Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Palazzo Coronini Cronberg
( 0481 53 34 85;
www.coronini.it
;
Viale XX Settembre 14; adult/reduced €5/3; 10am-1pm & 2-7pm
Tue-Sun)
This 16th-century residence is jammed with antiquities and is surrounded by lush
gardens, which are free to visit on their own.
PALACE
Chiesa di Sant'Ignazio
(Piazza della Vittoria; 8am-noon & 3-7pm)
Constructed from 1654 to 1724, the onion-shaped
domes of this high-baroque church watch over Gorizia's old town square.
CHURCH
Sleeping & Eating
Cafes and bars can be found on Corso Italia and Via Terza Armata, while the old-town
streets below the castle and around the covered
food market
(Via Verdi 30)
are the best places
to find casual restaurants.
Palazzo Lantieri
( 0481 53 32 84;
www.palazzo-lantieri.com
; Piazza Sant'Antonio 6; s/d €80/140; )
This
palazzo-stay offers light, spacious rooms in the main house or self-catering apartments in
former farm buildings, all overlooking a glorious Persian-styled garden. Goethe, Kant and
Empress Maria Theresa were repeat guests back in the day, and antiques fill both public
and private spaces, but the charming Lantieri family are far from stuck in the past. Their
contemporary art commissions mean there's a Michelangelo Pistoletto on the ceiling and a
Jannis Kounellis in the attic. Nonguests can arrange guided tours.
B&B
€€
Grand Hotel Entourage
( 0481 55 02 35;
www.entouragegorizia.com
; Piazza Sant'Antonio 2; s/d €80/120; )
Well-
mannered traditional hotel that's every inch the Mitteleuropean, with sunny yellow walls,
Biedermeier-style furniture and oak parquet floors. Tip: superior rooms have up-to-date
mosaic-tiled bathrooms.
HOTEL
€€
Majda
( 0481 3 08 71; Via Duca D'Aosta 71; meals €25; noon-3pm & 7.30-11pm Mon-Sat)
With a
courtyard bar, friendly staff and enthusiastic decor, Majda is a happy place to sample local
specialities such as ravioli with beetroot and local herbs or Slovenian-style with potato;
wild boar on polenta; and interesting sides like steamed wild dandelion.
GORIZIAN
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