What to do near Grado, GO

Aquileia: a jewel of the Roman Empire

Aquileia, founded in 181 BC, became one of the most important and active colonies of the Roman Empire. It was conquered by Attila in 452 A.D. It is a UNESCO site for its outstanding archaeological area.

Fisherman's Village Paleontological Site

Hunting for fossils by following in the footsteps of dinosaurs and paleontologists

Cave of the God Mithras

A small Roman temple dedicated to the pagan worship of the God Mithras, dating back to the first century B.C. and discovered only in the 1960s. It appears to be the only one in Europe placed in a natural cave.

Marano Lagunare: exploring the village and its lagoon

A splash of color on the Upper Adriatic

Duino Castle

Where Rilke wrote his verses, before the endless blue of the sea.

The resurgences of the Timavo River

A river bubbling up from the earth has its own charm. If it is the Timavo then there is added mystery: for 40 km it flows through the bowels of the Karst and no one knows exactly where it flows.

Church of St. John in Tuba

With mysterious and austere charm, this 15th-century Gothic-style church stands in a richly evocative natural setting. An encounter capable of bringing us back to silence and contemplation.

Free beach on the Trieste coast

Among the blue of the sky, the white of the rock, the green of the Mediterranean scrubland

Gradisca Castle

Massive and silent, built by the Austrians between 1546 and 1565, it underwent many transformations over time. For a century, until 1915, it was also a penal institution.

Mount St. Michael's Great War Museum

Memories carved in the Karst prairies

Miramare Castle

"O Miramar to thy white towers come the clouds" (Carducci).