{"id":10852,"date":"2026-01-23T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-23T12:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogitalo.sitebysite.it\/uncategorized\/cosa-fare-a-trieste"},"modified":"2025-09-29T15:46:58","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T13:46:58","slug":"what-to-do-in-trieste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.italotreno.com\/en\/travel-ideas\/what-to-do-in-trieste\/","title":{"rendered":"What to see and do in Trieste"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trieste is famous for its intense wind and historical literary caf\u00e9s. It is sometimes perceived as “closeted and somewhat sullen”, little more than a transit area, a crossroads, between Istria, Serbia and the Adriatic Sea.<\/p>\n

But Trieste is, above all, an authentic city, removed from the clutter and trappings of tourism that envelops so many other major Italian cities. A bridge between western and central-southern Europe, Trieste possesses a deeply varied identity, all waiting to be discovered.<\/p>\n

It is therefore worth dedicating to this city the attention it deserves by setting aside a weekend to explore this intriguing port city, beautifully decorated in complete Art Nouveau style.<\/p>\n

What to see in Trieste<\/strong><\/h2>\n

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Our visit to Trieste begins in Piazza Unit\u00e0, a place that evokes the city’s disputed soul in the many changes of name it has undergone. Initially known as St. Peter’s Square, it became Piazza Grande and, only in 1918, Piazza Unit\u00e0. After the end of World War II and the official return to Italian territory, it finally became Piazza Unit\u00e0 d’Italia.<\/p>\n

A picturesque square overlooking the sea, it is framed by some of the city’s most important buildings, and in the center features the Fountain of the Four Continents, the only ones known at the time of its construction in the mid-18th century.<\/p>\n

Just in front of the square, we find another of Trieste’s must-see spots: the Molo Audace, originally Molo San Carlo, so renamed after the destroyer “Audace,” the first Italian Navy ship to dock in Trieste at the end of the Great War.<\/p>\n

Among Trieste’s the must-see<\/em> sites, we also mention:<\/p>\n