IN A QUIET CORNER OF ITALY …TRIESTE

Destination: 
Trieste, Italy and Rovinj, Croatia
Dates:
September 25–October 4, 2015 (9 nights)
For more information on this trip please contact Literary Traveler.
1-855-LIT-TRVL
Readings:
Selected readings by James Joyce, Italo Svevo, Rainer Maria Rilke, and Téa Obreht
Accommodations: 
Grand Hotel Duchi D'Aosta, Trieste and Hotel Monte Mulini, Rovinj
Description/Itinerary:
Perched on a hillside between Slovenia and the Adriatic Sea, Trieste is a mysterious place of melancholy sweetness, a magnet for writers, travelers, exiles and famous oddballs.
James Joyce wrote most of Dubliners, all of P...

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