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For five hundred years, Trieste was not Italian. It was a Habsburg free port, a city where merchants paid almost no tax. Greek, Serbian, Jewish and Armenian traders built almost every grand palace you will see.
This self-guided audio walking tour of Trieste puts a friendly narrator in your pocket and gives you 19 stops to explore at your own pace. Stand on the pier where Italy first claimed the city in 1918. Find the square where Mussolini announced the racial laws. Trace three fountains by a single sculptor. Hear how a Hungarian veteran invented modern espresso here.
The app works offline. Pause for a coffee, photos, or just to sit in a piazza. There is no fixed start time and no group to keep up with.
Over 20,000 travelers have used our self-guided tours, and this Trieste audio tour comes with a full refund guarantee. If you want a Trieste walking tour that does not herd you between stops, this one is built for you.
What's Included
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Itinerary
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Molo Audace - Gia "Molo S. Carlo" (Pass by)
Stand on the pier whose namesake destroyer was Japanese by design and Scottish by birth.
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Unity of Italy Square (Pass by)
Trace the bilingual plaque marking the spot where Mussolini chose Italy's largest seaside square for his worst speech.
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(Pass by)
Look up at the spirit of Trieste, vanished for thirty-two years to make room for a dictator's stage.
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(Pass by)
Step inside the café whose engraved mirrors once chronicled the city, before invading armies looted them.
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(Pass by)
Watch two black metal figures swing their hammers above the square at the top of every hour.
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(Pass by)
Pass beneath a Roman gate whose name comes from a king who was never here.
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(Pass by)
Find the seam where two early Christian churches were fused into one cathedral in the fourteenth century.
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(Pass by)
Climb the Habsburg fortress that never fought a war, but jailed an alchemist with a mercury cure.
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(Pass by)
Walk a hillside that was once a Jewish cemetery, now a memorial of rough Karst stones.
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(Pass by)
Count the steps locals once accused of being built for a race of giants.
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Roman Theatre of Trieste (Pass by)
Spot a two-thousand-year-old theatre that an entire neighbourhood was built on top of and forgotten.
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(Pass by)
Discover the bronze emperor a Fascist regime took down, hid in storage, and quietly returned.
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(Pass by)
Browse the second-hand shop a poet bought the year the First World War ended.
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(Pass by)
Encounter the red, white and green Italian tricolour, accidentally assembled by three Habsburg-era bridges.
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Canal Grande (Pass by)
Cross the canal Maria Theresa cut through a salt marsh to make Trieste the empire's main port.
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(Pass by)
See the blue and gold Serbian church whose congregation politely split from the Greeks after twenty-six years.
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Church of Sant'Antonio Nuovo (Pass by)
Look for bullet marks inside a church where Allied police once opened fire on protesters.
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(Pass by)
Examine two bronze cherubs delivering letters above the side doors of the grandest post office you will see.
Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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