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FRIULI VENEZIA GIULIA: A REGION FOR EVERYONE

ACCESSIBLE TOURISM AN ACCESSIBLE REGION

In 2012 PromoTurismoFVG started to look into the tourist potential of the Venezia Giulia Region to become “a region for everyone”. Hence the natural collaboration with the Regional Committee for Disabled People and their Families of , an organization recognized by Regional law as representing the interests of people with disabilities on the territory, the technical service of the Council CRIBA FVG (Regional Information Centre on Architectural Barriers) and the Tetra- Paraplegic Association of FVG, in order to offer experiences truly accessible to everyone as they have been checked out and experienced by people with different disabilities. The main goal of the project is to identify and overcome not only architectural or sensory barriers but also informative and cultural ones from the sea to the mountains, from the cities to the splendid natural areas, from culture to food and , with the aim of making the guests true guests, whatever their needs.

In this brochure, there are some suggestions for tourist experiences and accessible NATURE, ART, SEA, receptive structures in FVG.

Further information and technical details on MOUNTAIN, FOOD our website www.turismofvg.it in the section AND WINE “An Accessible Region” ART AND CULTURE 94. Accessible routes in the art city 106. Top 117. Accessible routes in the most beautiful villages in 124. Historical residences

SEA 8. 16. Grado 24.

MOUNTAIN 38. Winter mountains 40. Summer mountains

NATURE 70. Nature areas 80. Gardens and theme parks 86. On horseback or donkey 90. Care farms

FOOD AND WINE 144. A territory to be tasted! 147. Route of wine and flavours 148. Outdoor Food Project SEA

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LIGNANO TRIESTE GRADO LIGNANO SABBIADORO ACTIVITIES AND INFORMATION A seaside resort located halfway between and Trieste, with 8 kilometres of fine golden sand and a SAILING ACTIVITY AND INFORMATION calm sea, which has been awarded the blue flag for FOR EVERYONE the protection of the environment for many years. At the A.S.D. Tiliaventum, which is Lignano actually includes three locations: inside the Marina Punta Faro, there are • Lignano Sabbiadoro, a city of a thousand sailing courses and outings for people restaurants, of open-air bars, of long shopping with disabilities, who can practice sprees. with the “deriva palimpica SKUD18” • , caressed by the shadow of the (paralympic drift boat) (one of the few gardens and outlined by elegant avenues. in Italy), vintage wooden boats and • , the most relaxing area, immersed cabin blue-water boats. in rich vegetation that is reflected in the rustling of the maritime pines. A.S.D Tiliaventum SERVICES DEDICATED TO PEOPLE WITH Via Monte Ortigara, 3/M DISABILITIES: loc. Punta Faro 33054 Lignano Sabbiadoro (UD) • Availability of JOB beach chairs to reach the sea. • Walkways that give access to the shoreline, the Tel +39 339 8281513 changing rooms, the bathrooms, the showers and [email protected] even the umbrellas. www.tiliaventum.com • Available and trained staff.

8 9 HOTEL ITALIA HOTEL * * * *

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION Viale Italia, 7 The main entrance to the facility, from the outdoor 33054 Lignano Sabbiadoro (UD) pedestrian area, has five steps. The entrance from the car park of the hotel, situated on the basement can be Tel +39 0431 71185 accessed from an obstacle-free path with no difference in Fax +39 0431 70133 elevation, using a lift ( width 75cm, cabin 85x120cm) [email protected] to reach the reception and other floors. www.hotelitaliapalace.it The bar and breakfast room are on the fourth floor, the restaurant is on the mezzanine floor.

THE FACILITY The four accessible bedrooms are large and have bathrooms There is something that makes a holiday at which give front and side approach to the toilet (with the Hotel Italia Palace truly special: the handrails on both sides), front approach to the washbasin magic of staying in an early 20th-century and use of the floor-level shower with which open hotel and having the availability of all the almost completely. state of the art services of this century. There are a wellness area and a gym on the fourth The rooms are light and elegant and floor, accessible to people with mobility disabilities and guarantee all the necessary comforts for a accessible bathrooms, and a raised pool accessible by relaxing stay. climbing three steps.

Customer care and the highest level of There are a conference room and a “cinema” on the service are distinctive elements of the Hotel mezzanine floor, which can be reached by a two-metre- Italia Palace. long ramp with an inclination of about 12%.

10 11 HOTEL MIRAMARE HOTEL * * * *

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION Via , 49 The hotel has a private external car park and an underground 33054 Lignano Sabbiadoro (UD) garage (parking service by the hotel staff). Access to the loc. Sabbiadoro facility is accessible through an almost 10-metre ramp with an inclination of 7%. Tel +39 0431 71260 Fax +39 0431 720051 The common spaces (breakfast room, restaurant, children’s [email protected] play area) can be used by all the guests and are connected by www.miramare.com obstacle-free paths. The facility develops over several levels connected by lift (door 75cm wide, cabin 80x120 cm).

THE FACILITY The two accessible rooms (one of which communicates with Directly on the beach in the centre of Lignano another double room) are large and have bathrooms with level- Sabbiadoro, the Hotel Miramare is ideal for a floor showers and doors which open completely; in one case family holiday in the name of hospitality and there is front and side approach to the toilet (with a handrail good service. positioned on the wall beside the toilet) front approach to the washbasin, while in the other one there is space for side Our most important guests are the children approach to the toilet (with a fixed handrail) but not for front to whom we dedicate many services. From the approach to the washbasin. mini-club to bicycles, from the swimming pool to the menu in the restaurant The in-ground outdoor pool can be reached from the pavement of the promenade by climbing two steps (the hotel has a crawler stair-lift to help people on wheelchairs) but is not equipped with a lift or other aids to facilitate people with mobility disabilities to enter the water.

12 13 HOTEL PRESIDENT HOTEL * * * *

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION Viale della Pittura, 9 The hotel has a private outdoor car-park; the 33054 Lignano Sabbiadoro (UD) entrance to the facility is accessible by a wide loc. Riviera ramp with an inclination of about 8%.

Tel +39 0431 423932 The common spaces (breakfast room, [email protected] restaurant, bar, children’s play area) can be www.hotelpresidentlignano.com used by all the guests and are connected by obstacle-free paths. The facility develops over several levels connected by lift (door 73 cm THE FACILITY wide, cabin 125x110 cm). The Hotel President is a 4 star, immersed in the greenery of Lignano Riviera.It offers an The accessible bedroom, communicating with elegant relaxing environment and is a perfect another double room, is large and has a place to stay for a holiday centred around bathroom with front approach to the toilet sport, relax and sea. (with a folding handrail to the side of the toilet), front approach to the washbasin and Equipped with everything necessary for those use of the level-floor shower with 105 cm travelling by bike, it also has an outdoor wide door. swimming pool, private beach and restaurant offering international and local cuisine. There is an in-ground swimming pool in the external area (without a lift or other aid to A short distance away are the Golf Club and facilitate people with disabilities to access the the many night-time attractions of the centre water), that can be reached from the paved of Lignano Pineta. obstacle-free side path in part asphalt and in part in self-blocking concrete slabs.

14 15 GRADO ACTIVITIES AND INFORMATION

Connected to the mainland by a thin strip MAIN BEACH GIT of land, Grado guards a historical centre of A magnificent golden expanse that stretches for several kilometres to the east, through Venetian grace, with campielli (squares) and the whole Città Giardino (garden city) until it leaves the village of Grado and joins the alleys, overlooked by picturesque fishermen’s beach of “Al Bosco”. Paid entrance includes access to the seashore, recreation ground houses. (Parco delle Rose), areas, playing fields, changing rooms and numerous other The “Isola d’oro” (Golden Island) is also services and activities. embellished by a of islets that form its appealing , which offers a scenery rich GRADO MARINE SPA in colours, between the green of the lush THALASSOTHERAPY CENTRE vegetation and the blue of the . In the area of the GIT Main Beach is the Thalassotherapy Centre of the Marine Spa of Grado. Appreciated in the days of the Austro- SERVICES DEDICATED TO PEOPLE WITH Hungarian Empire, it now offers classic and DISABILITIES: aesthetic treatments, sauna and spa pool. The entrance to the spa complex is by an • Availability of JOB and Sand&Sea beach inclined ramp; The swimming pool is equipped chairs to reach the sea. with a mobile lift to facilitate entry into the • Wooden and PVC walkways that give access water. to the shoreline, the changing rooms, the bathrooms, the showers and also the umbrellas. Grado Marine Spa Thalassotherapy Centre • Available and trained staff. Viale del Sole, 34073 Grado (GO) • The entrance is free for people with disabilities and accompanying person if they Tel +39 0431 899309 just want to access the beach (passage or [email protected] - www.gradoit.it walkway).

16 17 GRAND HOTEL ASTORIA HOTEL * * * *

area outside, with a 2cm threshold. The facility develops Largo S. Grisogono, 3 over several levels connected by lift (door 80 cm wide, 34073 Grado (GO) cabin 110x140 cm). The bar is on the ground floor, connected to the entrance by obstacle-free paths; the Tel +39 0431 83550 breakfast room is on the mezzanine floor (accessible by Fax +39 0431 83355 a 10 m long ramp with an inclination of about 10%), the [email protected] restaurant is on the seventh floor.The two accessible www.hotelastoria.it bedrooms are large and have bathrooms which give front and side approach to the toilet (with a fixed handrail on one side of the toilet), front approach to the washbasin THE FACILITY and use of a level-floor shower with shower curtain. A Belle Epoque 4-star hotel in Grado. Completely renovated in 1991 it is near the On the first floor, there is an in-ground swimming pool historic centre of the town a short walk from which can be accessed through a platform stair-lift, with the sea. The facility has welcoming light a chair to aid people with disabilities to enter the water. rooms, with every comfort and a charming A second swimming pool is on the seventh-floor terrace swimming pool with panoramic views of the and can be accessed by climbing a few steps. On the first sea. floor, there is a beauty and rehabilitation spa, accessible to people with mobility disabilities and equipped with accessible toilets, complete with shower. The conference ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION rooms on the first floor are accessible. The hotel has an underground garage connected to the entrance by a 6m long ramp with an The hotel has courtesy aids available for customers inclination of about 14% (the hotel staff is on request (two wheelchairs, a mobile lifter in the available to park your car). The entrance to rehabilitation centre, a JOB chair). the facility is accessible from the pedestrian

18 19 HOTEL FONZARI HOTEL * * * *

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION Piazza , 6 The hotel has a garage located on the first and 34073 Grado (GO) second floors, with parking stall reserved for people with disabilities, connected with the Tel +39 0431 876360 entrance of the hotel by a lift. The entrance to the [email protected] facility is accessible from the outdoor pedestrian www.hotelfonzari.com area with no difference in elevation.

The facility develops over several levels connected THE FACILITY by two lifts (80 cm wide door and cabin 110x120 The 4-star Hotel Fonzari is in the historical cm). The bar and the breakfast room are on centre of Grado and on the beach, really the ground floor, connected to the entrance by comfortable for reaching the beach or doing obstacle-free paths; the restaurant is on the some shopping. It has classic suites, junior seventh floor. suites and small apartments, all perfect solutions for families with children. Every single The two accessible bedrooms are large and have living unit consists of a comfortable room with spacious living rooms, with bathrooms which give a double bed, and a spacious living room with a only front approach to the toilet (with a fixed double sofa bed; The rooms are equipped with handrail on one side of the toilet), front approach refrigerator and sink, very useful, practical and to the washbasin and use of the level-floor shower functional for the needs of the family. with doors that open almost completely.

This facility is the ideal place for a dream There is a meeting room on the ground floor, holiday for everyone and manages to combine connected to the entrance by an obstacle-free path, an ancient tradition of hospitality and a and a swimming pool on the terrace of the seventh modern lifestyle. floor, which is raised and accessible by three steps.

