The little town of Muggia is the northernmost of the Istrian coast, and is the only one to have remained in Italy in the wake of the Second World War. From the sea, one can...

West of Primero, there is a wide area of shallow waters with a system of sand bars on the seaward side and an extensive tidal plain towards land. The sandbank, which dries at...

The area of Porto S. Andrea, between the island of the same name and the island of Martignano-Marinetta, is a rare example of a lagoon entrance left to evolve naturally. At the...

Beneath the Cernizza woods overlooking the Gulf, there is an interesting peninsula marked by an extremely varied vegetation resulting from a wide variety of soils. The inner...

Between the dam of the Litoranea and the lighthouse of Punta Sdobba there is a wide range of habitats: reed beds, tidal flats, sandy-gravelly islets and a vast mudflat that is...

The Sant’Andrea feeder channel, known as “Trincea” (trench) by the locals, is an artificial channel that is part of the Litoranea Veneta waterways connecting...

After passing the tourist centre of Porto Piccolo, which has been built within a quarry, the bay of Sistiana opens out: this is the only true bay in the Gulf of Trieste....

The Caneo is the western side of the Isonzo river mouth. The name refers to the habitat, a reed bed (“canneto”) of Phragmites australis which grows where there is low or no...

The Cavana marsh extends between the Brancolo, the Taiada canal, the sea and the recent urbanisation of Marina Julia. It is the part closest to the sea of the large marshes that...