Trieste city centre – Giordano Cottur Cycle Path loop from Trieste Centrale

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Friuli Venezia Giulia

Trieste

Trieste city centre – Giordano Cottur Cycle Path loop from Trieste Centrale

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Trieste city centre – Giordano Cottur Cycle Path loop from Trieste Centrale

01:53

29.4km

540m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 16, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Riserva Naturale Val Rosandra / Naravni rezervat Dolina Glinščice

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Start point

Train Station

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1.03 km

Trieste city centre

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Trieste is among all the magnificent cities of Italy an unsuspected gem! It is at the foot of the Dinaric Alps and ideally located on the edge of the Adriatic. The waterfront is therefore very important, even strategic. The old town has that fun mix of Austro-Hungarian architecture that you can't find anywhere else in Italy, and the charm of all major Italian cities. The old city has some great surprises in store for you, at every street corner and especially near its Grand Canal, which takes on the appearance of Venice at this precise location. A great discovery that this wonderful city, which I fell in love with.

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Bicycle and pedestrian path Giordano Cottur

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From Trieste to the Slovenian border, this cycle/pedestrian path allows you to pedal safely. It partly follows the route of the former Trieste-Erpelle railway and is named after Giordano Cottur, a former professional cyclist from Trieste. He was one of the best cyclists in Italy between the 1930s and 1940s, managing to finish on the final podium three times.

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5.55 km

Panoramic viaduct with views over Trieste

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A quiet bike path in Trieste 👍🏻

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8.58 km

Giordano Cottur Cycle and Pedestrian Tunnel

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On the great cycle path along the former railway line, you cycle through illuminated tunnels again and again. This is one of the longest.

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11.8 km

Giordano Cottur Cycle Path Tunnel – Rosandra Valley

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Located between the municipality of San Dorligo della Valle (Dolina) and the Slovenian municipality of Erpelle-Cosina (Hrpelje-Kozina), Val Rosandra is characterized by a complex geomorphology and a wild appearance, with cliffs, scree slopes, steep and stony slopes that recall the great Dinaric valleys of Dalmatia. The most striking peculiarity is the sudden and evident transition from the subalpine continental climate to the Mediterranean one. The upper part, upstream of the waterfall of the Rosandra torrent, is in full continental climate, while downstream, immediately after the waterfall, it becomes Mediterranean par excellence.

After centuries of history, today Val Rosandra is no longer a passageway, but has been transformed into an oasis reserved for nature lovers, a regular destination for hikers, climbers and sportsmen and women from Trieste. A few kilometers from the bustle of the city, you can immerse yourself in a still uncontaminated environment, to be discovered along the path at the bottom of the valley, on the summit slopes of Monte Carso or along the old railway line.

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12.3 km

Gravel cycling path in the Val Rosandra Nature Reserve

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Bottom with large stones more like MTB

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13.1 km

Giordano Cottur Cycle and Pedestrian Path

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The route of the old Austro-Hungarian railway today is a fascinating cycle/pedestrian path, named after Giordano Cottur, which starts from the center of the city of Trieste to reach the Slovenian town of Cosina. Completed in 1887, the railway network connected Trieste to Erpelle (Hrpelje), facilitating a lively coming and going of passengers between the eastern Karst, Istria and Trieste. After the Second World War, the railway continued to shuttle between the city and Draga Sant'Elia, the last town before the border. In 1958 the line was abolished and in 1966 the tracks were removed.

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17.8 km

Giordano Cottur Cycle Path

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Giordano Cottur, born on May 24, 1914 in Trieste, was an Italian Professional cyclist from 1938 to 1949. This cycle path pays homage to the child of the country. It follows the route of an old railway line and is very pleasant, as it is mostly made up of fine gravel. It has great views as well as passages under tunnels and over bridges, a delight!

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29.4 km

End point

Train Station

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