20 21 SEA ACTIVITIES AND INFORMATION

LAGOON EXCURSIONS MARINA FVG There are many possibilities to have fun time and some also have toilets equipped Friuli Venezia Giulia provides all boat owners and relax that can be experienced in this for people with disabilities. with 23 marinas and several berths including particular environment, like the many One of the main destinations in the Grado 22 nautical sports companies, making it one motorboat excursions, through the lagoon is the Island of Barbana: with a of the leading regions in Italy for the number and among the little islets and casoni short sail (about 30 minutes) along the of infrastructures and berths. There are many (fisherman’s huts). canals of the eastern lagoon, the island is facilities in the 130 km of coastline offering There are many proposals: nature and reached on which the Sanctuary dedicated numerous services, moorings equipped also for historical excursions, by day, or by evening, to the Blessed Virgin stands, a place of mega yachts, onshore entertainment and all during live music evenings and delicious devotion and destination of numerous kinds of comforts.. fish-based meals, the discovery of this pilgrims. unique environment is truly an experience The motorboats that run the service ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION not to be missed. are accessible to people with disabilities. Several marinas guarantee parking spaces The departures are planned from all the On the island of Barbana, all the services reserved for people with disabilities, level beach resorts: Lignano Sabbiadoro, Marano (bar, restaurant, toilets) are also accessible obstacle-free paths, accessibility of the main Lagunare and Grado, with motorboats that to people with mobility disabilities. service facilities (information office, toilets, can host up to 10 wheelchairs at the same any bars and restaurants...) and, in some cases, berths accessible through piers designed specifically to be used even by those who have mobility difficulties.

The detailed information on the accessibility of some of the marinas can be downloaded from the site: www.turismofvg.it in the “An Accessible Region” section.

22 23 TRIESTE

Known as a city rich in art, history and science, Trieste is also a seaside city! Since 1820 people have bathed in the city centre, in fact, there were many floating resorts in The Sachetta or in front of Piazza Unità. From the mid onwards real resorts started to spring up along the whole coast in , Grignano, Sistiana and .

BEACH RESORTS WITH SERVICES DEDICATED TO PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES:

• Bagno marino La Lanterna - El Pedocìn • I Topolini • Beach resort Sirena - Grignano 1 • Ausonia • Porto San Rocco Marina Resort

24 25 SEA ACTIVITIES AND INFORMATION

BAGNO MARINO LA LANTERNA - EL PEDOCÌN BEACH RESORT I TOPOLINI La Lanterna resort, known also with the name Bagno marino Created in the 1930s, I Topolini are made up Stabilimento balneare I Topolini of el pedocìn is made up of two separate and La Lanterna - El Pedocìn of 10 semi-circular terraces lined up along Viale Miramare distinct areas: one for women and children up to Molo Fratelli Bandiera, 3 the Riviera and overlooking the sea. 34136 Trieste (TS) 12 years of age, the other for men. 34123 Trieste (TS) For people with disabilities, there is an access For people with disabilities, there are toilets, ramp to the platform below the promenade Tel +39 040 41079 indoor and outdoor showers, a changing room Tel +39 040 305 922 and one for access to the sea. with a bed equipped with handrails. There is also a bathroom with a sink and an Open throughout the year for heliotherapy care. alarm bell.

BEACH RESORT SIRENA GRIGNANO 1 The people of Trieste call it Grignano 1 to separate it from the later one Grignano 2. It has two swimming pools where many activities are organized by various associations Stabilimento balneare and summer camps. Sirena - Grignano 1 Great attention has also been given to the Riva Massimiliano e Carlotta, 2 needs of people with disabilities: in fact, 34151 Trieste (TS) a secluded corner has been created where bathing in the sea is made easier with the aid Tel +39 392 944 3567 of a controlled chairlift.

26 27 SEA ACTIVITIES AND INFORMATION

AUSONIA SAILING FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES The Ausonia is a beach resort of modern conception Ausonia The Section of the Naval League of Trieste, Lega Navale di Trieste or even futuristic for its time, equipped with every Riva Traiana, 1 with the Dis-Equality project, has been Molo Fratelli Bandiera, 9 comfort, swimming pools, diving boards, solariums 34123 Trieste (TS) committed for many years to spreading the love 34123 Trieste (TS) and restaurants. of the sea and the sail-boat, with the activation For people with mobility disabilities, there is a Tel +39 040 309913 (resort) of theoretical-practical lessons also for people Tel +39 040 301394 concrete ramp that can be used with assistance to Tel +39 334 5085653 (restaurant) with disabilities who can try their hand at Fax +39 040 301394 access an area with 80 cm deep water. [email protected] equipped boats, helped by trained instructors, [email protected] There are also toilets, showers and equipped professional and attentive to the different www.leganavale.it/Trieste changing rooms. needs of everyone. Coordinate: 45° 38’ 56’’ N 13° 45’ 26’’ E

SAILING FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED ASD FairPlay In the picturesque Baia di Sistiana for many years now the ASD FairPlay, an amateur sports Tel +39 348 247 2221 (Tommaso) association founded by a group of friends with Tel +39 347 347 3992 (Druso) the wish to promote cognitive and good sports [email protected] learning, in collaboration with the UICI of www.asdfairplay.it Trieste and ANIOMAP, offers sailing courses dedicated to people with visual disabilities. The courses teach the principles of basic techniques and include tutorials on boats and mobile drifts.

28 29 HOTEL ITALIA HOTEL * * *

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION Via della Geppa, 15 There is a public parking stall near the entrance 34121 Trieste (TS) to the hotel reserved for people with disabilities. The entrance to the facility is accessible and takes Tel +39 040 369900 place via a short 70 cm inclined ramp; To reach [email protected] the front desk there is a 7 m long internal ramp www.hotel-italia.it with an inclination of 8%.

The common spaces (breakfast room, restaurant, THE FACILITY bar, children’s play area) can be used by all Hotel Italia is situated in the city centre of the guests and are connected by obstacle-free Trieste. Housed in a completely renovated paths. The structure develops over several levels 1806 building, it is completely without connected by lift (door 73 cm wide, cabin 85x115 architectural barriers. cm). The hotel has six accessible rooms, all very Temporary parking options in the reserved large and equipped with toilets that give front area and several parking/garage solutions (for approach to the sink and use of the level-floor a fee not far from the hotel). shower, which cubicle open on one side; in some rooms, there is front and side approach to the The hotel is situated in an ideal place to toilet, in others only front approach. The toilet is discover the city and the territory, thanks to always equipped with handrail to the side and in its closeness to all the strategic points and some rooms also of washlet. city transport (historic tram, boats). The hotel has courtesy aids available for customers on request (wheelchairs, frame, crutches, comfortable chair).

30 31 CAMPING MARE PINETA HOTEL * * * *

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION loc. Sistiana, 60d The facility has two mobile houses which are easily 34019 Aurisina (TS) accessible, called “Baia 4 all”; cars can be parked in a field opposite the mobile houses. Tel +39 040 299264 [email protected] The entrance has a 7m long ramp with an inclination www.marepineta.com of about 10% and a 2 cm threshold. The houses have a surface area of about 32 square meters and can host a maximum of 4 people: they have an outdoor terrace, THE FACILITY two bedrooms, living area and kitchen accessible by Camping Village Mare Pineta, a 4-star campsite people on wheelchairs (there is a space under the sink) and village, overlooks the Sistiana Bay and and two bathrooms with side approach to the toilet, the . The camping village offers equipped with a handrail on the side of the wall, and a camping holidays, with large pitches equipped front approach to the sink (in one of the two bathrooms with electricity and water, or in modern mobile there is also front approach to the toilet and level-floor homes real holiday homes equipped with kitchen, shower). bedrooms and a private bathroom with shower. Inside the campsite, you will find a pizzeria The paths in the village are mostly asphalt and lead restaurant with a terrace overlooking the pool, a to the common spaces which are all accessible: small supermarket and the service and shower blocks supermarket, restaurant, gym and sports fields, in- that are easily accessible by all guests. ground swimming pool without chairlift or any aids for people with disabilities to enter the water. Four The famous Rilke Trail, which runs along the bathroom blocks in the common areas of the campsite campsite leads to the Duino Castle, along which are equipped with accessible toilets front-side approach there is a second bar of the Camping Village, to the toilet (equipped with handrails), front-facing which overlooks the Gulf. approach to the sink and use of the level-floor shower.

32 33 PORTO SAN ROCCO MARINA RESORT HOTEL * * * *

The common spaces (breakfast room, bar) can Strada Per Lazzaretto, 2 be used by all the guests and are connected by 34015 Muggia (TS) obstacle-free paths. The facility develops over several levels connected by lift (door 90 cm Tel +39 040 330100 wide, cabin 110x140 cm). Fax +39 040 9279203 [email protected] The four accessible bedrooms are large and have www.hotelportosanrocco.it bathrooms which give front and side approach to the toilet (with a folding handrail on one side of the toilet), front approach to the washbasin and THE FACILITY use of the level-floor shower. Hotel San Rocco is located in the charming residential tourist complex of Porto San Rocco, The restaurant and the in-ground swimming pool a short walk from Muggia and a short distance without chair lift or other aids to help people from the and . The village has an with disabilities enter the water are in another open-air swimming pool with Jacuzzi, solarium facility at about ten metres from the hotel; area, conference hall, fitness area, restaurant, there is a connecting pedestrian path paved shops and yacht club. with self-locking concrete slabs, with some elevation differences overcome by ramps with an inclination of about 8%. ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION The hotel has an outdoor parking stall reserved On request, the hotel can offer a transport/ for people with disabilities and a garage, both shuttle service suitable also for people on connected with the entrance of the facility wheelchairs. by an obstacle-free path and no elevation differences.

34 35 MOUNTAIN

SAPPADA ZONCOLAN

FORNI DI SOPRA

PIANCAVALLO

PORDENONE GORIZIA

TRIESTE WINTER MOUNTAINS ACTIVITIES AND INFORMATION

The mountain of Friuli Venezia Giulia, among The FVG mountain is, therefore, an ideal place the Friuli , the and the Carnic to learn about the different Alpine disciplines For information and booking: and Prealps, offer well-tended and never guided by the professionalism of the teachers of Autonomous region of Friuli crowded slopes, with planned snowmaking, the Ski Schools that you find in all our resorts. Venezia Giulia and Association of modern, fast and safe facilities, in a natural All schools have teachers enrolled in the ski Schools and teachers of Friuli appealing and unspoiled environment. Regional Ski Masters Register of Friuli Venezia Venezia Giulia Giulia who have obtained the qualification for OUR MAIN SKI AREAS: teaching people with disabilities. Tel +39 0432 204142 • Piancavallo: is the “white” most western [email protected] location of the region Among the activities proposed for people with [email protected] www.maestriscifvg.it • : in the enchanted landscape of disabilities: downhill skiing, cross-country the Friuli Dolomites skiing, snowboarding and telemark lessons. • Ravascletto-Zoncolan: in the magical mountain valleys of • Sella Nevea: to ski between Italy and Slovenia • Tarvisio: in the far north-eastern strip of Friuli Venezia Giulia • : the charm of the High Dolomites

SKIPASS FVG At all ski resorts in the region, children up to 8 years old are entitled to a free daily, multi- day and seasonal ski pass. There are also discount rates for the over 65s and people with disabilities.

