Thursday, July 1st, a 32-page insert of excursions suitable for everyone in the four provinces of our region is given as a gift with the newspaper. The multimedia special is online
The trenches of Mount Hermada, where the Great War raged a century ago, the last Austrian bulwark in defense of Trieste where the soldiers lived in caves and caverns that today, in the thick of the woods, can be visited for those who venture among those paths . Or, behind Gorizia, another historical place such as the Oslavia Ossuary, in the Collio hills, where today the Ribolla road winds its way, for wine and nature lovers. Or the village of Topolò, on the border with Slovenia, a village that has become a destination for wandering artists. Or again, the alpine pastures of Montasio, the “Asian” steppes of Magredi, the path of trees “that make music” in Val Saisera, the Cammino delle Pievi in Carnia, a kind of little way to Santiago.
And then the natural oases of the Isonzo mouth, the Via delle Rogge which, starting from Udine, runs through centuries of history to tame the waters, and the springs of the Bassa Friulana. Friuli Venezia Giulia is a land of a thousand faces, one of the few places in Italy and perhaps in Europe that allow in a short time and space to pass from the plains to the mountains, from the lakes to the sea, from the hills and ravines carved by the waters. And, of course, a land rich in history, art, culture, in a nature characterized by an extraordinary biodiversity.
On Thursday 1 July, readers will find the insert for free with “Il Piccolo” and “Messaggero Veneto” “Lands to discover”, a guide of fifteen excursion itineraries divided between the four provinces of Friuli Venezia Giulia – Trieste, Udine, Gorizia and Pordenone – suitable for anyone, on foot or, where possible, by bicycle. The idea is to propose a choice of easy excursions – which can then be combined in various ways – to discover, rediscover or just taste places of particular beauty and originality in Friuli Venezia Giulia, often with completely new proposals. Like the “Via dell’Ovovia”, an easy path that connects the Trieste Karst to the sea following the recurring, bizarre and fortunately never realized projects (some date back to the early decades of the twentieth century) to connect the Trieste seafront to the Karst edge with a cable car . Or the “Via delle Panchine Arancioni”, a route that has as its stops the producers of the yellow Ribolla.
At work, to put together these fifteen itineraries, a team of experts. Luigi Nacci, coordinator of the project, the Italian exegete of viandanza, guide of the Compagnia dei Cammini, but above all a writer and author of successful books such as “Viandanza” (Laterza, 2016), and “Wild Trieste” (Laterza, 2019). With him she took the field Alessandra Beltrame, journalist, traveler, author of equally successful books such as “I walk alone” (Ediciclo, 2017) and “Born to walk” (Ediciclo, 2019). To complete the team Cristina Favento, travel journalist, hiker and tour leader, e Tiziana Zamai, expert tourist and naturalistic guide.
The guide, created with the contribution of PromoTurismo Fvg, will also have a digital version, edited by the web editorial staff, published in four episodes on the website of “Il Piccolo” and “Messaggero Veneto”, with four original itineraries accompanied by video interviews made by the director Diego Cenetiempo with the collaboration of Michele Pupo.
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