tired and taciturn. It's chock full of banks (in contrast to other Italian administrative towns), but is nonetheless lacking in any great entrepreneurial spirit, unlike the nearby Friuili an industrious boom town. It is a fairly old city and also a hotbed of science and the arts, a city which extends a friendly welcome to people of all nationalities. Until 1954, it was under U.S. military rule. It's a carefree city with a passion for the finer things in life. What could be more pleasurable than a glass of wine, a stroll throughout the Carso and a meal in a good restaurant? Just relax and see the frenetic pace of everyday life grind slowly to a halt.
Trieste is a beautiful and remarkable city, anchored to a past which it won't be able to forget. It is constantly battered by the Bora - an icy and strong north-easterly wind which is tolerated as an inevitable feature of life in Trieste.
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