Experts' Choice Award Piazza dell'Unita d'Italia
What the experts agree on
Italy's largest seafront square, this elegant Austro-Hungarian plaza opens dramatically onto the Gulf of Trieste, framed by grand Belle Époque facades that showcase 19th-century ambition and architectural pride.
“This vast public space – Italy's largest sea-facing piazza – is an elegant triumph of Austro-Hungarian town planning and contemporary civil pride.”
– Lonely Planet
Fodor's "The imposing square, ringed by grandiose facades, was set out as a plaza open to the sea, like Venice's Piazza San Marco, in the late Middle Ages." Full review
Michelin Guide 2 Stars
"Built in the mid-19C, Europe's largest square opening onto the sea is lined on three sides by 1900 edifices." Full review
