by Valentina Salcedo
The wait is over – the Lonely Planet publishing house has finally launched the first English guide to plan your trip in Friuli Venezia Giulia.
The guide welcomes readers with a cover featuring the Pordenone town hall and a small wink to the following pages. In summer Italy is the dreamed place to go on vacation and with this easy and complete handbook you won’t miss Trieste, one of the “cosmopolitan cities in-between the Carso and the sea”.
Another suggestion is to try the wonderful views surroundings in the Friulian Dolomites or the hills in Udine. The last Thursday, July 13 th, the editorial announced the new edition in the Langham Hotel, in London, during a meeting with multiple British and international newspapers.
The FVG guide in English is available in national libraries and can be purchased online on Amazon. The publishing expects it to reach readers in Australia, United States and Canada soon. With a flexible content the sections allow to find activities for every traveler, including the most popular places and those that just locals know about.
After the Covid-19 outbreak, tourism in Italy has had a huge increase, exceeding the 11%. The region is not an exception, having more than 3,5 million of tourists during the first semester, a number that increases every year. Friuli Venezia Giulia is strengthening the strategy to attract more tourists and the airport is set on creating connections with other destinations. One of the latest connections that the airport Ronchi dei Legionari launched is between Trieste and Dublin, with two RyanAir flights per week.
The interest for visiting stems from the historic events that shaped Trieste after the second world war and the famous writers such as Umberto Saba and Italo Stevo. International visitors also come to enjoy the gastronomy, excellent wines, and the UNESCO heritage sites.
This will be the first guide of Friuli Venezia Giulia distributed worldwide. The mention in “Best to Travel” in 2016 due to the wine areas was proof of the need for an instructional guide for all travelers. The first Lonely Planet guide focused entirely on Friuli Venezia Giulia was born in 2014, and it was in Italian. Then, with an apparent success the last year Petit Fute published the French version. Now, from French to English, the region has taken a big step up towards the international recognition.
