Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy · Europe
Opicina works well as a base: 5 minutes from Zolla, 17km from Škocjan Caves.
Opicina is in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy, with about 8,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Zolla, about 4 km away.
Opicina (Slovene: Opčine), formerly Poggioreale del Carso in Italian, is a town in northeastern Italy, close to the Slovenian border at Fernetti (Slovene: Fernetiči). Opicina is a frazione of the comune of Trieste, the provincial and regional capital. The town has a large Slovene population, with Slovenian beingRead more
widely used alongside Italian in private and public institutions. The first town near Opicina is Sežana in Slovenia, there is also the next railway station.
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Within an hour or so of Opicina: Miramare Castle (6 km), Lipica Stud Farm (8 km), Škocjan Caves (17 km), Piran (25 km).
The nearest famous roads are Predil Pass, Vršič Pass and Mangart Saddle Road.
Opicina is in Friuli Venezia Giulia, Italy, about 4 km from Zolla.
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ACI roadside assistance: 803 116. ZTL (limited traffic zones) in city centres are camera-enforced.
Full driving guide for Italy8 notable places within an hour's drive.
castle
White Habsburg castle built 1856-1860 for Archduke Maximilian on a promontory over the Gulf of Trieste, kept with original interiors and a 22-hectare park. The approach along the Strada Costiera is one of Italy's finest short coastal drives.
6 km · about 10 min drive
landmark
The 16th-century birthplace of the elegant white Lipizzaner horses on the windswept Karst plateau.
8 km · about 15 min drive
natural wonder
A UNESCO-listed cave system featuring one of the largest underground river canyons in the world at 146 meters deep.
17 km · about 20 min drive
landmark
A perfectly preserved Venetian coastal town perched on a narrow peninsula, Slovenia's most beautiful seaside gem on the Adriatic.
25 km · about 30 min drive
castle
A remarkable Renaissance castle built into the mouth of a cave in a cliff face, holding the Guinness record for the largest cave castle.
30 km · about 35 min drive
natural wonder
A 24-kilometer karst cave system explored by underground railway, home to the rare cave-dwelling olm salamander.
34 km · about 40 min drive
bridge
The world's longest stone railway arch, an 85 m span of hewn limestone blocks: vaults the emerald Soča river just north of Nova Gorica, best admired from the riverside road below.
34 km · about 40 min drive
landmark
A once-abandoned Istrian hill town repopulated by artists in the 1960s: now some 20 galleries and studios fill its Venetian stone lanes, with a summer jazz festival and views over vineyards to the sea.
34 km · about 40 min drive
April to October
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