38 39 SUMMER MOUNTAINS ACTIVITIES AND INFORMATION

NATURAL PARK OF THE JULIAN PREALPS visit by sound multimedia content (such The Regional Nature Park of the Julian Prealps as animal calls, sounds of nature, daily is characterized by a mountain range among noise and stories). which, the Mount Canin massif to the east with the only glacier in the region. Near the Information Centre of Pian dei Ciclamini in , there is also the The peculiarity of the area is determined by the Sentiero per Tutti:(Trail for All) a route contact of three different bio-geographical areas that develops over about 600 metres - the Mediterranean, Illyrian and Alpine - which and is equipped with curbs, guide ropes contribute to the extraordinary biodiversity. and small slopes that make it suitable These areas have become a Park because of even for wheelchairs. There are also their great interest not only from a geological, educational installations appropriately naturalistic and landscape point of view, but designed and accessible to the blind also historic-cultural, as they include peculiar which provide information about the characteristics which are difficult to find area of the Park elsewhere.

The visitor Centre in di Resia, location of Natural Park of the Julian Prealps the park, offers the visitor the possibility to get organization to know the area through the exhibition features Piazza del Tiglio, 3 - fraz. Prato that reproduce the natural environments (the 33010 Prato di Resia (UD) river, the undergrowth, the meadows and the mountain). Tel +39 0433 53534 The Visitor centre is obstacle-free and for [email protected] blind people, there is the possibility to touch www.parcoprealpigiulie.it different objects and be supported during the

40 41 SUMMER MOUNTAINS ACTIVITIES AND INFORMATION

NATURAL PARK OF THE FRIULI DOLOMITES The Park is situated on the mountain ranges Natural Park of the Friuli Dolomites enclosed between the courses of the Organization and rivers, above the western Friuli plain. Via Roma, 4 The peaks, a UNESCO World Heritage 33080 (PN) Site, and beautiful natural scenery make this area a true paradise. Tel +39 0427 87333 [email protected] The lack of paved roads and town centres gives www.parcodolomitifriulane.it the Park a very high degree of wilderness. It’s common to meet groups of roe deer, chamois and deer, to see grouse and wood grouse escaping as you wander by or watch young • Visitors Centre di Cimolais (PN) nel territorio del parco” e “In mont: marmots chase each other. exhibition “La fauna del parco” le malghe del Parco” (The art of dairy The “biodiversity” is of great importance (the park fauna) pastures in the Park territory and the (extremely varied flora and fauna species), • Visitors Centre of (PN) mounts: the shepherd huts of the Park). favoured by the considerable level differences, exhibitions“: Immagini e memorie” • Visitors Centre of (PN) the particular geographical location and the (images and memories) and “La exhibition “La riserva Naturale Forra del climate. catastrofe del Vajont - uno spazio della Cellina”(The Nature Reserve Forra del The Visitor Centres of the Friuli Dolomites memoria”(The catastophe of Vajont - a Cellina). Park are all accessible to people with mobility remembrance space) •Visitors Centre of Forni di Sopra (UD) disabilities. For blind people, there is the • Visors Cenre of (PN) exhibition “La vegetazione del possibility to touch different objects and be exhibition “Museo Casa Clautana” parco”(the park vegetation) supported during the visit by sound multimedia (Casa Clautana ) •Visitors Centre of (UD) content (such as animal calls, sounds of nature, • Visitors Centre of Poffabro (PN) exhibition “Le tipologie forestali del daily noise and stories). exhibition “L’ casearia e l’alpeggio parco”(the park forest types

42 43 SUMMER MOUNTAINS ACTIVITIES AND INFORMATION

TERME DI ARTA The modern thermal spa in , just a few kilometres from , offers health packages and various treatments, from water and thermal mud therapies to rehabilitation and physiotherapy. At the base of everything are the beneficial properties of mineral water springing from the Pudia source, known and used since ancient times. There are traditional sauna facilities, bio-sauna, Turkish baths, Kneipp path, thalassotherapy, emotional showers and Scottish showers.

The Arta Thermal spa is accessible to people with mobility disabilities. The swimming pools have chairlifts and handrails on the sides.

Terme di Arta Via Nazionale 1, 33022 Arta Terme (UD)

Tel +39 0433 929320 Fax +39 0433 929322 [email protected] www.termediarta.it

44 45 GRAND HOTEL GORTANI HOTEL * * *

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION Via Umberto I 43 has an outdoor private area that can be 33022 Arta Terme (UD) used by people with disabilities to park their car. Tel +39 0433 928754 Fax +39 0433 929614 The entrance to the facility is accessible [email protected] and free of elevations; the common www.gortani.it spaces (breakfast room, restaurant, swimming pool, spa) are accessible to all guests and are connected via obstacle- THE FACILITY free paths. The facility develops over The Hotel Gortani is located on the slopes of several levels connected by lift (door 79 Mount Zoncolan and is a short walk from the cm wide, cabin 85x125 cm). centre of Arta Terme and the historic Pudie Water Spa. It is situated in an area of great The two accessible bedrooms are large interest from a naturalistic and landscape and have bathrooms which give side point of view, an ideal destination for all those approach to the toilet (with a fixed who love active sports. handrail on one side of the toilet), front approach to the washbasin and use of The hotel, which is based in a 19th-century the level-floor shower and cubicle which building, apart from the finely furnished rooms opens completely. equipped with every comfort, features a great restaurant overseen by Chef Manuel, a large The in-ground swimming pool does not garden and a spa with sauna, steam room and have a chairlift or other aids to help indoor panoramic swimming pool. people with mobility disabilities to enter the water.

46 47 DIFFUSO BORGO SOANDRI MULTI-BUILDING HOTEL

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION Reception: The reception of the Albergo Diffuso is on Via Linussio, 1 the ground floor of a building opposite a 33020 (UD) public car park, a stone-paved path to the entrance (which is accessible in all the Tel +39 0433 778921 internal spaces). [email protected] www.albergodiffuso.org Five apartments are accessible to people with disabilities:

THE FACILITY • Colchico 1 Borgo Soandri represents a successful • Dafne 1 fusion between modern hotel welcome and • Ranuncolo 1 accommodation in characteristic Carnic houses, • Silene in other words, peace and hospitality: peace • Calendula because this formula provides accommodation in houses with authentic charm; hospitality because they guarantee all the typical hotel services Added value is given by the possibility to immerse oneself in village life and to experience it at the pace of its ancient traditions.

48 49 ALBERGO DIFFUSO BORGO SOANDRI MULTI-BUILDING HOTEL

Possibility of parking in public spaces opposite the houses that have a Possibility of private parking next to the house, in front of the Colchico 1 Silene two cm threshold. It is a studio flat with a bathroom that gives front entrance there is a small 4cm threshold. In the apartment, there approach to the toilet (with handrails on both sides of the toilet), is a bedroom, a living/kitchen area and bathroom which gives front front approach to the washbasin and use of the level-floor shower approach to the toilet (with no handrail), front approach to the and cubicle which opens completely. washbasin and use of the level-floor shower and shower curtain.

Possibility of parking in public spaces near the house, with an asphalt Possibility of parking in public parking spaces near the house, with Dafne 1 Calendula and stone path of a few dozen metres that leads to the entrance, a part asphalt and part cobblestone path that leads to an internal with a 2 cm threshold. There is a bedroom, a living/kitchen area private courtyard of the house, accessible through a driveway gate and bathroom which gives side and front approach to the toilet (with with no threshold. To reach the apartment there is a 4cm pavement a fixed handrail on one side of the toilet), front approach to the while the entrance is level. There is a bedroom, a living/kitchen area washbasin and use of the level-floor shower with a cubicle that opens and bathroom which gives side and front approach to the toilet (with completely. a folding handrail on one side of the toilet), front approach to the washbasin and use of the level-floor shower with shower curtain.

Possibility of parking on the road near the entrance to the house, Ranuncolo 1 with a short stone path leading to the entrance, with a 1 cm threshold. In the apartment, there is a bedroom, a living/kitchen area and bathroom which gives side and front approach to the toilet (with handrails on either side of the toilet), front approach to the washbasin and use of the level-floor shower obtained in a large niche.

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ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION Reception: The reception of the hotel Diffuso Via Roma, 40 is in the building that has two steps 33026 (UD) at the entrance and subsequent 5 m long inclined ramp with a slope of Tel +39 0433 786068 15% (check-in operations can also [email protected] be carried out inside the booked www.albergodiffusopaluzza.it apartment).

Three apartments are accessible to THE FACILITY people with disabilities: The Hotel Diffuso La Marmote, located in Paluzza, offers twenty-two apartments • Da Rizzi obtained from the renovation of traditional • Da Cri houses and allows its guests to experience • Da Prazec a holiday in the name of nature, of family welcome and the rediscovery of local traditions.

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A few dozen metres from the entrance there is an external parking Near the entrance, there is a private outdoor area used as a parking Da Rizzi Da Prazec area, with a slightly sloping path to reach the apartment. The lot, with a flat path partly in gravel and partly in washed gravel entrance to the apartment on the ground floor has no threshold or slabs up to the entrance. The entrance to the apartment on the difference in elevation; there are two bedrooms a living/kitchen ground floor has a threshold of 1 cm; there is a bedroom a living/ area and bathroom which gives side and front approach to the toilet kitchen area and bathroom which gives front and side approach to the (with handrails on either side of the toilet), front approach to the toilet (with a handrail on one side of the toilet), front approach to washbasin and use of the level-floor shower with shower curtain. the washbasin and use of the level-floor shower with cubicle which can be opened completely.

Near the entrance, there is a private outdoor area used as a parking Da Cri lot, from which a 10m long incline with a slope of about 15% begins. The entrance to the apartment on the ground floor has a threshold of 2cm; there is a bedroom a living/kitchen area and bathroom which gives side approach to the toilet (with a handrail on either side of the toilet), front approach to the washbasin and use of the level-floor shower with cubicle which can be opened completely.

54 55 ALBERGO DIFFUSO ZONCOLAN MULTI-BUILDING HOTEL

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION Reception: The reception of the multi-building hotel Via Caduti 2 Maggio, 144 is situated in the basement of a building 33025 (UD) ( which is also the tourist information office) with a public car park opposite and Tel +39 0433 678028 it can be reached by a staircase with a [email protected] platform stair-lift. www.albergodiffusozoncolan.it The reception has a special off-road wheelchair for clients who want to THE FACILITY practice outdoor activities in the mountain The diffuso or multi-building Hotel Zoncolan is environment. at the feet of the Mountain of the same name which for quite a few years now has been a Four apartments are accessible to people popular destination for cyclists. with disabilities:

It offers accommodation of various dimensions • Stali di Relio in traditional perfectly renovated elegantly • Corlea di Sot furnished Carnic houses. • Fravins A • Rasat di Sot Choosing a holiday at this multi-building hotel means to immerse oneself in the most authentic nature and tradition of this land.

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The house is located at a higher level than the road, but you can Possibility to park on the road near the entrance to the apartment. Stali di Relio Fravins A leave the car in the courtyard next to the house itself, with a grass The main entrance has steps, the accessible entrance is from a path to the entrance which has a 2.5 cm threshold. The house is side courtyard paved in cobblestone, with a 1 cm threshold. In the spread over three floors, connected only by stairs, but on the ground apartment, there is a bedroom, a living/kitchen area and bathroom floor, there is a living /kitchen area with double sofabed and a which gives front approach to the toilet (with handrails on either bathroom that gives side approach to the toilet (with handrails on side of the toilet), front approach to the washbasin and use of the both sides), front approach to the sink and use of the level-floor level-floor shower with 70 cm cubicle door. shower, with shower curtain.

Possibility of parking in the internal courtyard of the house, with a Possibility of parking in the internal courtyard of the house, in front Corleta di Sot Rasat di Sot stone path to the entrance with a 2cm threshold. The apartment has of the entrance with a 2cm threshold. The apartment has a bedroom, a bedroom, a living room and kitchen and bathroom which gives side a living room and kitchen and bathroom which gives front and side approach to the toilet (with a folding handrail on one side of the approach to the toilet (with a folding handrail on one side of the toilet), front approach to the washbasin and use of the level-floor toilet), front approach to the washbasin and use of the level-floor shower with shower curtain. shower with shower curtain.

