Day trips from Trieste

A huge underground canyon with a river roaring far below a bridge.

A tiny Venetian-style town on a point, with a marble square by the sea.

A walled hilltop village above truffle forests in the Istrian countryside.

Kilometres of caves explored on a little underground train.

Pastel houses rising straight out of the sea around a hilltop church.

Bled's wilder, quieter neighbour, surrounded by the Julian Alps.

One of Slovenia's best-preserved medieval towns, with a castle and a stone bridge.

An emerald river cutting through alpine gorges.

A glacial lake with a church on an island and a castle on the cliff.

Wooden walkways along a bright green river in a narrow gorge near Bled.

An island of brightly painted fishermen's houses in the Venetian lagoon.