Udine

Udine is the capital of the Province of Udine in the Italian Region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Friuli is known as a region of wines, prosciutto di San Daniele and Montasio cheese. Udine is an excellent location to taste these products and to start a visit to this less traveled part of Italy.

Understand
Udine is a quiet and stately provincial capital - and also the unofficial capital of Friuli (Forum Iulii-Cividale del Friuli), which comprises the largest part of the Region of Friuli-Venezia-Giuli. While the once-great seaport of Trieste is the regional capital and reigns over the coast, Udine presides over the region's inland plains and its Alpine peaks. For centuries Udine was a Venetian city - in contrast to Trieste, which was part of the Austrian Empire.

By plane
Udine is 40 km from Trieste Airport, which has daily flights to London Stansted, Milan, Munich and Rome, and less regular flights to Birmingham, Brussels, Valencia and other locations in Europe. Other popular nearby airports include Venice Marco Polo, Treviso (Venice) - both about an hour away by car or train - and Ljubljana, Slovenia less than two hours drive from Udine.

By train
From rest of Italy. The train from Venice/Mestre takes just over an hour and a half (unless you catch one of the locals that makes all the stops for a two-hour ride). Trieste is just over an hour away. Trains to Venice and Trieste run almost every hour. One train a day goes direct to Milan, and another to Rome (otherwise, change in Venice/Mestre).

From Austria: Venice-bound daytime (2 per day) and night trains from Vienna have a stop at Udine. There also exist two regional trains per day from Villach, and buses from Villach and Klagenfurt.

From Slovenia: The most convenient and frequent method may be to take a train to Nova Gorica, walk across the border to Gorizia and onwards to the city's train station and take one of the frequent trains coming from Trieste to Udine. Also, you can take a train from Ljubljana to Udine for €15.6 one way. The train leaves Ljubljana just before 06:00 and arrives after almost four hours to Udine. You can return on the same day from Udine at 17:54 and be in Ljubljana before 22:00. This way you have 8 hours of sightseeing in Udine, perfect for a day trip. Of course you can stop in Trieste instead on the way.

By car
By highway (A4/A55), Udine is about an hour from Trieste, an hour and a half from Venice and from Villach, Austria, and under two hours from Ljubljana, Slovenia.

See

 * Udine also has two photographic collections.
 * Udine also has two photographic collections.
 * Udine also has two photographic collections.

Do

 * Un tajut. Udine lies in the centre of a rich plain, known for its wine, prosciutto (from San Daniele) and cheese (Montasio and more). Piazza San Giacomo is a beautiful square and the ideal place for a glass of wine (un tajut, in Furlan, the language of Friuli) or a coffee. The Piazza lies at the centre of the pedestrian area of town - which has become the sort of open-air shopping centre common in northern Italy.
 * Football: Udinese play soccer in Serie A, Italy's top tier. Their home ground Stadio Friuli or Dacia Arena (capacity 25,000) is 2 km northwest of city centre.

Connect
As of June 2022, Udine has 4G from Iliad, Tim and Vodafone, and 5G from Wind Tre.

Go next

 * Trieste - the multicultural and multi-heritage capital of Friuli-Venezia Giulia region (1-1½ hours by train)
 * Venice and the venetian coast - about 1½-2 hours by train
 * Cividale del Friuli with its Lombard Temple (UNESCO heritage site)
 * Villach (2-2½ hours by train) and Klagenfurt in Austria's Carinthia - the region of many lakes
 * Other FVG UNESCO places: Aquileia, Palmanova, Palù di Livenza and the Friulan Dolomites
 * Gorizia, Pordenone
 * The FVG sea resorts: Lignano, Grado, Monfalcone, Trieste riviera
 * The FVG international ski resorts : Piancavallo, Tarvisio, Sella Nevea, Ravascletto-Zoncolan, Forni di Sopra.
 * The Slovenian coast.