by Guisela Chiarella
This weekend, Trieste welcomed a wave of visitors who chose Friuli Venezia Giulia as their late-summer destination. The city’s streets, alive with conversation and the scent of coffee from historic cafés, reflected a growing curiosity about this borderland of cultures.
We spoke with travelers strolling along the waterfront: some drawn by Trieste’s literary past, others by its reputation for food and wine, still others by the Adriatic’s easy charm. For many, it was their first visit, but few said it would be their last. “There’s something different here,” one tourist noted. “It feels both Italian and beyond.”
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