Must-see nightlife in Trieste

  • Antico Caffè San Marco

    Trieste

    Opening just before WWI, and a favourite of writers Svevo, Saba and Joyce, this Viennese Secession giant is spectacularly decorated with theatrical mask…

  • The Roof, Pier

    Trieste

    Simply the best place in Trieste for sundowners is this bar perched atop the Marina San Giusto yacht club. Dressed with artificial grass and potted plants…

  • BarBacan

    Trieste

    Sandwiched between the Rotonda Pancera and the Roman Arco di Riccardo in pretty Piazza Barbacan is this popular local wine bar with piazza seating. It’s a…

  • Al Ciketo

    Trieste

    Trieste does do glamour and this bar, which convivially spills out into the alley beside it, attracts a slightly older, very well-put-together crowd come…

  • Caffè degli Specchi

    Trieste

    This veritable hall of mirrors (specchi) first opened its doors back in 1839 and has more recently been taken over by the chocolatiering Faggiotto from…

  • Cantina del Vescovo

    Trieste

    Trieste's cosmopolitan gaze usually faces east, but here we have a bar that feels like you've been transported to an ultra-hip neighbourhood of Madrid…

  • Osteria da Marino

    Trieste

    If you can't make it to the Carso wine region, get the owner here to ply you with indigenous grape varieties (the Vitovska selection is encyclopedic). Or…

  • Knulp

    Trieste

    Named after Hermann Hesse’s amiable vagabond, this alternative bar-cum-library-cum-shop-cum–bicycle rental is a bohemian place where alternative Triestini…

  • Buffet Al Spaceto

    Trieste

    An eccentric and convivial grab bag of locals gather here for glasses of cheap, bountiful and good local wine and a few rounds of whatever is on offer in…

  • Antico Caffè Torinese

    Trieste

    The smallest and, dare we say, friendliest of the historic bunch, this is an exquisite room that's just as nice for an evening tipple as a morning capo un…

  • Caffè Tommaseo

    Trieste

    Virtually unchanged since its 1830 opening, the rich ceiling reliefs, primrose-yellow walls and Viennese mirrors here couldn't be any more evocative. Take…

  • Chocolat

    Trieste

    This lovely cafe and chocolate shop makes everything in-house, including the hot chocolate slowly simmering in a great pot behind the counter and, in…

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