A MUSICAL CASTLE
We’d checked the distance and the castle seemed achievable from our hotel. Well, Lorraine thought she could walk it, though I had my doubts if she’d survive the climb. Along the flats in the middle of town it was easy but then there came the hill and a statue of Carlo Michelstaedter, a radical Italian philosopher of Jewish extraction whose one and only work was conceived as an undergraduate thesis, but he never saw it in print because he committed suicide in 1910, aged 23.
We troll past a shop with exotic foodstuffs and can’t help but notice some bottled Buderim ginger featured in the window. Just below it was another sign on some wrapped lollies “senza zucchero zenzero AUSTRALIA”, which meant I could buy my sugar free dried ginger right here. It’s a small world.
It was slow and overly warm getting up from there but we took it easy and Castello di Gorizia came into view. Dating back to the 11th century it’s clearly the highest point for miles around.
The chapel-sized Church of Santo Spirito seems like a ticket office on the way to the main attraction. In a park on the opposite side of the road there’s a bust of Gabrielle D’Annunzio, a famous and prolific Italian writer and WWI hero who was hugely influential in the Fascist movement, inspiring Mussolini. He was noted for self-promotion.
From the 11th century Gorizia was an independent county until Austria took over in 1500 and it became a major cultural centre. It was only after the fallout from WWI, when it suffered badly, that it came to be in Italian hands. This once castle-of-the-counts has now been done up as a tourist attraction but it holds a surprise, at least for those of us who hadn’t done their homework properly.
The solid walls are much covered in plant life these days and the parapets are quite impressive from below and when you enter through the gateways the cobblestone walkways add an air of authenticity as you climb their steep angle. Only the base is original though. It went through many rebuilds from the 13th to 16th century and was bombed during WWI before being restored for the final time. The restoration is evident in the variance of the colours in the stonework.

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Hoteles de negocios en Gorizia

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DANIEL

MXN$2,953 en total

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26 nov. - 27 nov.

Restaurante

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Alan

MXN$2,335 en total

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26 nov. - 27 nov.

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Kobarid

Alemania

Tilo

MXN$1,725 en total

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13 nov. - 14 nov.

Lobby

Best Western Gorizia Palace Hotel

Gorizia

España

Mayte

MXN$1,783 en total

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8 dic. - 9 dic.

Exterior

Hotel Aurora Duino

Duino-Aurisina

Estados Unidos

mark

MXN$2,008 en total

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12 dic. - 13 dic.

Lobby

Executive Hotel Udine

Udine

Italia

giuliano

MXN$2,422 en total

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14 nov. - 15 nov.

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Al Ponte

Gradisca d'Isonzo

España

Manuel Bujalance

MXN$2,759 en total

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17 nov. - 18 nov.

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Udine

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Pedro Jose

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Opiniones sobre hoteles destacados en Gorizia

Quo Vadis

Quo Vadis

10/10 Excelente

"Excelente grupo humano"

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Europalace Hotel, BW Signature Collection

4/10 Malo

"Primero reserve habitación cama doble y me dieron con cama individual. Me dijeron que en las observaciones de la reserva ponia la medida de la cama 140 cm. Tremendo! Por otro lado no funcionó ni el aire acondicionado ni el teléfono para llamar a recepción. El supervisor no hace bien su trabajo creo."

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