Campervan rental in Trieste

The campervan’s interest is the road up onto the Carso, the viewpoints over the gulf, and the short cross into Slovenia, where the rules change at the border even though the landscape does not. The bora, a fierce northeast wind, drops off the plateau and can make a tall vehicle miserable on an exposed quay or a bare pitch.

This is a border city, not a beach resort and not a Tuscan hill town. The roads inland are limestone, scrub and sudden views. Sleep up on the plateau or along the coast west toward the Venetian fringe, and come down to the square when you want the city. Do not try to use the port streets as a scenic drive in a motorhome.