Hiking holidays in Friuli-Venezia Giulia

On our walking holiday Alpe-Adria-Trail, 8 days you will experience an enjoyable, active break on foot that you will remember for a long time. Starting from Cividale del Friuli, you hike over six daily stages on good hiking trails, as well as forest and meadow paths to the regional capital Trieste. The daily tours offer plenty of opportunities to explore the region and get closer to the culture. The first two routes on the long-distance hiking trail lead you first to Prepotto and the next day to Šmartno in Brda in Slovenia. The next day the route leads you back to the Friulian Collio area and to Cormons. The hiking tour continues and on the following two days you march first to Gradisca d’Isonzo and finally to Duino/Sistiana. A visit to Duino Castle is definitely recommended. On the last stage you go on the picturesque Rilke trail in the footsteps of the famous poet Rainer Maria Rilke and end your hiking tour with a good Italian meal in the port city of Trieste.

Our hiking holiday Istria, 8 days, promises a sunny, active experience on the Mediterranean. Right at the beginning of your hiking holiday you can enjoy the atmosphere in the Italian port city of Trieste. The first hiking stage takes you from Trieste through the Rosandratal valley to Pesek in Slovenia and on the following day to Muggia, a small Italian community right by the sea. On the fourth day you leave Italy and hike over the border to Koper in Croatia. On the next hiking stages you will explore Piran on the Adria coast, Motovun in the interior of the country and finally your final stage destination Poreč on the east coast of the Croatian peninsula Istria. There is plenty to see on the way: Idyllic fishing villages, quiet towns, picturesque vineyards and the wonderful Mediterranean landscape of Italy, Slovenia and Croatia.

The regions in Friuli-Venezia Giulia are characterised by a mild climate and belong to the climatic zone of the subtropics. However, the weather may be different depending on the area. In the alpine regions in the north, it is a little colder and in winter there is snowfall at higher altitudes. In the southern hilly regions and on the Adriatic coast, on the other hand, the climate is mild and it can get hot, especially in summer months. A hiking holiday in Friuli-Venezia Giulia is wonderful from April and an active break in the great outdoors can be enjoyed up to late autumn. Wonderful climatic conditions for a successful walking holiday with luggage transfer.

In Friuli-Venezia Giulia, you don’t have to search long for culinary delights. Because with every step of the hike, you immerse yourself even further in the wonderful, enjoyable life of the region. The Friulian cuisine is based on the use of simple and regional ingredients and offers something for every palate. From the world-famous San Daniele ham, the cheese from Montasio, the sweet yeasted cake with dried fruit called Gubana, tasty dishes with meat and fish or the internationally famous spirit Grappa. A particularly long-lived and valuable tradition in Friuli-Venezia Giulia is wine culture. This is preserved to this day and attention is always paid to the highest quality vines. There is a reason why countless connoisseurs and wine fans make a pilgrimage to this region to taste the best wines and take a bottle or two home. After all, the fertile Po Valley and the hilly Collio area, as well as the mild climatic conditions, offer the ideal environment for the cultivation of good wine.