58 59 HOTEL IL CERVO HOTEL * * * *

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION Via Priesnig, 72 The hotel has an external private parking 33018 Tarvisio (UD) area with a beaten earth floor. The entrance to the facility has a Tel/Fax +39 0428 40305 few steps or a 6m long ramp with an [email protected] inclination of about 10%; the common www.hotelilcervo.com spaces (breakfast room, bar, restaurant, meeting room) are available to all the guests and are connected by obstacle-free THE FACILITY paths. The facility develops over several A relaxation corner between the levels connected by two lifts (75 cm wide and the forests of Tarvisiano, a unique natural door and cabin 115x135 cm). environment, framed by three borders (Italy, , Slovenia). The five accessible bedrooms are large and have bathrooms which give front and side The hotel is near the cycle path Alpe Adria approach to the toilet (without handrails), Radweg, the Golf course and the ski slopes, front approach to the washbasin and use and is the perfect place for families that love of the level-floor shower with shower nature and sport in summer and winter. curtain.

There is a wellness area on the ground floor with a raised swimming pool with six steps and children’s play area, with no elevation differences and 70 cm wide door.

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ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION Via Valcanale, 12 The hotel has an external private parking 33018 Tarvisio (UD) area connected by an asphalt path to the loc. Camporosso side entrance of the facility, with a 1m long ramp with an inclination of about Tel +39 0428 63040 9% (the main entrance has three steps). Fax +39 0428 63196 [email protected] The common spaces (breakfast room, bar, www.hotelspartiacque.com restaurant) are accessible to all guests and are connected by obstacle-free paths and a 1m long ramp with an inclination THE FACILITY of about 11%. The facility develops over The Hotel Spartiacque is located in several levels connected by lift (door 85 Camporosso, a resort not far from Tarvisio, cm wide, cabin 110x140 cm). and has been run by the Baron family for 30 years. Furnished in a rustic style typical of The two accessible bedrooms are large the mountain area, it offers a comfortable and have bathrooms which give front environment in which to spend a relaxing and side approach to the toilet (with holiday. a folding handrail on one side of the toilet), front approach to the washbasin Guests can find the large restaurant room with (which is the column type) and use of the a stube, a reading room, the TV room, the bar, level-floor shower with cubicle open on a large parking lot for buses and cars, the ski one side. depot and a large garden with children’s play area.

62 63 HOTEL 1301 INN HOTEL * * * *

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION Via Barcis, 15 The hotel has an outdoor parking area 33018 (PN) connected by a path reaching the entrance loc. Piancavallo to the facility, which is accessible with a 1 cm threshold. Tel +39 0434 655579 Fax +39 0434 655419 The common spaces (breakfast room, [email protected] restaurant, bar,) can be used by all the www.1301inn.it guests and are connected by obstacle-free paths. The facility develops over several levels connected by lift (door 90 cm wide, THE FACILITY cabin 110x140 cm). In Piancavallo, set in a wonderful scenery at 1301 metres above sea level, the 1301 INN The two accessible bedrooms are large and has 37 welcoming, spacious and modernly have bathrooms which give a side approach furnished rooms and also has rooms suitable to to the toilet (with a folding handrail on welcome families. one side of the toilet), front approach to the washbasin and use of the level-floor The location offers many opportunities both shower with shower curtain. for those who love winter sports and for those who want to experience the mountain in the summer with their families. The activities and proposals are many and the Hotel, given its particular location, is ideal for the whole family to have the best experience in complete tranquillity.

64 65 HOTEL AL POSTA HOTEL * * *

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION Via Nazionale, 174 The hotel has a large external 33024 Forni di Sopra (UD) private parking area with two stalls reserved for people with disabilities. Tel +39 0433 88423 The entrance to the facility has a Fax +39 0433 88593 short ramp that overcomes a step; www.hotelposta.org the common spaces (bar, part of [email protected] the breakfast room and restaurant) are accessible to all guests and are connected by obstacle-free paths. THE FACILITY The Hotel Posta is located in the enchanting The facility develops over several Friuli Dolomites Nature Park, where you will levels connected by lift (door 75 cm be greeted by Francesca, Andrea and Filippo. wide, cabin 80x120 cm). Located in the centre of the village, it’s only The two accessible bedrooms are a short walk from the gym, tennis courts and single and have a bathroom that gives communal pool. side approach to the toilet (without handrails) front approach to the The ski lifts can also be reached easily from washbasin and use of the level-floor here. The hotel has mountain-style furnished shower with a cubicle that opens rooms and most of them with balconies, to completely. enjoy the beautiful view that surrounds it.

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GORIZIA PORDENONE

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NATURAL AREAS

1 Protected Marine Area of Miramare PROTECTED MARINE AREA OF MIRAMARE NATURAL AREAS The Protected Marine Area of Miramare, the first Biodiversitario Marino 2 Nature Reserve of the Val Rosandra - Dolina Glinščice established in Italy, extends around the promontory Immersive Museum of the Protected 3 Nature Reserve of the Doberdò and Pietrarossa Lakes of Miramare, a few kilometres north-west of the Marine area of Miramare city of Trieste. It is situated inside the tourist Via 2/4 4 Isonzo River Mouth Nature Reserve centre that combines naturalistic and historical- 34151 Trieste 5 Nature Reserve of the Valle Cavanata cultural aspects such as the park and the castle Tel +39 040 224147 6 Regional Nature Reserve Foci dello Stella of Miramare, museum and historical residence of striking beauty. [email protected] 7 Nature Reserve of the Valle Novo www.riservamarinamiramare.it 8 8 Nature Reserve Lago di Cornino The Biodiversitario Marino - Immersive Museum 10 of the Protected Marine Area of Miramare, housed 9 (Giant ) in the former stables of the Castle of Miramare, 10 Grotta Nuova di Villanova hosts a route dedicated to the marine and coastal biodiversity of the Gulf of Trieste with dioramas, UDINE 3D models and some multi-sensory installations PORDENONE that allow visitors to listen to the sounds of GORIZIA the marine environment and, in presence of the museum staff, to touch some species of 3 7 6 invertebrates inside a tactile pool. 4 9 The museum develops over two levels, connected 5 1 by a staircase with a platform stairlift. Inside the TRIESTE museum, there is an accessible bathroom, equipped 2 with handrails.

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NATURAL AREAS

RISERVA NATURELE DELLA VAL ROSANDRA - NATURE RESERVE OF THE DOBERDÒ AND DOLINA GLINŠČICE Visitors Centre PIETRAROSSA LAKES Gradina Visitors Centre The Reserve contains a valley deeply carved by Bagnoli della Rosandra-Boljunec, 507 The Regional Nature Reserve of the Doberdò and Via Vallone, 32 the Rosandra-Glinščica stream, and being an 34018 - Pietrarossa Lakes is located on the western edge 34070 Doberdò del Lago (GO) area of contact between the Alpine territory and Dolina (TS) of the and is characterized by two the sea, it is home to numerous animal species, Karst depressions partially filled with lakes and Tel +39 0481 784111 some central European and others typical of the Tel +39 329 1286325 separated by a ridge. Tel +39 333 4056800 Mediterranean ecosystem. [email protected] [email protected] The area represents a preferential route for the The Doberdò Lake is one of the few examples of www.riservanaturalegradina.com Karst Lakes in . The level of its waters varies according to the flows of the Vipacco and descent of the winds from inland Isonzo rivers. The Gradina Visitors Centre is disabilities with which measures to the coastal area. a Museum in which visitors have the chance to 315x220 cm equipped with a folding retrace the historical and naturalistic aspects of handrail on the free side next to the To date, the routes within the Reserve the Reserve and the Karst. toilet. due to the characteristics of the ground and the existing slopes, are The entrance and interior spaces of the museum difficult for people with mobility are flat and free of architectural barriers. The disabilities to deal with, even if presence of multimedia supports and the ability accompanied. to touch many of the objects on display, allow The Visitors Centre is obstacle-free people with sensory, relational and cognitive and has an accessible bathroom, which disabilities to enjoy the exhibition. measures 180x180 cm equipped with Inside the bar/restaurant next to the Museum handrails. there is a bathroom reserved for people with

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NATURAL AREAS

ISONZO RIVER MOUTH NATURE RESERVE NATURE RESERVE OF THE VALLE CAVANATA Freshwater marshes, but also vast salty Isola della Cona Visitors Centre Located in the most eastern part of the Grado Visitors Centre wetlands, reeds, woods and grasslands: 34079 (GO) lagoon, the Reserve can be reached from the Via Grado, 1 the Isonzo River Mouth Reserve is the town by car or by scenic accessible bike paths or 34073 Grado (GO) ideal habitat for many animal species and Tel +39 333 4056800 other means of transport. especially for resident and migratory birds. [email protected] Tel +39 0431 88272 Not by chance, it has been recognized as the www.riservafoceisonzo.it This area of international value, used in the Fax +39 0431 88386 best birdwatching area in Italy. The pride of past as a fishing valley, is a real birdwatching [email protected] the area are the Camargue horses that live paradise: numerous species of waterfowl, live www.vallecavanata.it free in the Reserve and help to control the among the salt marshes and beaches finding here development of the grasslands. the optimal conditions to stop and nest. The routes within the reserve are flat and are The route within the Reserve is accessible to has an accessible bathroom, which mainly dirt ground, fine shallow gravel or grass; people with mobility disabilities in the stretch measures 180x180 cm equipped with there are little bridges consisting of wooden between the Visitors Centre and the Marinetta handrails. planks with spaces between them even of a few Observatory. centimetres: help be necessary to help In the Visitors Centre, there are overcome these obstacles. It has mainly natural dirt or grass tracks, “tactile tanks” where it is possible to with some little bridges consisting of wooden explore molluscs, stones and other The Visitors Centre can be reached by a ramp planks with spaces between them even of a objects, and also a huge reproduction with an inclination of 8%. Next to the Visitors few centimetres: help may be necessary to plastic of the natural area Centre, there is a bathroom for people with overcome these obstacles. including small stuffed animals and disabilities which measures 180x180cm without birds used for the tactile visits. handrails. The Visitors Centre is obstacle-free and

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NATURAL AREAS

REGIONAL NATURE RESERVE FOCI DELLO NATURE RESERVE LAGO DI CORNINO STELLA Municipality of The Regional Nature Reserve of the Lake of Visitors Centre The Regional Nature Reserve Foci dello Stella Nature Reserves office”Valle Canal Cornino extends between the municipality of Via Sompcornino, 81 extends in the lagoon of Marano, accessible Nuovo” and “Foci dello Stella” Forgaria in Friuli and in a natural 33030 Forgaria del Friuli (UD) by special tourist boats (accessible for people Via delle Valli, 2 context of indescribable beauty, in which an with disabilities) through the delta of the River 33050 (UD) international project for the conservation of Tel/Fax +39 0427 808526 Stella, which upriver takes you to the griffon vulture has been developed for [email protected] and Palazzolo. And at the extreme mouth, there Tel +39 0431 67551 almost twenty years. www.riservacornino.it is a view of rare beauty: a village of casoni [email protected] (fishermen’s houses). . www.visitmaranolagunare.it Through the many observation points, you can admire the many animal species that inhabit the area and, especially the flight of griffon vultures during the morning. In the area next NATURE RESERVE OF THE VALLE CANAL NOVO to the Visitors Centre there are some aviaries The reserve comprises a former fishing valley, centimetres: help may be necessary to and a terrarium. from which it takes its name, a lagoon area and overcome these obstacles for people some arable land. In the Lagoon Visitors Centre with mobility disabilities. The Visitors Centre can be reached by people built inside the reserve, it is possible to observe with disabilities even by car. The Centre is birds and animals of the lagoon environment. At the entrance to the building, there developed over two levels, connected by an is a large accessible bathroom, which internal staircase or by external inclined The routes within the reserve are flat and measures (250x250 cm) equipped with ramps; It is partly paved in cobblestones and is a bathroom reserved for people with are mainly dirt ground, fine gravel or grass; handrails in self-blocking concrete slabs which can be an disabilities which measures 210x140 there are little bridges consisting of wooden obstacle for people with mobility disabilities. cm equipped with a folding handrail planks with spaces between them even of a few Near the entrance to the Visitors Centre, there on the free side next to the toilet.

