Barcola

Barcola
Barkovlje
Neighbourhood
View of Barcola from the Vittoria Light.
View of Barcola from the Vittoria Light.
Sections of Trieste, Barcola is located in section 3
Sections of Trieste, Barcola is located in section 3
Barcola is located in Italy
Barcola
Barcola
Coordinates: 45°40′46″N 13°45′16″E / 45.67944°N 13.75444°E / 45.67944; 13.75444
CountryItaly
RegionFriuli-Venezia Giulia
MunicipalityTrieste
Population
 (2011)
 • Total2 801
Area code040

Barcola (Slovene: Barkovlje) is a maritime neighbourhood of Trieste, Italy. It is a popular tourist destination with beaches and long promenades, near the Habsburg-established Miramare Castle.

Barcola is highly valued for the high quality of life and the free access to the sea. The long and partly shady 5 km long waterfront of Barcola serves as a recreation area and city bathing beach of Trieste and is connected to the city center, Miramare, Sistiana but also partly to Grado by bus lines and regular shipping services. Barcola has several small ports, especially Porticciolo di Barcola, where local professional fishermen also work and liner shipping operates.

The place is the center of the Barcolana regatta, currently the largest sailing race in the world. Known in Roman times as "Vallicula" or later as "Valcula", Barcola is known for its exclusive houses, the view from the green hills of the Gulf of Trieste, its long coastal promenade with extensive bathing and sports facilities and its hedonistically relaxed sporty mood. It is often referred to as the Adriatic Malibu.[1]

  1. ^ Mauro Covacich "Triest verkehrt: Fünfzehn Spaziergänge in der Stadt des Windes" (2012), p 93.