We went for a walk along the scenic Strada Napoleonica (Napoleon Road) today from Villa Opicina to Prosecco. Villa Opicina is a village above Trieste, located about 3 km from the border with Slovenia. I say above because Opicina is at an altitude of about 350 m and only about 3 km from the sea, leading to great but slightly stomach lurching views of Trieste (which is at sea level) and the surrounds. The bus ride up to Opicina winds along some pretty narrow bends, which the bus drivers take at sensible controlled speeds (ha!).According to legend, Strada Napoleonica was built by Napoleon's army, but really it was designed by an engineer chap called Vicentini. The Strada is quite popular with the locals for an easy weekend walk or jog (in lycra of course, the Italian's seem to love running in fancy outfits). The sheer cliffs along the walk are used for climbing and have anchor points in place so you can just show up with your equipment and away you go.
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