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NATURAL AREAS

GROTTA GIGANTE (GIANT CAVE) GROTTA NUOVA DI VILLANOVA The Grotta Gigante consists of an enormous Grotta Gigante A natural Cave unique in its morphological Grotta Nuova di Villanova cavity which reaches 100 metres of depth and is Località Borgo Grotta Gigante, 42/A peculiarity is the largest contact cavity fraz. Villanova delle Grotte, 3 rich in stalagmites, and calcite flow. (Trieste) between two different types of rocks that can 33010 Lusevera (UD) Due to its exceptional size, the Grotta Gigante be visited in Europe. Its tunnels wind for 8 km was listed in the Guinness Book of World Tel / Fax +39 040 327312 furrowed by an underground stream, of which Tel +39 0432 787915 Records in 1995 as the “tourist cave with the [email protected] a part is illuminated and can be easily visited; Tel +39 392 1306550 largest cavity in the world”. www.grottagigante.it you can also admire many peculiar stalactites, [email protected] whose formation and growth seem to defy the www.grottedivillanova.it laws of gravity. The Visitor Reception Centre has a multimedia room to allow people with With the project “Differently speleo” curated disabilities to explore, thanks to an by the Villanova Cave Explorers and Workers accurate laser-scanned relief made by Group with the collaboration of other local the National Institute of Oceanography speleology groups, it is possible, to book and Experimental Geophysics “special underground excursions”.

The route to visit the , due to the characteristics of the ground and the difference in elevation, is not accessible to people with mobility disabilities at the moment.

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GARDENS AND THEME PARKS

1 Giardino dei Sensi (Garden of Senses) GIARDINO DEI SENSI (GARDEN OF SENSES) The garden of the Rittmeyer Institute in Regional Rittmeyer Institute 2 San Floriano Rural Park Trieste, unique in Italy in size, organization For the Blind and functions, is an open space of over 6,000 Viale Miramare, 119 3 Butterfly House in square metres designed to be used in extensive 34136 Trieste (TS) 4 Zoo Park Punta Verde autonomy by the blind and visually impaired. The choice of the materials, the furnishings, the Tel +39 040 4198911 walking surfaces and plant species are designed [email protected] to guide the person with visual impairment www.istitutorittmeyer.it on a route that guarantees high safety and

3 accessibility also to people with mobility disabilities. The entire area is divided into two spaces: .

Gardens and theme parks • the front garden: divided into thematic areas, 2 to enjoy an experience that can involve the UDINE senses (the garden of touch, the garden of PORDENONE sounds, the garden of fragrances). GORIZIA • the back garden: where there are currant bushes, strawberry plants, peach and cherry trees, a series of vegetable plots with vegetables, herbs and flowers. There is also a 1 play area for the little ones, a picnic area and 4 TRIESTE an unusual and innovative structure: a maze with moving panels.

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GARDENS AND THEME PARKS

SAN FLORIANO RURAL PARK BUTTERFLY HOUSE IN BORDANO The San Floriano Nature Park is located in Controvento Cooperativa Sociale It is a corner of tropical forest in Friuli Casa delle Farfalle di Bordano , one of the most beautiful villages loc. Colle San Floriano, 2 Venezia Giulia. It is the largest exhibition of Via Canada, 5 in Italy, in the . It is a 33070 Polcenigo (PN) live butterflies and insects in Italy, with 1.000 33010 Bordano (UD) natural oasis with an area of about 65 hectares square metres of heated greenhouses and as with multiple purposes, from education to the Tel 0434 749678 many metres of exhibition space and workshops. Tel +39 0432 1636175 production of organic food. Cell 331 8913299 Tel +39 344 2345406 [email protected] [email protected] Over the years, both cultivation and breeding have www.parcosanfloriano.it www.bordanofarfalle.it had an educational and demonstrative purpose, with the main objective of recovering the local fruit and vegetable varieties and breeding smaller More than 400 species of butterflies or endangered animal species. The highlight of from all over the world are housed the Park is the tactile route that winds for about in the 3 large garden greenhouses 900 metres completely immersed in nature, to be that reproduce their natural walked strictly among mud, hay, cork, habitats, with exotic plants and gravel and many other natural elements. animals: tropical , Asian rainforests and the Amazon basin. Within the Park, there are two guest houses/ refreshment points, an educational room and some The tour is free of architectural buildings used as residences or multifunctional barriers. Workshops or thematic area. One guest house has a bathroom reserved courses for people with disabilities for people with disabilities and can be reached by can also be booked a wide gravel path or by car

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GARDENS AND THEME PARKS

ZOO PARK PUNTA VERDE The Zoo Park Punta Verde in Lignano Zoo Park Punta Verde Sabbiadoro is 10 hectares of wonderful Via G. Scerbanenco, 19/1 nature, respected, defended and protected 33054 Lignano Sabbiadoro (UD) where 1000 animals of 150 different species, coming from all over the planet, are cared Tel +39 0431 428775 for and pampered. [email protected] www.parcozoopuntaverde.it “Nature is for everybody”: this is the proposal of the Zoo Park Punta Verde dedicated to people with disabilities. It is a sensory laboratory that allows visitors to discover the natural world through the five senses, touching, sniffing, listening and meeting the zoo animals up close.

The Zoo Park Punta Verde is spread over a There are accessible bathrooms, flat area and therefore has no obstacles for around the park, picnic areas with people with mobility difficulties; however, priority for people with disabilities, some areas have slopes that can be used with and a wheelchair hire service (book by the help of a companion (areas highlighted by phone or email). map downloadable from the zoo’s website).

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ON HORSEBACK OR DONKEY

1 Anche noi a cavallo - We can ride too ANCHE NOI A CAVALLO - WE CAN RIDE TOO Equestrian Riding Therapy Re-education Centre EQUESTRIAN RIDING THERAPY Anche noi a cavallo - We can ride too RE-EDUCATION CENTRE Equestrian Riding Therapy 2 Preval Riding centre The Association “Anche noi a cavallo” (we can Re-education Centre Via Mantova, 22 3 Riu dal Mus ride too) founded in 1987 offers many different activities to be carried out with the animals, 330780 Porcia (PN) aimed mainly at people with mobility, intellectual Tel +39 0434 920867 3 or relational difficulties of all ages. The horses are carefully selected, cared for www.anchenoiacavallo.org

and loved to prepare them to respond correctly to every need. On horseback or donkey The environment surrounding the 1 UDINE Association is deliberately managed in 2 a way that is welcoming and relaxing, GORIZIA a place to find calm and serenity, far PORDENONE from the busy everyday life of these times.

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ON HORSEBACK OR DONKEY

PREVAL RIDING CENTRE RIU DAL MUS The club is in Mossa, in the province of Circolo Ippico Preval The Farm Riu dal Mus is located on the edge of Riu dal Mus Gorizia, immersed in the green of the gentle Amateur Sport Association the residential area of Sutrio, a characteristic Via dei Molini, 38 hills and vineyards, in the heart of one of the Via Blanchis, 4 town of Carnia, known for its artistic works in 33020 Sutrio (UD) most famous wine-producing areas of Friuli loc. Preval, 34070 Mossa (GO) wood. Venezia Giulia: il Collio. Tel +39 347 5085762 Tel +39 349 5803967 The farm grows medicinal, aromatic and [email protected] Equestrian rehabilitation activities aimed at www.centroippicopreval.it horticultural plants, and native herbs are www.riudalmus.it people with physical, intellectual and sensory harvested to be used in gastronomy and local tradition; They also breed cute donkeys always disabilities, both children and ready with a nice warm welcome. adults are taught by an equestrian rehabilitation technician (who has • Activities to get closer to nature: the obtained a two-year masters degree activities are organized mainly for groups of in equestrian rehabilitation at the children and families, aimed at the education University of ) with the of the human-animal relationship to discover support if necessary of a groom to and enhance non-verbal communication. lead the horse. • Mediation Activities: in collaboration with the association ”Amici di Totò” (friends of The available horses are prepared and Totò) non-profit organization, the farm Riu dal qualified for this discipline. mus organizes a series of mediation activities All the buildings available in the Club with donkeys. are accessible to people with mobility disabilities.

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CARE FARMS

Teaching farms are qualified as care farms According to regional laws care farms There is something for everyone. Choose the one most suited to you: when they extend their services to people with must have accessible bathrooms and some kind of vulnerability or psycho-physical or educational and social facilities • Bosco di Museis (UD) www.boscodimuseis.it social disadvantage or to parts of the population accessible to people with disabilities, • Al Casale (UD) www.alcasale.eu that present forms of social distress, through including a covered space. • Molin Novacco (UD) www.molinnovacco.it educational and cultural services, support to • La Pecora Nera Ovaro (UD) www.lapecoraneraovaro.com families and educational institutions. • Ronco Albina (UD) www.roncoalbina.it

These farms each with their own peculiarities, • Sot i miluciars (UD) are all oases of happiness where you can make • Vasulmus Colloredo di Monte Albano (UD) www.asino.fvg.it friends with the farm animals, help in the work • Londero (UD) and production of the farm (make cheese or • Dopo di noi (UD) bread, the products of the land, etc.) • Il Ponte Ghirano di Prata (PN) www.fattoriasocialeilponte.it and finally taste the results of the work such as • Il Tagliamento (PN) www.isspilimbergo.it/azienda cheeses, juices, jams, cheeses, etc. • Isola Verde (UD) www.altulin.com

As these farms are located in natural contexts, • La dell’oca (PN) the surrounding roads are often just dirt tracks, • La Volpe sotto i gelsi (PN) www.ilpiccoloprincipe.pn.it or gravel paths or similar materials, which can • L’Acero Rosso (PN) www.acerorosso.net create some difficulty of movement to people • Ortogoloso (PN) www.ortogoloso.it with mobility disabilities • Sottosopra (PN) www.sottosoprafvg.it • Tina San Giorgio della Richinvelda (PN) • Country eden (TS)

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TRIESTE ART AND CULTURE ACTIVITIES AND INFORMATION

ACCESSIBLE ROUTES IN THE ART CITY

1 Pordenone PromoTurismoFVG offers an audio-guide service For this reason, the presence of an all year round in the main art cities of the accompanying person is advised to 2 Spilimbergo region. Tour services with a tour guide are also help overcome these situations. available during the year. Guided tours are 3 Udine free for people with disabilities and the person On request, in collaboration with 4 Trieste accompanying them. ANIOS - Association of Italian Sign Language Interpreters, there is a free 5 Aquileia The planned tour routes in the various city language mediation service LIS. 6 Gorizia territories are almost entirely accessible, but in the urban environment, they may present 7 Cividale del Friuli obstacles in some places linked to differences 8 in elevation, slopes or unforeseen events. The maps with the accessible routes are downloadable from the website: 2 www.turismofvg.it in the section 3 “an Accessible Region”. 7 1 UDINE 6 Accessible routes in the art city PORDENONE GORIZIA 8

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ACCESSIBLE ROUTES IN THE ART CITY

UDINE ROMANTIC AND CHARMING

Reserved and elegant but also happy and Venetian square on the mainland. convivial is the city that is tinged with the But the heart of this city can also be colours of Gianbattista Tiepolo (1696- seen in the streets of the full 1770) the famous Venetian painter who of magnificent buildings, along the rocks, left works of rare beauty in the city. in its lively squares and inns where you Piazza Libertà with the beautiful Loggia can not escape the tradition of “tajut” (a del Lionello is known as the most beautiful of wine).

