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ROUTE INFORMATION Starting point: Portorož (Portorose) Arrival: Trieste Length: km 31 (Portorož-Muggia) Conditions: a good separate cycling path almost everywhere Indications: present Inter-modality: bike + boat USEFUL ADDRESSES Tourist Office Portorož Obala 16, Portorož, tel. +386 05 6742220 [email protected], www.portoroz.si Tourist Office This trip perfectly blends the sea and culture, the golden sands with Tartinijev trg 2, Piran, tel. +386 05 6734440 history and nature with art. [email protected], www.portoroz.si Tourist Office Using a spectacular cycling path right near the edge of the water Ljubljanska ulica 17, Izola, tel. +386 05 6401050 along the Adriatic you pass by the famous seaside resort and spa [email protected], www.izola.eu Portorož (Portorose) and reach Izola (Isola) and Koper (Capodis- Tourist Office Koper Titov trg 3, Koper, tel. +386 05 6646403 tria), where the traces of the glorious past are still present as well as [email protected], www.koper.si the close and intense ties to Venice. IAT Muggia Strolling along the picturesque paved streets you can admire many via Roma 20, Muggia, tel. + 39 040 273259 Gothic villas, colonnades, beautiful churches and high bell-towers. Touristic Office FVG -Trieste Via dell’Orologio, 1 tel. +39 040 3478312 Then you cross over the border reaching Muggia – the only Italian [email protected] town which geographically belongs to with particularly Vene- Trieste railway station tian characteristics – which looks directly over the Gulf of Trieste. piazza della Libertà 8, Trieste www.trenitalia.com From here you catch a ferry which quickly takes you to the central Ferries: the Muggia-Trieste line is active daily dock of the capital city of the region. (limited number of bikes)

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1 Portorož - Portorose, beaches 3 Muggia, harbour 5 Trieste, Roman theatre 2 Koper - Capodistria, Tito Square 4 Trieste,

TRAVELLERS’ DIARY To reach the pulsating heart of Trieste (Mandracchio), the old circle of walls council of and the from the spectacular Istrian coast we showing gates topped by lions of St. Prefecture, as well as historical coffee advise you to use the sea route, which Mark and the castle which dominates houses. There are so many interesting will get you to Muggia, and tothe chief the city, and for those who are better places to visit in this city where you can city of the region, offering you the trained in uphill rides, the old sanctuary still breathe the air of Central Europe: breathtaking view of the town shelter- of Saint Mary of the Assumption which from the Revoltella Museum to the Nat- ing on a sort of amphitheatre over- dates back to the XIII century; then you ural History Museum, from the Museum hanging the gulf. can catch the convenient ferry (limited of the Sea to the Town Theatre, from For references to the cycling path from number of bikes) which brings you the Cathedral of Saint Justus to the Portorož (Portorose) to Muggia – see in to Trieste with spectacular views. Synagogue, from the Serbian-Orthodox the description of the sixth stage of the Once you get off you are immediately church of Saint Spyridon to the Greek first week’s trip. in the heart of the city, Unity of Orthodox church of Saint Nicholas, When you arrive near the picturesque Square, surrounded by numerous villas from the Miramare Castle to the Saint historical centre of Muggia you must and public buildings, like the Trieste Justus castle, from the Roman Theatre have a good visit at the small port Town Hall, the building of the Regional to Richard’s Arch.

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