ST34 AAT: Duino - Prosecco

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Prosecco/Prosek

In the immediate vicinity of Duino Castle we take the trail named after Rilke: The poet wrote his Duino Elegies during one of his stays at the Castle. The Rilke Trail leads high above the steep coast and offers wonderful views of the gulf of Trieste. We come past the village of Sistiana, which is situated on the national highway SS14, and continue towards Visogliano and over the motorway flyover. Immediately after this we keep to the right and via side roads we come to the gravel track towards Slivia (trail markings CAI 33). On the right-hand side Visogliano, in a protected position in a small sinkhole, is one of the oldest sites of prehistoric discoveries in Europe. Through a wood we come to the village of Slivia and keep in the direction of San Pelagio (CAI 32). We cross wooded sections and pass pasture land which is bounded by skilfully built dry stone walls characteristic of this area, made of uncut limestone. On this stage it is well worth making a small detour to the ancient castelliere: This is one of the numerous pre-Roman hill settlements in the province which were once inhabited by warlike Istrians. From San Pelagio our route takes us on to Ternova Piccola (CAI 10), from where we head into the deciduous forest (CAI 3), up towards Monte San Leonardo and then down again to Samatorza (CAI 45).

We walk past the little church in Samatorza and come to Sales (SP18). Shortly after the village we take the mule track to the lake of Colludrozza. In a southerly direction we come through Colludrozza (places to eat) and via the provincial road SP14 we come to the village of Sgonico. Following the course of the provincial road SP7 we walk past the entrance to the “Carsiana” botanical gardens and come to Gabrovizza. Continuing in a southwest direction, we turn off to the right into the little alleyways of the village, cross the motorway and continue to follow an asphalted section which leads onto the provincial road SP1 at Campo Sacro. As soon as we can we take a gravel track into a wooded area and keep walking in this direction until we come across the marking for trail no. 1, which takes us into the village of Prosecco.