Europe’s ‘coffee capital’ is a hidden gem Italian city with flights for just £48

Aperitifs at sundown, quaint streets, and Italian sunshine. Sound familiar?

Nope, we’re not talking about the likes of Florence or Naples.

Hop across the Adriatic sea from Venice and you’ll find Trieste, a unique border town that you’ve probably never heard of – but one you’re going to want to add to your city-break hit list.

Almost entirely surrounded by Slovenia, Trieste is a melting-pot of different cultures, which Lonely Planet described as being perfectly exampled in the local dialect, ‘a strange melange of Italian, Austrian-German, Croatian and Greek.’