SPLENDID TRIESTE

Suspended between the Karst and the water and guardian of the passage between sea, Trieste is an incredible of the Italian, German and Slavic worlds. intertwined stories: neoclassical art Unusual architectural views, churches and nouveau and eclectic buildings overlooking places of worship, witnesses of the peaceful the sea, the Viennese atmosphere of multi-religiousness of the city: quotes from elegant cafes, the magnificent Piazza Unità the great writers and poets who loved it d’Italia, a wide-open door on the blue and immortalized it in their masterpieces.

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ACCESSIBLE ROUTES IN THE ART CITY Dacia Arena Piazzale Repubblica Argentina, 3 DACIA ARENA TOUR ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION 33100 Udine Friuli Venezia Giulia is the region of the Outside the stadium, there is a Udinese football club that has been playing parking area entirely reserved for Bookings and ticket purchases in the (Major League) for twenty-five people with disabilities. Infopoint PromoTurismoFVG - Udine years continuously. The football team of Udine The visit takes place inside the Piazza I° Maggio, 7 is also the first to have a stadium of its own structure of the stadium, that is 33100 Udine property: the Dacia Arena, one of the most developed over more levels connected modern sports grounds in Europe. by two lifts (door 110cm, cabin Tel +39 0432 295972 180x200 cm). All the internal spaces [email protected] Thanks to the agreement with the Udinese are connected by wide obstacle-free Football club you can book a truly exclusive routes. visit in advance, to all the places that are In the different areas that can be generally experienced only by the insiders: visited there are three bathrooms the teams changing rooms, the gym where the accessible to people with mobility Udinese players train, the press room where disabilities, which give side approach the coach meets the journalists, the mixed zone to the toilet with side handrails and where the players issue post-match statements front approach to the washbasin. to the televisions, the tunnel they walk through to reach the playing field and of course the football field.

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PORDENONE SPILIMBERGO THE PAINTED CITY

It is an elegant city that charms with its Known as the City of Mosaics because splendidly frescoed building façades that of the presence of the Mosaic School in have earned Pordenone the name of urbs Friuli that represents an excellence of picta, the painted city. international fame. The school aims to enhance the art of mosaic through study, The Venetian influence is witnessed by the research, experimentation, the use of new of the of San Marco, technologies and the meeting with great inside which you can admire and contemporary artists. frescoes of the greatest painter of the Friuli , Giovanni Antonio De Sacchis, The old town is rich and elegant with its universally known as . Castle the refined frescoes of the “painted His masterpieces are preserved in the palace” and the Cathedral, dating back to adjacent Civic Art Museum of Palazzo 1284 in the Romanesque-Gothic style, which Ricchieri houses two by Antonio De Sacchis, il Pordenone.

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ACCESSIBLE ROUTES IN THE ART CITY AQUILEIA GORIZIA THE TREASURES OF AN ANCIENT ROMAN METROPOLI BORDER CITY

Today a UNESCO , it was evangelicalism of Eastern Europe. Its Hapsburg past is still visible in the once a strategic point for trade with the An evocative route among the fundamental buildings and gardens, but Gorizia is above countries and the East, one of the testimonies of one of the most important all a symbol of the troubled history of the largest cities of the and later archaeological and early Christian sites in twentieth century in Europe. a patriarchal seat with a basic role for the Italy. A border town, it was annexed to Italy only in 1918 and at the end of the Second World War lost part of the suburbs in favour of the then Yugoslavia.

The “wall of Gorizia”, today remembered in Piazza Transalpina, was one of the symbols of the separation between Western and Eastern Europe during the years of the Cold War.

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CIVIDALE DEL FRIULI PALMANOVA A LONGOBARD ATMOSPHERE THE PERFECT STAR, THE FORTRESS CITY

Founded by the Romans as “ Juli”, The welcoming squares and cobblestone A fortress wanted by the of Venice training, to Porta Cividale, one of the from which the name Friuli derives, it was alleys reveal unique antique treasures since 1593 for defensive and military three access gates to the city, from which the capital of the firstLongobard Duchy in such as the refined Longobard Temple the purposes, today a UNESCO World Heritage the three orders of fortifications can be Italy, it saw a succession of Romans and suggestive altar of , and the curious Site. From the hexagonal Piazza Grande, admired composed of bulwarks, courtyards, , the and the Devil’s Bridge. the centre of city life, a true parade square, moat, faussebraye, ravelins and Napoleonic Serenissima . where the Serenissima’s lunettes. (Superintendent) gathered his soldiers for

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TOP MUSEUMS

1 Archaeological Museum of Udine ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM OF UDINE Housed on the ground floor of the east wing of Musei del Castello 2 National Archaeological Museum of Aquileia the Castle it was inaugurated with a new set up Piazzale del Castello, 1 in 2013. The route is divided into six rooms and 33100 Udine 3 Mosaic School of Friuli exhibits ranging from Magno-Greek vessels, to 4 Carnic Museum Art and Popular Traditions proto-historic, Roman and high-medieval burial Tel +39 0432 1272591 objects from Friuli. civici.musei@.udine.it 5 Civic Museum of in Trieste www.civicimuseiudine.it

6 MuCa - The Museum of The tour continues on the next floor, with five 4 rooms dedicated to in-depth analysis on various 7 Science Centre - Immaginario Scientifico themes of archaeology.

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION Top museums The museum facility is accessible to people with 3 mobility disabilities and has a lift. UDINE The goal of the archaeological museum of PORDENONE 1 Udine since 2014 has been to pursue equal GORIZIA opportunities in culture in its exhibitions and 6 activities aimed at the public. The museum took The Archaeological Museum has a part with other 14 partners including Poland, multi-sensory route, with an inclusive 2 6 , Austria, , Slovenia and Italy in app that offers a tour in Italian for the COME-IN! European project. (Cooperation the blind, and in general in Italian, TRIESTE 5 for full accessibility to museums – towards English, German and French. greater inclusion).

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NATIONAL ARCHAEOLOGICAL MUSEUM MOSAIC SCHOOL OF FRIULI OF AQUILEIA National Archaeological Museum Exhibition of mosaic works and sketches Mosaic School of Friuli The National Archaeological Museum of Aquileia of Aquileia made by the Spilimbergo Mosaic School since Via Corridoni, 6 preserves relics dating back to Roman times, Via Roma, 1 1922, the year of its founding. A world- 33097 Spilimbergo (PN) all coming from excavations carried out on 33051 Aquileia (UD) renowned training centre, the mosaic school site. Among the most valuable pieces in the is the custodian of an artistic tradition that Tel +39 0427 2077 collection are a of the Medici type, a Tel +39 0431 91035 has its origins probably in Roman times, as www.scuolamosaicistifriuli.it Head of an old man of the 1st century B.C. [email protected] evidenced by the archaeological mosaic finds [email protected] and a rich collection of glass objects, objects in www.museoarcheologicoaquileia. still visible in many locations of the region amber, engraved hard stones and the numismatic beniculturali.it (Aquileia, Cividale del Friuli, Trieste, etc.). collection. The adjacent garden houses the The Friuli mosaic school aims to enhance lapidary, with architectural material, epigraphs, the art of mosaic through study, research, stele, mosaics, funeral areas. now available for free in the museum’s experimentation, the use of new technologies ticket office for all visually impaired and the encounter with contemporary artists of ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION or blind visitors. The devices allow great talent. The museum facility is completely accessible to the visitor to move autonomously people with mobility disabilities and has a lift. through the museum and listen to audio ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION Museum staff are available to carry out guided descriptions in Italian and English of The museum facility is free of architectural tours and there are themed routes dedicated to 11 exhibits; the descriptions guide and barriers: it is spread over several levels, people with sensory and cognitive disabilities. facilitate the tactile of connected by a lift with a cabin of 100x230 cm Tactile routes of original finds can also be the original finds, in order to ensure and is equipped with two bathrooms reserved offered to groups or individual visitors. a complete and fulfilling visiting for people with disabilities, which measure Some smartphones with special beacon- experience. about 180x180 cm and are equipped with connected software in the exhibition halls are handrails.

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CARNIC MUSEUM ART CIVIC MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY AND POPULAR TRADITIONS Carnic Museum of Popular Arts IN TRIESTE Civic Museum of Natural History Housed in the 16th-century Palazzo Campeis, “Michele Gortani” Founded in 1846 it exhibits botany, zoology, of Trieste it exhibits a rich collection of ethnographic, Via della Vittoria, 2 mineral, geology and palaeontology in huge Via dei Tominz 4 artistic and artisan material that involves all 33028 Tolmezzo (UD) collections divided into two big sections: one 34100 Trieste (TS) aspects of Carnia’s life and traditions, in a open to the public and the other destined to period from the 14th to the 19th century. Tel +39 0433 43233 researchers and specialists. Tel +39 040 6758658 The route winds through 30 rooms, which www.carniamusei.org Among the most interesting rare finds are [email protected] reconstruct the domestic and working www.museocarnico.it some dinosaur remains found near Trieste, www.triestecultura.it environments: the kitchen, the bedrooms, the [email protected] among which the most important and unique eating nook, the workshops of the copper and in Europe, the fossil of “Antonio” a hadrosaur brassware artisans, the weaver, the carpenter. of about 4 metres practically complete and people with disabilities and in Italy, preserved in anatomical connection. the Anffas is the only association that ACCESSIBLE MUSEUM PROJECT controls, verifies and releases the At the museum ticket office, there are cards ACCESSIBLE MUSEUM PROJECT seal of easy to read and understand and charts with explanations of symbols Along the entire itinerary of the museum, language. and images, in easy to read and understand there are information cards and charts It is possible to book a “special visit” Language. made of symbols and images, in easy to completely guided by a group of Easy to read and understand language makes read and understand language. The easy people from the Social Integration the information accessible to people with to read and understand language and the Cooperative Trieste under the ANFASS intellectual disabilities and everybody else. Augmentative Alternative Communication, Onlus name Integrazione a marchio The easy to read and understand information association that controls, verifies and make the information accessible to people with ANFFAS Onlus. is created with the help of people with gives the approval of easy to read intellectual disabilities and everybody else. disabilities, and in Italy, the Anffas is the only and understand language. This information is created with the help of

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MUCA - THE SHIPYARD MUSEUM OF MONFALCONE MuCa - Shipyard Museum The MuCa is situated on the ground floor of of Monfalcone the former worker’s Hotel of the Village of Via del Mercato 3 Panzano the “company town” which sprung up Panzano 34074 Monfalcone in the 1920s around the shipyard thanks to the first owners, the Cosulich family. Tel. +39 0481 494901 The Museum tells the history of the shipyard [email protected] and the city through an exhibition route www.mucamonfalcone.it divided into sections: over a century of history illustrated using a contemporary language and using the latest multimedia technologies. Located next to the where the is spread over staggered levels world’s most beautiful cruise ships are still connected by ramps, except for built, set in the fascinating context of the two rooms that can be reached by “garden city” of Panzano, the Museum offers platform stairlift. a fascinating experience in a productive and There is a bathroom with side active industrial reality. approach to the toilet and front approach to the washbasin. Museum ACCESSIBLE MUSEUM PROJECT staff is available to carry out guided The museum has private parking with a stall tours and themed routes dedicated to reserved for people with disabilities; access people with disabilities. to the facility is by staircase or 6m long ramp with a slope of about 10%. The interior

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SCIENCE CENTRE - IMMAGINARIO SCIENTIFICO Science Centre - In a carefully calibrated blend of tradition Immaginario Scientifico and innovation, the museum network of the Riva Massimiliano e Carlotta 15 Imaginario Scientifico, in all its three locations 34151 Grignano, Trieste (TS) of Friuli Venezia Giulia, offers interactive routes, multivisions, fascinating visits, courses, Tel +39 040 224424 workshops and special events. [email protected] Science becomes fun, in a new generation www.immaginarioscientifico.it museum based on direct experimentation, where “not touching is prohibited”.

ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION Thanks to the absence of architectural barriers, the centres of the Immaginario Scientifico propose, with the ImmaginAble project, museum tours and workshops aimed at groups of people with disabilities, customized and based on the potential and abilities of the participants.

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ACCESSIBLE ROUTES IN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL VILLAGES IN ITALY

1 Clauiano 8 Toppo di In Friuli Venezia Giulia there are 10 locations included in one of the national 2 9 Valvasone circuits dedicated to the most characteristic and best-preserved villages. Visiting them 3 10 you can travel through the whole region, 4 Gradisca d’Isonzo capture their essence and perceive the diversity that characterizes each individual 5 Poffabro area. 6 Polcenigo Friuli Venezia Giulia surprises, in fact, because of the changing nature of its landscape and its 7 10 traditions: you will discover a small universe made of secret castles, routes along the 8 5 waterways and the ancient mills, historical re- enactments and never forgotten crafts. 3 6 UDINE Accessible routes in the most beautiful villages in Italy PORDENONE 9

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CLAUIANO FAGAGNA of Roman origin, destroyed and rebuilt as the It is located on a hill northwest of Udine, in a village of “pieris e claps”, stones and rocks. location from which beautiful views open onto The buildings spread around the church of San the surrounding hills and the plain. The castle Giorgio to the south and San Martino to the today little more than a ruin rises on a site which north. Between the 17th and 18th centuries, the has been inhabited since the Roman era. two centres from the north and south widened of the ancient fortifications, only a small part their borders until they became one. still survives including fragments of the walls, The precious 18th-century noble residence Villa the gate of Borgo, the castle tower with the clock Manin Guerresco can be found in the village. (transformed into a bell tower), the ruins of the master tower, a 13th-century cottage and the church of San Michele Arcangelo. CORDOVADO A small gem of western Friuli rich in history and precious monuments enhanced by a splendid GRADISCA D’ISONZO castle located inside the medieval village, the A Middle-European style social gathering spot, antique Marian sanctuary jewel of art, an surrounded by greenery. A noble city that, ancient church dating back to the 15th century, especially since the , played a key but also enriched by natural environments that role in the defensive system set up by the Republic harmoniously fit into a fascinating and primordial of Venice against Turkish invasions. Venice route. strengthened the city enormously and between the Land of poetic inspiration for great writers such 17th and 18th centuries, it was transformed from as Ippolito Nievo and . a city into the Princely Countship of Gradisca.

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SESTO AL REGHENA POFFABRO of pre-Roman origin, it developed mainly thanks to the An open-air museum in the heart of Val Colvera. foundation of the Benedictine Abbey in the first half of the Its “magic force” lies in the enchanting effect 8th century and the Longobard domination of 762, which was of the raw edge stones and wooden balconies, followed by numerous others. In 899 it suffered a devastating blunt and austere elements, which also give a Hungarian invasion and was rebuilt and fortified starting from sense of intimacy and reflection in the enclosed 960 taking on the look of a medieval fortified castle with a courtyards, or the long rows of residences of defensive system of towers and moats. 16th and 17th -century plan. The beauty of the village lies precisely in the humble reality of pillars, stairs, ballads and stone , in perfect POLCENIGO harmony with the surrounding nature. Located in an area of great interest from a nature and landscape point of view between the springs of the Gorgazzo, crystal clear waters that spring TOPPO DI TRAVESIO from a karst cavity which is fascinating for the The village, in the municipality of Travesio, play of light that filters from the rocks and the preserves the remains of the medieval castle that wide and scenic springs of the River Livenza that, dominated the plain and the village below. In although emerging a few dozen metres above sea 1220 eight masi (family-run rural homes) made level, give rise to a waterway of considerable up the village of Toppo. In the 16th century, scope, Polcenigo is full of historical, artistic there were twenty-five documented masi. From elements, some of which exceptional. Palazzo Toppo Wasserman, originally a maso The Museum of the Art of Cooking is located that developed in the 16th century into a stately here, in memory of the generations of chefs who country house, the route to discover the original emigrated all over the world. buildings of the village begins.

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VALVASONE VENZONE The village keeps its medieval appearance Cristo, which owes its title to the relic ClassifiedBorgo dei Borghi 2017 or as “the intact consisting of pretty alleys and of the miracle of the Sacred Tovaglia most beautiful village” it is the best-preserved ancient houses with portico. The impressive preserved in it, houses a monumental fortified village in Friuli Venezia Giulia, an castle, overlooking the square of the same organ, the only example in Italy of extraordinary example of architectonic and name, houses late Gothic and Renaissance Venetian organ art of the 16th century, artistic restoration after the earthquake of frescoes and a precious wooden 18th- embellished by the wonderful artistic 1976. century theatre. frame of il Pordenone and Pomponio Rebuilt stone by stone today it preserves the The Cathedral of the Ss.mo Corpo di Amalteo. large walls surrounded by a moat, the three entrance gates, the Cathedral of Sant’ Andrea Apostolo, significant example of Gothic style as well as the Town Hall, which, on the back wall, features 16th-century frescoes of the Renaissance painter Pomponio Amalteo.

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HISTORICAL RESIDENCES

1 Villa Elodia The historical residences of Friuli Venezia of the Association of Italian Historic Giulia are all perfectly preserved or Residences. 2 Guerresco renovated respecting the original aesthetics. Crossing the threshold of an old 13th- Many residences open their doors to 3 Villa Iachia century gate or passing near a crenellated guided tours and exclusive events. Some 4 Villa Cernozza de Postcastro tower, you can imagine the events that are accessible to people with disabilities animated those ancient stones today both in the areas dedicated to events and 5 Villa Cigolotti enhanced also thanks to the commitment hospitality, as well as for guided tours 6 Castello di Villalta

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VILLA ELODIA VILLA MANIN GUERRESCO It is an 18th-century Venetian villa. Villa Elodia It is a Venetian villa dating back to the late Villa Manin Guerresco In the centre of the main hall is a refined Via Roma, 74 , built by the noble family of the Via della Filanda, 54 marble statue, from the workshop of Canova 33050 (UD) Manin Counts as a holiday home on the farm in 3050 Clauiano (UD) and all the rooms are embellished with Clauiano, one of the “Most beautiful villages in frescoes, stucco and decorations inspired Tel 39 338 7578606 Italy”. Tel +39 0432 999453 by the neoclassical style, from glass [email protected] www.villamaninguerresco.com and the valuable Venetian terrace www.villaelodia.it The building resembles that of a Venetian [email protected] floor. palace, with refined and cultured taste, well preserved fascinating frescoes with furnishings ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION of elegant and valuable style. Large rustic The areas dedicated to events are accessible. “foledor” (barn) with exposed stones and There is a bathroom reserved for people with rocks with an atmosphere of the past. disabilities which measures 250x150 cm equipped with a folding handrail on the free side next to ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION the toilet. The areas dedicated to events are accessible. There is a bathroom reserved for people with disabilities which measures 270x200 cm with handrails.

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VILLA IACHIA VILLA ATTEMS CERNOZZA DE POSTCASTRO Villa Iachia is a historical residence of the Villa Iachia Located in , in the hills of Gorizia and Villa Attems Cernozza 18th century situated a few kilometres from Via Aquileia, 2 whose existence has been recorded since the de Postcastro Aquileia. The villa was originally composed of 33050 Ruda (UD) mid-17th century. The park that surrounds the Via Giulio Cesare, 36 two separate units, which were merged following property boasts the presence of many varieties 34170 Lucinico (GO) a marriage that saw the union between the Tel +39 0431 99250 of plants that make it a true late 19th-century Morpurgo family and the Iachia family. Cell+39 339 2006646 garden. Tel +39 0481 390206 [email protected] Tel +39 3475453274 The complex, with its Manor house and rustic www.villaiachia.it In the park, there is also a fountain designed by www.villaattems.it outbuildings, is included in the large park, Nicolò Pacassi in 1760, architect at the court of [email protected] crossed by a 300-metre-long driveway, which Maria Theresia of Austria. with its fourteen hectares, is the largest private park in Friuli. ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION The areas dedicated to events are accessible. ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION There is a bathroom reserved for people The areas dedicated to events are accessible. with disabilities which measures 180x180 cm There is a bathroom reserved for people equipped with a folding handrail on the free with disabilities which measures 260x150 cm side next to the toilet. equipped with a folding handrail on the free side next to the toilet.

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VILLA CIGOLOTTI CASTELLO DI VILLALTA It is a beautiful example of 18th-century noble Villa Cigolotti It is the most important Medieval Manor house Castello di Villalta country residence The first stone was placed Via San Marco, 4 in Friuli. Located in a dominant position on the Via Castello, 27 in 1740 commissioned by the Conti Cigolotti loc. Basaldella, 33099 (PN) plain, its history is lost in the night of time, as 33034 Villalta di Fagagna (UD) family, dealing in the timber supply sector on attested by the Roman foundations and traces of the Western Friuli territory on behalf of the Tel +39 0427 976083 battlements. Several times besieged, destroyed Tel +39 0432 800171 Venetian Republic. Tel +39 339 2671947 and re-built between 1200 and 1400, it finally [email protected] The building consists of three facilities: the [email protected] underwent a major expansion in 1500 that gave www.castellodivillalta.it Villa (noble residence), the Barchessa (the www.villacigolotti.it it the monumental aspect that still characterizes ancient stables and barn) and the secular Park. it today. The double-walled enclosure, the walkways, ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION the drawbridge, the defence towers and the The areas dedicated to events and the picturesque and romantic interior courtyards are restaurant are accessible. The different witnesses to the past grandeur and strategic levels of the villa are connected by lift with importance of the castle. a cabin of 95x155 cm. There is a bathroom reserved for people with disabilities which ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION measures160x230 cm with handrails. The areas dedicated to events and the The residence also has two accessible bedrooms restaurant are accessible. The different levels for its guests. of the castle are connected by lift with a cabin of 95x130 cm. There is a bathroom reserved for people with disabilities which measures 200x230 cm with handrails.The residence also has two accessible bedrooms for its guests.

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CASTELLO DI SUSANS CASTELLO DI VALVASONE It is an elegant 17th-century mansion built on Castello di Susans It is the nucleus of the village of the same name Castello di Valvasone the ruins of previous medieval buildings and 33030 Susans di Majano (UD) listed among the “most beautiful villages in Piazza Castello 1 older settlements dating back to Roman times. Italy” Built in the on late ancient 33098 (PN) It has the appearance of a Medicean Villa and Tel +39 0432 948090 pre-existing buildings, damaged and renovated is surrounded by a large and manicured Italian Tel +39 335 7012198 several times, today it has the look of a Tel +39 0434 898898 garden. [email protected] Renaissance palace. Tel +39 375 6326397 Located at the top of the Colle di Susans, the www.castellodisusans.com Over the centuries it has hosted several [email protected] castle has great views over the plains and important figures such as Gregory XII surrounding hills to the mountains and valley in 1409, Pope Pius VI in 1782 and of the Tagliamento River. Bonaparte in March 1797. Thanks to the recent restorations you can admire ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION a precious 18th-century theatre surrounded by The areas dedicated to events and guided tours a splendid older frieze, dating back to the late are accessible. To access the garden behind 16th century. the castle there are two steps of about 20 cm each. The different levels of the castle ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION are connected by lift with cabin measuring The areas dedicated to events and guided tours 105x115 cm. There is a bathroom reserved are accessible the different levels of the castle for people with disabilities which measures are connected by lift with a cabin of 85x130 260x170 cm with handrails. cm (door 75 cm wide). There are bathrooms dedicated to people with disabilities, with handrails.

