What to do and see in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy: The Best Historical & Heritage Tours

October 2, 2021 Frederic Celentano

Discover the best top things to do in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy including Discover Trieste on Foot, Private Trieste Sightseeing Tour, Following in the Footsteps of the First Lady of USA from Trieste, From Vienna to Dubrovnik via Slovenia in 13 days. Private tour in modern A/C van, Guided tour of Trieste / walking tour of Trieste with an authorized guide, Personalized guided tour, Shore Excursion/Day Tour to Postojna Cave and Lake Bled from Koper, Panoramic Tour of Trieste and Miramare Castle, Postojna Cave and Predjama Castle from Sistiana, Habsburg Trieste: private walking tour with a local guide.
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1. Discover Trieste on Foot

Piazza Unità d'Italia, 34121 Trieste TS, Italy On the way, tourist services
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Private walking guided tour of Trieste is one of the best ways to explore this charming city. Local licensed and experienced guide will show you and explain you the highlights of the city, which is often called Vienna by the sea. You will enjoy a walk, which will take you long time back, when the city started to develop and then through history, culture, art and hidden stories will lead you back to the present day.

Inclusions: Professional guide, Private tour

Exclusions: Food and drinks

Reviewed By GregorM353

The Izola is super little city to walk,bike, run.We walk to Koper ,and we were all the time by the sea, and it vas super

2. Private Trieste Sightseeing Tour

Discover Friuli
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Discover the beauty, history and culture of Trieste on this informative full- or half-day tour with a private guide. Visit the city center in the morning or the Risiera of St. Sabba and the Castle of Miramare in the afternoon. Learn the stories and rich history behind each site that you pass, soaking up the personal attention from your insightful local expert.

Inclusions: Private tour, Hotel/port pickup, Professional guide, Guided 3-hour walking city tour (morning tour), A gelato or a coffee/cappuccino (morning tour), Transport by private vehicle (afternoon tour), Guided 3-hour tour of the Risiera of St. Sabba and Castle of Miramare (afternoon tour), All the above on the full-day tour

Exclusions: Hotel drop-off, Gratuities, Food and drinks, unless specified, Entrance fee to the Castle of Miramare (afternoon tour) €8

Reviewed By Andiamo160

Sonia is an outstanding guide who loves and understands the beautiful region of her birth. Her knowledge of the history of the Fruili region makes the charming medieval city of Cividale come alive. We thoroughly enjoyed our time with Sonia and hope to return soon

3. Following in the Footsteps of the First Lady of USA from Trieste

Trieste Trips - Tours & Shore Excursions
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Visit Sevnica, hometown of the First Lady of the United States, and Ljubljana, the Slovenian capital, where she attended high school in the years before moving abroad to follow her passion.

Inclusions: Pickup and drop-off, Driver/guide, Transportation, Insurance

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Reviewed By Carla R

The full day was great in whole. The caves are beautiful-definitely a sight you should see. There were a lot of students on trips but it's fine because you get put into a group with your own language guide. Horses are breathtaking and the history is interesting I wish we went on a day where the horses were "working" meaning you could ride them. We went on a Monday so that is the resting day for the Lipica horses-they train and trot all other days. Despite that, we had a lovely tour of the farm and interacted with the horses in their stables and learned about these unique majestic creatures. Pick up and drop off was right on time - car was comfortable and our guide found a good place for us to have lunch before taking us back into Trieste

4. From Vienna to Dubrovnik via Slovenia in 13 days. Private tour in modern A/C van

Go To Slovenia Travel
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High quality travel from Royal Vienna through Green Slovenia to Adriatic coast in Dubrovnik – embrace diversity of Central Europe and Mediterranean world.

Inclusions: Dinner, Breakfast, Dinner, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Lunch, Lunch, Lunch, Dinner, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, Dinner, Private transportation, Slovenian food & wine city walk in Ljubljana with 5 food tastings and 4 different wines, Wine tasting and a beer tasting, Hotel porterage

Exclusions: Transfer from/to the airport (from 29 EUR per person one way), Optional day excursion to Montenegro on day 12. Description is available under day 12 program.

Reviewed By emengee

We enjoyed the hidden secrets of Ljubljana tour with Primoz. He guided us to a number of hidden gems that we would not have noticed had we toured on our own. He is very knowledgeable about the city and was prepared with print material to better describe and explain certain aspects of the city, which was really helpful. His manner throughout our 2 hour tour was pleasant, considerate and full of fun and interesting facts. The time just flew. Especially appreciated, was the spectacular sunset that he orchestrated for our pleasure at the end of the tour on Butcher's Bridge ( with all the lover's locks ). Great way to end a very nice tour!! Thank you!!

