Molo Audace is one of the coolest spots in Trieste. The more than 200-meter-long pier is located in the heart of the city, just a few steps from the “main square,” between Piazza Unità d’Italia and the Canal Grande.
Walk all the way to the end, gaze towards the Miramare Castle, and then back at the city. You can sunbathe here anytime of the year, watch the sunsets when the palaces on the Rive turn red, or if you’re up for a truly wild adventure, venture out during a Bora wind to feel the force of the elements. But the most incredible show happens when, seemingly out of nowhere, the snow-capped mountain peaks appear in the distance.
Its story goes like this: the pier was built between 1743 and 1751 on the wreck of the San Carlo ship that sank in the harbor. Initially, it was 95 meters long and connected to the mainland by a small wooden bridge. Over time, it was gradually extended, and today it is 246 meters long. In 1922, in honor of the Audace destroyer—the first ship of the Italian Navy to arrive in Trieste on November 3, 1918—the pier was renamed Molo Audace.