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Comune in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
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Udine is the capital of the Province of Udine in the Italian Region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Friuli is known as a region of wines, prosciutto di San Daniele and Montasio cheese. Udine is an excellent location to taste these products and to start a visit to this less traveled part of Italy.
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From the monumental staircase of Udine's Castle, which rises on a low hill about the city, you can admire the Julian Alps rising above the Friuli Plains. The Castle hosts the City Museums of art and archeology. In the map rooms on the top floor, you can see how Udine and surrounding Friuli shifted from being part of the medieval Patriarch of Aquilea to the Venetian Republic, then the Austrian Empire and finally, Italy.
A church next to the Castle coloured by beautiful frescoes.
At the foot of the Castle hill is Piazza Liberta', which the tourist office calls the "most beautiful square in Venetian style on earth". Here you find the Loggia del Lionello, built in the 1400s, and across the street, the Tower of the Two Moors, giant statues (similar to those in St Mark's Square in Venice) on either side of a huge bell. They ring the hours.
Duomo
Dates from the 1200s, and contains works by Tiepolo and others.
It has a fascinating collection that illustrate rural life in Friuli. (Here and elsewhere, however, few captions are in English.
The museum is in the former residence of the Patriarchs of Aquileia. It contains frescoes by the artist Giambattista Tiepolo.
Restaurant with a really nice ambience.
Lovely small cafe with tasteful snacks.
A nice cafe with wonderful Art Nouveau interior close to Piazza Libertà.
Independent B&B or self-catering holiday apartment not far from city centre but in quiet area. Accommodation with separate entrance and private bathroom, perfect for couples, families, groups.
Art Hotel Udine
3-star business hotel a short distance from Udine city centre. The hotel provides a capable meeting room (up to 60 persons) and private parking.
Nice, family managed hotel in perfect location to explore down town. Clean, very modern rooms. Rich breakfast, which you can also enjoy in the small garden. Perfect service.
By train
From the rest of Italy. The train from Venice/Mestre takes just over an hour and a half (unless you catch one of the locals that makes all the stops for a two-hour ride).
By car
By highway (A4/A55), Udine is about an hour from Trieste, an hour and a half from Venice and from Villach, Austria, and under two hours from Ljubljana, Slovenia.
By bus
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