UDINE- The Base

About Udine

Quite little city with enough of peace and serenity in surroundings to awake writer in me. 

Udine is located in north eastern Italy, close from Venice, Trieste and not so far from Milan. Locally location is at central Friuli Venezia region, which is surrounded by beauty of hills, might of mountains and to the calmness of sea. It falls on route that connects Northeastern Europe to southern, with Slovenian border just 40 kilometer from the city.
This city is heart of Friuli region.

How the City got its name? (Bit of History)

Name Udine, first found record in imperial document as Udene used around year 983 AD. Its vast and varied cultural influence is a result of swing of administrative power from Republic of Venice, Lombardy Kingdom, Austrian Empire to finally coming back to Italy. In past it became a hot spot and was called the 'War Capital' of the region, as it was point of strategic importance.

A view to the center

Why Visit to Udine?

• If you are stuck in the rush of Venice and look for a peaceful escape to a quieter place where you can get absorbed in a bit of classic lifestyle in typical north eastern Italian life style.
• If you want to visit the North Eastern heritage and culture in the historical Capital of region, before city of Trieste was declared as modern Capital of region around 1950's.
• Wine and Food, as like other parts of Italy this region has its own distinct choice and collection of wines, Many wineries make the tour of wine processing. Don't miss the traditional snacks served with drinks.
• If you are fan of Asian Cinema, there is week long Annual Far East Film Festival organized every year where famous personalities from Asian Cinema are present in city. Presence of Sammo Hung this year, which was the 18th event in the row, made the festival come alive. Presence of Jackie Chan in last event(2015) took event by surprise and sky rocketed the publicity of this event into international media.

What you should not miss in Udine?

The local food that has best to serve its Frico and Polenta. If you went back without tasting this interesting dishes from Udinese kitchen, you are set to loose a very important taste of life.

Frico is the typical food of region made from hard local cheese meshed with shredded potato, mixed with flour which is then baked or fried till it becomes a crispy snack. It is usually served along with soup or stew.

Polenta is made of cornmeal or Farina that is either eaten as porridge or baked into loaf and sliced, then grilled or fried as required.

Among the local favorite drinks 'Aperol' and 'Prosecco' forms the part of daily life, with lots of bar and caffè located all over the city, drinks are easily available.

Tourist Point

Tourist help point at Piazza I° Maggio, 7 33100 Udine helps to create, personalize travel itinerary, that suits you your travel plan to help you explore FVG region in better way.

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