Climbers

If you enlarge the photo you can see them. One is in the centre, one slightly to the right.

Rock climbing in Trieste goes back a long way: generations of climbers have sped out to the nearby hills immediately after work to enjoy the limestone delights of Napoleonica, Val Rosandra and Costiera.
What you see here is a small section of the Napoleonica, a famous crag near Trieste; perched on a hill overlooking the city and its bay.

If you are interested in climbing in Trieste, this book is what you need: Climbing without Frontiers Rock Climbing Guidebook covering Slovenia, Trieste & Istria

Mount Nanos

On my way back from a long lunch out in Slovenia, just 10km from Trieste, I was struck by the beauty of this view of the moon over Mount Nanos (which can be seen from Trieste too) and simply had to pull over to take this shot.

Nanos is a karstic plateau over 1.000 m. It stretches for 10km along the fertile Vipava valley and dominates and shelters the south western Slovenian landscape, interspersed with villages, green valleys, vineyards, and Karst limestone buildings and walls, which give it character.
The highest summit “Plesa”, which can be seen in the photo, is on the east edge of the plateau, with quite a steep slope down to the village Razdrto, which is where the most popular path to the summit starts.

Botazzo

Botazzo is a tiny little hamlet nestled in the depths of Val Rosandra, right on the border with Slovenia, which you can see behind it.
After an hour's trek from the nearest road, you can quench your thirst with a glass of good Terrano red wine and treat yourself to some gnocchi and goulasch in the little trattoria there.