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Friday, September 03, 2010 
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In the surroundings of Trieste
Grotta
Gigante
The largest cave in the world open to tourists. It stands out not only thanks to its size, but also thanks to the stunning stalactites constellating its immense vault and to its stalagmites. Inside, the Geophysical Observatory has set up a very sensitive seismograph, the only scientific instrument worldwide for measuring land tides.
Borgo Grotta Gigante - Sgonico (TS)
tel. 040 327312
Carsiana
Botanic garden. Eight karst environments have been recreated with their own
particular forms of vegetation on a surface area of 6000 sq.m.
Sgonico (TS)
tel. 040 229573
The Rilke's Promenade
Astonishing, and easily attained views of the coast await. From the piazza ask directions for the coastal road, where before Duino there's an entrance through the trees to the Sentiero Rilke, a path named after the early twentieth-century German poet Rainer Maria Rilke, who was the best-known walker of this cliff path.
Rainer Maria Rilke's great cycle of ten elegies named after the castle on the Adriatic had its inception, according to Rilke's host at Castle Duino, Maria von Thurn und Taxis-Hohenlohe, on the morning of January 21, 1912. Interrupted by the First World War, the cycle of ten elegies was completed only a decade later.
The two great complementary poem cycles, Duino Elegies and Sonnets to Orpheus, are not only the result of an extraordinary kind of contact with the unseen world; they are an attempt to understand that world, and to understand it in its holistic relationship to the
visible, tangible, world.
Risorgive del Timavo
The karst river finally sees the light again after flowing underground for
35 km.
Val Rosandra
This typical mountain-like karst area was formed by the rock erosion of the
Rosandra creek, which flows into a striking waterfall at Bottazzo. The vertical
walls of the eastern crest are ideal for practising rock-climbing.
Casa Carsica
An example of rural architecture in the karst area.
Monrupino (TS)
tel. 040 327240
Rocca di Monrupino
An 14th century fortress where the Nozze Carsiche (karst weddings) are still
celebrated every two years in typical traditional costumes.
Foiba di Basovizza
National monument, a sad document of the atrocities of the Seconf World War. It
is the largest common grave in Italy.
Muggia
A small Istrian-Venetian town, the last strip of the Trieste province on the
coast. Its historic centre in enclosed by medieval walls and overlooked by the
castle. You can go for a Charming stroll in the Harbour (Mandracchio) and
through the narrow streets, where the typical restaurants offer excellent fish
dishes. It is famous for its carnival which marks the local social and
cultural life. Muggia Vecchia, the old part of town and the small Basilica
dell'Assunta from the 10th century are well worth a visit.
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Grotta
Gigante
The Rilke's Promenade
Val Rosandra
Muggia