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 Car Hire & Driving in Trieste, ItalyWelcome to Trieste Car Hire, Italy; available at Trieste Airport.The Veneto and Friuli region Northeast Italy Car HireThe Veneto is a region of tremendous contrast, as you will discover on a trip to the region in your hire car, encompassing the breathtaking natural beauty of the Dolomites, Lake Gardo (Italy’s largest lake) and the rolling Euganean Hills, and the man-made delights of magnificent ancient cities such as Verona, Vicenza and Padua or Padova, all of which you can explore in your hire car while in the Veneto region. Neighbouring Friuli-Venezia Giulia lines the border with Slovenia to the east, taking in the Canic Hills in the north, the Roman towns of Aquileia and the bustling Adriatic port of Trieste, which you can also visit in your hire car while in the Friuli region of Italy. Trieste Car HireTrieste is an atmospheric city, tucked up next to Slovenia, with a long, bustling harbour lined with handsome buildings and lapped by the waves of the Adriatic Sea, all yours to explore in your hire car while in Trieste. There are also plenty of places of interest to visit in your hire car in Trieste. To start with the Acquario Marino, which you will find on Molo Pescheria in your hire car. Trieste’s aquarium is one of the most popular attractions you can visit in your hire car in Trieste. It contains examples of the fascinating marine life in the Adriatic. The Castello di San Giusto, which you will find on Piazza Cattedrale in your hire car, is a hill top castle which stands above Trieste’s harbour. Built by Trieste’s Venetian governors from 1368, it is set on a terrace that offers sweeping views over the Gulf of Trieste. Beside the castle lie the substantial ruins of the Roman Basilica Paleocristiana or law courts, built around AD 100, which you will find on Via Madonna del Mare in your hire car. Back on the Piazza Catterdrale in your hire car, in the church of San Giusto, Trieste’s Duomo, magistrates’ bench and throne of the Roman basilica were reinterpreted to become the seat of the bishop and clergy. Because the building was formed in the 14th century by linking two 5th century churches that stood side by side, there are two thrones and benches at Trieste’s Duomo. Another place to visit in Trieste is the Museo di Storia Arte ed Orto Lapidario, which you will find on Via della Cattedrale in your hire car. The important archaeological collection held here provides fascinating evidence of Trieste’s extensive trade links with the ancient Greek world. If you travel north of Trieste in your hire car to the Villa Opicina you will find wonderful sweeping views over Trieste, its bay and south down the coast to Slovenia. A little beyond in your hire car, at Borgo Grotta Giante, lies the Grotta del Gigante, a huge cavern filled with stunning ‘organ pipe’ formations and tall columns of stalagmites, well worth a visit in your hire car while in Trieste. At Grignano, 8km (5 miles) north west of Trieste in your hire car, stands the Castello di Miramore, a white castle set in lush green gardens beside the sparkling blue Adriatic, which again is worth a visit in your hire car while in Trieste. Italy Car HireHome of opera, Ferrari and designers like Giorgio Armani, Prada and Gucci; Italy is a place of diversity and culture, all free to be explored in your hire car. From the snow capped peaks of the Alpes in the north, through to the unique and magical city of Venice in the northeast of Italyy, whose streets are full of water, the central Tuscany region of Italy, full of evocative landscapes; peaceful and timeless, and the main wine making region of Italy; Florence, its capital, is a great art centre. Italy’s capital Rome is home of one of the greatest amphitheatres, the Colosseum, which was commissioned in AD 72, you will also find the Vatican City here in your hire car, the world capital of Catholicism and the world’s smallest state, occupying just 43ha (106 acres). The south of Italy is rich in archaeological remains, such as the famous Pompeii. Italy also includes the beautiful islands of Sicily and Sardinia, equally worth a visit in your hire car. See our links to Venice Car Hire, Florence Car Hire, Rome Car Hire, Naples Car Hire, together with Alghero, Cagliari, Olbia for Sardinia Car Hire and Catania and Palermo for Sicily Car Hire, for details of what you may see on a trip to these places in your hire car while exploring Italy.
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