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Giordano Cottur Bicycle-Pedestrian Path

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Giordano Cottur Bicycle-Pedestrian Path

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Location: Trieste, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy

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1. Trieste City Center – Piazza Unità d'Italia loop from Trieste Centrale

16.6km

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2. Grand Canal of Trieste – Piazza Unità d'Italia loop from Trieste Centrale

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500m

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3. Grand Canal of Trieste – Karst Cycle Path loop from Trieste Centrale

51.3km

04:01

580m

Expert bike ride. Very good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route.

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Davide Fioraso

May 16, 2025

Inaugurated in October 2010, it partly runs along the old railway line (Pola-Divaccia) that from 1887 to 1959 connected the Trieste/Campo Marzio station with that of Erpelle.

The itinerary starts in the San Giacomo district, slowly climbs up to the Val Rosandra nature reserve and finally arrives in Draga Sant'Elia. The track is dedicated to Giordano Cottur (Trieste, 1914 - 2006), a historic figure in cycling, three times third in the Giro d'Italia behind Coppi and Bartali and winner of a stage in Trieste in 1947.

The route from San Giacomo to Altura is paved while the one from Altura to Draga Sant'Elia is dirt. The route has numerous crossings in order to allow more attack possibilities. The track offers the opportunity to admire beautiful views and panoramas, bucolic landscapes, orchards, woods, cliffs and the Carso in all its forms.

After passing the city you arrive, with a small detour, to Strada di Fiume at the height of Villa Sartorio (entrance in via Modiano 5) entering we can admire centuries-old trees such as Aleppo pines. Further on, continuing along the ridge next to Monte Stena, you look out over Val Rosandra and bow before its wild beauty: the Cippo Comici, the screes, the limestone slabs, the Church of Santa Maria in Siaris; then the route climbs again, skirting Monte Stena to reach Draga Sant'Elia where, on the asphalt road, there is also a fountain.

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Tommy

June 11, 2022

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Distance 1.97 km

Uphill 50 m

Downhill 10 m

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Location: Trieste, Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy

Giordano Cottur Bicycle-Pedestrian Path

1. Trieste City Center – Piazza Unità d'Italia loop from Trieste Centrale

2. Grand Canal of Trieste – Piazza Unità d'Italia loop from Trieste Centrale

3. Grand Canal of Trieste – Karst Cycle Path loop from Trieste Centrale

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