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ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION Via Roma, 14 The hotel has several private outdoor parking areas, 33099 Vivaro (PN) with stalls reserved for people with disabilities. To enter the reception area, restaurant and breakfast room there Tel +39 0427 97037 is an inclined ramp of 5 m with a slope of about 10%; [email protected] the interior paths are obstacle-free and the building is www.gelindo.it equipped with bathroom with front and side approach to the toilet (with handrails on both sides) and front approach to the washbasin. THE FACILITY Gelindo dei Magredi is an organized and There are three accessible bedrooms located in other peaceful rural tourist centre settled in the buildings, at one hundred metres from the entrance and green of the countryside of Vivaro, north of connected by pedestrian paths, with nearby parking stalls. Pordenone. The hotel is in a complex that The bedrooms are large and equipped with bathrooms includes 30 rooms, a camping site, restaurant that give front approach to the washbasin and use of the and swimming pool. level-floor shower, with fully opening cubicle or shower It is on a farm of 20 hectares with farm curtain; in one room there is space for the front and side animals, vegetables and organic fruit orchards, approach to the toilet (with a fixed handrail on the side of vineyards, cellars, a small museum of farming the wall), in the others only front approach (with folding life and stables. handrail). The comfortable rooms, the cosy restaurants, the large farm spaces with organic productions The large external areas intended for riding or farming and the wellness area make it an ideal Country have wide gravel paths; there is an inground swimming Resort for a short or long holiday in the name pool (not equipped with a lift or other means to facilitate of “good living”. people with mobility disabilities to enter the water) and children’s play area with concrete self-locking slabs.

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ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION Via Brezici, 22 The facility has an external private parking area, opposite fraz. San Michele del Carso the entrance with deep coarse gravel. 34070 d’Isonzo (GO) The main entrance to the facility has a step of 10 cm while the side one, a few metres away, has a ramp 50 cm long and Tel +39 0481 882488 with a slope of about 15%. The common spaces (breakfast Fax +39 0481 882964 room, restaurant) are accessible to all guests and are [email protected] connected by obstacle-free paths. www.devetak.com The bedrooms are located in another building, behind the one used as an entrance/restaurant/breakfast room, which THE FACILITY can be reached through an inner courtyard, passing a 4 m A restaurant with a traditional karst cuisine, long ramp with a slope of about 14%. to which innovative elements have been added: a cellar carved in karst stone with 14,000 The two accessible bedrooms have a small wooden landing bottles, 8 cosy rooms in the karst style with which is higher than the surrounding floor and is connected all the comforts, an inn for a frugal meal and a by a short inclined ramp; the rooms are large and equipped good glass of wine - a farm, which grows fruits, with bathrooms that allow front and side approach to the vegetables, produces jams, syrups, pickled toilet (with a fixed handrail placed on the wall next to the vegetables, cured meats, honey and much more. toilet), front approach to the washbasin and use of the level- Typical products, tradition, love for the floor shower, with cubicle which opens completely. territory, research and imagination – the future looking to the past. An inclination to hospitality handed down for more than a century - precisely since 1870, the same family for 5 generations: Devetak.

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ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION Piazza del Popolo, 24 The hotel has a garage located on the 33077 Sacile (PN) basement, connected with the entrance of the hotel by a lift. The entrance to Tel +39 0434 788111 the facility is accessible from the outdoor Fax +39 0434 788112 pedestrian area. [email protected] www.hoteldueleoni.com The common spaces (breakfast room, bar meeting/conference rooms) can be used by all the guests and are connected by THE FACILITY obstacle-free paths. The facility develops The Hotel Due Leoni, located in a context over several levels connected by lift (door rich in history and suggestive surroundings, 80 cm wide, cabin 103x137 cm). guarantees its guests the maximum comfort in a discreet and elegant environment. The four accessible double bedrooms are large and have bathrooms which give front Its location and the services it offers, make approach to the toilet (with a folding it an ideal place for those who want a holiday handrail on one side of the toilet), front in the name of relaxation and for cyclists who approach to the washbasin and use of a travel the Cycle path of the foothills and the level-floor shower with shower curtain. Collio.

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ACCESSIBILITY INFORMATION Via Pascatti, 6 A few dozen metres from the entrance 33078 San Vito al Tagliamento (PN) there is an outdoor public parking area, with stalls reserved for people with Tel +39 0434 875555 disabilities, with flat paths leading to Fax +39 0434 875353 the hotel. www.hotelpatriarca.it [email protected] The entrance to the property is accessible from the outdoor pedestrian area, with a threshold of 1 cm in THE FACILITY front of the door; the common spaces The Patriarca hotel is a modern and (breakfast room and restaurant) comfortable facility, the ideal place for are accessible to all guests and are business meetings and families in search connected by obstacle-free paths. The of relaxation in the heart of Friuli Venezia facility develops over several levels Giulia. The hotel has 27 multi-purpose rooms connected by lift (door 90 cm wide, and a lovely Suite, tastefully furnished with cabin 135x150 cm). every comfort. Every area of the hotel has an internet connection and high-speed Wi-Fi. The two accessible bedrooms are single and have a bathroom that gives side THE RESTAURANT approach to the toilet front approach La Piramide is the flagship of the structure. to the washbasin and use of the level- Its careful and refined cuisine offers delicious floor shower with shower curtain; there dishes typical of Friuli and Puglia. are handrails all around the bathroom.

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TRIESTE FOOD AND WINE ACTIVITIES AND INFORMATION

A TERRITORY TO BE TASTED!

Friuli Venezia Giulia’s food and wine scene boasts some of the most unique products in the world. Visitors are just spoilt for choice. Among savoury and sweet dishes, wine, beer and grappa it is an unforgettable experience for the senses.

Friuli Venezia Giulia is a garden of delights for those who love good food. Tastes to be discovered not only in food but also in the glass.

The regional territory, in fact, is a huge vineyard sitting between the mountains and the sea, a paradise where every year some of the best white in the world are produced. A territory of twenty-thousand hectares, cultivated with love by 1.500 companies that produce eighty million quality bottles every year.

This exciting journey in taste can take the most different routes, depending on the season, the climate, the desires and the curiosity of each person. It will be nice to be surprised by the special places and welcome on a journey from which you will not want to go back home.

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ROUTE OF WINE AND FLAVOURS

Six experiences to get to know the territory, the producers and the productions. A world of sensations, human faces, flavours and ancient knowledge that opens up in a set of roads that intersect without borders from the Riviera to the Friuli Dolomites, from the Collio to the great Tagliamento river, from the Magredi to the Karst and to the rolling hills around San Daniele and Udine. Precious itineraries all to be discovered that on the trail of taste and excellent wines will take you from Pordenone to Gorizia, from the Alps to the Isonzo, from Trieste to Aquileia, from the Adriatic to Cividale to get to know the people who produce and make the products, dishes and wines of Friuli Venezia Giulia unique. Discover the accessible proposals of the Route of Wine and Flavours in Friuli Venezia Giulia (Strada del Vino e dei Sapori del Friuli Venezia Giulia) on the website www.turismofvg.it in the dedicated section.

Scopri le proposte accessibili della Strada del Vino e dei Sapori del Friuli Venezia Giulia sul sito www.turismofvg.it nella sezione dedicata.

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OUTDOOR FOOD PROJECT

To improve the daily life of people suffering from celiac disease, the AIC (Italian Celiac Association) has undertaken a specific project dedicated to catering: AIC Outdoor Food Project Without Gluten.

AIC arises from the need to create a chain of informed practices concerning celiac disease that can offer a service suitable for the dietary needs of celiacs. All the companies that join the AIC project are trained through courses and theoretical/practical meetings on celiac disease and gluten-free cooking.

From the project “Outdoor Food” the eponymous guide has been created and also a section on the AIC website where you can find all the accredited companies.

www.celiachia.it/DIETA/ricercaStrutture.php

Outdoor Food Project 148 149 Trieste Infopoint Lignano Pineta Infopoint Piancavallo Infopoint Piazza Unità d’Italia, 4B (summer season) (summer and winter season) 34121 Trieste Via dei Pini, 53 Via Collalto, 1 Tel. +39 040 3478312 33054 Lignano Pineta (UD) 33081 Piancavallo - Aviano (PN) [email protected] Tel. +39 0431 422169 Tel. +39 0434 655191 [email protected] [email protected] Udine Infopoint Piazza I° Maggio, 7 Grado Infopoint Forni di Sopra Infopoint 33100 Udine Viale D. Alighieri, 66 Via , 1 Tel. +39 0432 295972 34073 Grado (GO) 33024 Forni di Sopra (UD) [email protected] Tel. +39 0431 877111 Tel. +39 0433 886767 [email protected] [email protected] Gorizia Infopoint Corso Italia, 9 Sistiana Infopoint (summer season) Sappada Infopoint 34170 Gorizia Sistiana 56/B Borgata Bach, 9 Tel. +39 0481 535764 34011 Duino - Aurisina 33012 Sappada (UD) [email protected] Tel. + 39 040 299166 Tel. +39 0435 469131 [email protected] [email protected] Pordenone Infopoint Palazzo Badini Miramare Infopoint Tolmezzo Infopoint Via Mazzini, 2 Porta della Bora Via della Vittoria, 4 33170 Pordenone 34121 Trieste 33028 Tolmezzo (UD) Tel. +39 0434 520381 Tel. +39 333 6121377 Tel. +39 0433 44898 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Aeroporto FVG Infopoint Palmanova Infopoint Arta Terme Infopoint Via Aquileia, 46 Borgo Udine, 4 Via Nazionale, 1 34077 (GO) 33057 Palmanova (UD) 33022 Arta Terme (UD) Tel. +39 0481 476079 Tel. +39 0432 924815 Tel. +39 0433 929290 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

Lignano Sabbiadoro Infopoint Aquileia Infopoint Tarvisio Infopoint Via , 42 Via Giulia Augusta, 11 Via Roma, 14 33054 Lignano Sabbiadoro (UD) 33051 Aquileia (UD) 33018 Tarvisio (UD) Tel. +39 0431 71821 Tel. +39 0431 919491 Tel. +39 0428 2135 [email protected] [email protected] [email protected]

The openings of the Infopoints may vary, always consult the site www.turismofvg.it CREDIT

A. Cop Archivio Hotel Italia Palace E. Gusso A. Fogar Archivio Hotel Miramare E. Rustici Archivio AD Borgo Soandri Archivio Hotel Patriarca F. Archivio AD Le Marmote Archivio Hotel President F. Gallina Archivio AD Zoncolan Archivio Hotel Spartiacque F. Parenzan Archivio Az Agricola Fior Rosso Archivio Immaginario Scientifico G. Baronchelli Archivio Bioma Archivio Istituto Rittmeyer G. Vicario Archivio Casa delle Farfalle Archivio MAN L. Esposito Archivio castello di Susans Archivio MUCA L. Gaudenzio Archivio Castello di Villalta Archivio Museo Archeologico di Udine L. Ghersinich Archivio Comune di Sesto Archivio Museo Naturale Trieste L. Petrussi Archivio Comune di Valvasone Archivio Ostruska M. Crivellari Archivio Devetak Archivio Parco Zoo M. Di Lenardo Archivio Gelindo dei Magredi Archivio Porto San Rocco M. Milani Archivio Grand Hotel Astoria Archivio Riserva Doberdò M. Valdemarin Archivio Hotel 1301 INN Archivio Villa Attems M. Verin Archivio Hotel 2 Leoni Archivio Villa Cigolotti N. Silvia Archivio Hotel Al Posta Archivio Villa Iachia P. Abbate Archivio Hotel Fonzari Archivio Villa Manin Guerresco R. Mansutti Archivio Hotel Gortani Archivo Camping Mare Pineta S. e E. Ciol Archivio Hotel Il Cervo C. Beltrame U. Da Pozzo Archivio Hotel Italia Ciol

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