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DRIVE 10





                                                            Milan
                                                        Turin       Venice
                                                            IT AL Y
                                                        Genoa    Bologna
                                                            Florence
                                                                    Perugia
                                                                     Rome



                                                   Mountains

                                                   and Lakes


                                                   Laghi di Fusine

                                                   to Trieste



                                                     Highlights

                                                   •  Stunning scenery
                                                     Visit the national parks and pretty
                                                     mountain villages in the Alpi Giulie
                                                   •  Cultural capital
                                                     Wander past the palazzos and loggias
                                                     of Udine, the historic capital of Friuli
                                                   •  Borderland vineyards
                                                     Explore the low-lying hills, dotted
                                                     with vineyards, farms and country
                                                     inns, close to Slovenia
                                                   •  Roman remains
                                                     Admire the remains of the Roman
                                                     town of Friuli, now the most important
                                                     archaeological site in northern Italy
                                                   •  Imperial grandeur
                                                     See the ruins left in Trieste by the
                                                     Romans, and the grand palazzos and
                                                     coffee houses left by the Habsburgs



                                                   The magnificient 14th-century Castello
                                                   Duino, on the road to Trieste




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