Index Friuli

Hotels

• 4 stars

  Villa Luppis

  Rivarotta di Pasiano (Pordenone)

  The origins of Villa Luppis, situated on the confluence of the rivers Livenza and Meduna and just a 40 minute drive away from Venice, date back to the 11th...

  Map Villa Luppis Rivarotta di Pasiano

  Booking Villa Luppis

Sights

Hotels Aquileia

Hotels Carnia

Hotels Cividale del Friuli

Hotels Fogliano Redipuglia

Hotels Forni di Sopra

Hotels Gemona del Friuli

Hotels Gorizia

Hotels Grado

Hotels Lignano Sabbiadoro

Hotels Marano Lagunare

Hotels Pordenone

Hotels Sesto Al Reghena

Hotels Triste

Hotels Udine

Hotels Venzone

Itineraries

From the Patriarchates to the Renaissance

The name Grado comes from the Latin "gradus", meaning port. The Romans built this town to serve as seaport for the nearby city of Aquilea and equipped it with an impressive military station to defend it. It is said that the inhabitants of Aquilea sought refuge in the "castrum" of Grado when Attila and his Huns attacked. The invasion by the barbarians signalled the end of the patriarchate of Aquilea, status which was transferred to Grado. For more than eight centuries, the...

The Karst, uniting nature's boundaries

The word Karst derives from the preindoeuropean "Karra", meaning stone. A particularly suitable name then for this arid territory of chalky stone and rock. So as to gain an idea of Italy's Karst country, we start our journey in Piazza Oberdan, in Trieste, where we board the funicular railway inaugurated in 1902. A succession of breathtaking views greets us on our often heart-stopping voyage upwards towards the first Karst peaks and Villa Opicina, where we descend and continue our...