5. Guided tour of Trieste / walking tour of Trieste with an authorized guide

Trieste C.le, Piazza della Libertà, 11, 34132 Trieste TS, Italy Explore Friuli
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Come and discover the real Trieste, a cosmopolitan city, with an official, professional and kind guide who will introduce you to all the important places that have marked the history of this wonderful city. From Colonia Romana it has become "the little Vienna on the sea" thanks to the Free Port for being today a city dedicated to science. The tour of Trieste can only start from its magnificent Piazza Unità d'Italia, which opens onto the Gulf of Trieste, surrounded by splendid neo-classical style buildings. We will take a tour to discover the history, literature and art in a unique city with testimonies ranging from Roman times to the Middle Ages to reach the splendor of the Habsburg era. We will visit together its Roman remains, the medieval part with the splendid cathedral and the Hapsburg part passing along excavations, churches, squares, palaces, the grand canal and grand café. The city famous for its strong wind, called the bora, awaits you!

Inclusions: guided walking tour with licensed guide

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6. Personalized guided tour

Museo "Casa di Osiride Brovedani", Via Leon Battista Alberti, 6, 34144 Trieste TS, Italy Museo Casa di Osiride Brovedani
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Place of memory located in the building where Fissan was born in 1930. Right in the house inhabited by Osiris Brovedani, which has become a museum, the memories of an incredible life come to life, made up of brilliant intuitions, difficult moments to forget and great generosity. Those on display are not just memories of the past and objects in the window, but contain a concentration of stories and experiences, even tragic ones, which serve to solicit fundamental questions about the identity of people, to add stories and reflections to our knowledge, such as stimulus to the exercise of solidarity and good will. The memory of the past is essential to live the present with greater awareness. It is necessary to remember the Nazi tragedy, together with the other episodes of extermination of the 20th century, to be able to recognize the ideological, nationalist and racial drift and restrain it in the bud.

Inclusions: "From Buchenwald to Belsen", diary of the prison

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7. Shore Excursion/Day Tour to Postojna Cave and Lake Bled from Koper

Ukmarjev trg, 6000 Koper, Slovenia Istranka Tours
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This combined tour will take you to the Postojna Cave system, located in picturesque Karst Region and to Lake Bled, ranked among the most beautiful alpine resorts in the world.

Inclusions: Transportation by AC van, Driver/Licensed guide, Port Pick-up / Drop-off, Hotel Pick-up / Drop-off (Hotels on the Slovenian coast), Basic accident insurance, Organization and VAT, Entrance fees - Postojna cave

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Reviewed By konazotravels

We had an excellent tour with Marina as our guide for the Piran & Istrian Flavors tour. Istranka was easy to work with booking our tour and responded promptly. We were picked up at the port and driven to Piran for a short walking tour of this scenic village with 15th c Venetian Gothic architecture with some free time on our own. We then drove thru the countryside to a small family owned winery for a tour and tastings. Lastly, we drove to Marina's horse farm for a short tour and then a fantastic lunch she had prepared for us that included appetizer, soup and salad, homemade bread, gnocci with wild boar and panna cotta with figs in wine sauce or strawberries. My mouth waters thinking of it. I had set up the tour on CruiseCritic for 6 and the others indicated this tour really had a WOW factor and they felt fortunate to be on this small tour. ONE of the VERY BEST TOURS we have ever taken is how I would describe our tour with Marina.

8. Panoramic Tour of Trieste and Miramare Castle

Trieste, UTI Giuliana, Italy Koper Trips - Tours & Shore Excursions
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Trieste enchants visitors with historic café, grandiose architecture, castles and intellectual events.

Inclusions: Pickup and drop-off, Driver/guide, Transportation, Insurance, Miramare Castle entrance fee

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Reviewed By 603joanne

Absolutely amazing cave tour, the cave is beautiful and the tour guide was knowledgeable and passionate. My whole family loved this. Can get a bit cool in the cave, but not super cold. A great place to visit!

9. Postojna Cave and Predjama Castle from Sistiana

Koper Trips - Tours & Shore Excursions
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Visit Postojna Cave, the best-known cave in the world, and The Predjama Castle, the only preserved cave castle in Europe.

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Reviewed By 603joanne

Absolutely amazing cave tour, the cave is beautiful and the tour guide was knowledgeable and passionate. My whole family loved this. Can get a bit cool in the cave, but not super cold. A great place to visit!

10. Habsburg Trieste: private walking tour with a local guide

Government of Trieste, Piazza Unità d'Italia, 8, 34121 Trieste TS, Italy Trieste Faberest

Explore the city of Trieste from a different perspective: on this guided walking tour you'll see the places and landmarks that are the symbols of the Habsburg domination and that made of Trieste the fourth largest city of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

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