12 - ITINERARIO ALLA SCOPERTA DEL CARSO/ NATURROUTE ZUR ERKUNDUNG DES KARSTES/ NATURALISTIC ROUTE TO DISCOVER THE REGION OF KARST

By using the efficient bike-bus service, you can leave from Grado and reach, after half an hour, the city of Monfalcone. Here the MuCa, the only Italian museum dedicated to shipbuilding, is definitely worth a stop. The journey starts towards Doberdò del Lago and the visitors centre of Gradina, where you can have lunch surrounded by the Karst landscape. After visiting the Nature Reserve, you can go up to Jamiano, Sablici and San Giovanni al Timavo, with the famous “Bocche del Timavo”, the resurgences of the river Timavo. From here, you can go towards Duino and its castles built on sheer cliffs overlooking the sea, or towards the Paleontological Site of the Dinosaur Antonio (open exclusively on Sundays). Return to Monfalcone by bike and then to Grado with the bike-bus service. Each cyclist rides under his or her own responsibility and at his or her own risk.

SUGGESTED DAY/PERIOD OF THE YEAR: the bike-bus service Gorizia-Cormons-Grado is available from June to September on Saturdays, Sundays and during public holidays. Departure from Grado at 10.10 a.m.. Departure from Monfalcone in Via Grado in the afternoon at 5.54 p.m. Transport timetables may be subject to change. Check them on the website www.tplfvg.it before leaving.