Only in Trieste A Guide to Unique Locations Hidden Corners and Unusual Objects Only In Guides

Discover Trieste's Habsburg-era glories, multi-ethnic influences and burgeoning cultural life with this explorer's guidebook to Italy's alternative city destination. The first real English-language guide to the city in many years. Roman ruins and curious caves, wartime tales and seaside traditions, classic cafés and museums galore. From Italy's best-kept dinosaur and the Theresian Aqueduct to Fascist skyscrapers and a Brutalist housing complex. Locations include the first Museum of Wind, the footsteps of James Joyce, the Pharaoh's Villa, and Tito's quarry of death. Also Miramare Castle, the Victory Lighthouse, segregated sea bathing, and the world's biggest regatta. The ideal city guide for travellers who want to escape the crowds and go beyond the well-known paths, as well as for those inhabitants who perhaps thought they already knew their city. Published by The Urban Explorer, these city tales from new and unusual perspectives are aimed at independent cultural travellers.