On this fantastic trip from Trieste to Pula you will be witness of cultural diversity and richness of Istrian Peninsula. Trieste (capital city of the Friuli Venezia Giulia region in northeast Italy. A port city, it occupies a thin strip of land between the Adriatic coast and Slovenia’s border on the limestone-dominated rare Karst Plateau. Italian, Austro-Hungarian and Slovenian influences are all evident in its layout, which encompasses a medieval old city and a neoclassical Austrian quarter) and Pula (another seafront city on the tip of Croatia’s Istrian Peninsula, is known for its protected harbor, beach-lined coast and Roman ruins. Settled in the prehistoric era and valued for its strategic location, Pula has been occupied, destroyed and rebuilt numerous times). The Romans, Ostrogoths and Venetians were harbour centers of Austria-Hungarian Empire, Poreč and Rovinj were important trade centers also in Roman Empire and Motovun, Grožnjan were typical medieval fortified hilltop towns. Vineyards, olive groves will follow you during the cycling trip in the region where truffles are domestic food and many other specialties which you can enjoy at the end of cycling day.
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