Trieste à la Jules Verne

Istria à la Jules Verne

Visit the places in Istria described by Jules Verne in his novel Mathias Sandorf. With our help you wil find all these places.

From the underground to the stars

Discover the beauty of the Istrian subsoil and in another locality visit an observatory and look at the stars. We will give you all the details about these localities.

Festival of istrian cuisine

Istria is famous for its gastronomy. The food and beverages are even better when consumed in typical environment, in an istrian “konoba”. Try fuži, gnocchi, truffles, wild asparagus, fritaia, maneštra, boškarin, chripnja, oysters, buzara, sole fish, istrian soup...

Plava laguna resort - photo from: www.lagunaporec.com

Hotel accommodation

We offer the accommodation in confortable, good quality and renovated hotels 3 and 4 stars in Poreč. Hotels are well known for their quality, good service and delicious food. The offer is on request, send us the accommodation you need and we will send you an offer.

Apartments Elena

We offer the accommodation in confortable apartments in Poreč, Spadici, area situated 2 km from Poreč centre.

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Useful information

The novel "Mathias Sandorf" written by Jules Verne was published in 1885. The first part of the novel takes place in Trieste and Istria. We describe the course of events in Trieste and reveal to you the locations where the action takes place. With our help, you can visit the locations of the novels in Trieste, which are described in detail by Jules Verne. It is a great opportunity to discover their beauty.

The photos show original drawings from the book with events in Trieste.

Brief description of events from the novel:

The action takes place in 1867. Sarcany and Zirone are two unscrupulous men who want to make money the easy way. They have no money and they are hungry. In a small park in Trieste, they notice an exhausted pigeon and catch it. A pigeon has a coded message tied to its leg. Sarcany overwrites the content of the message and returns it to where it was. They release a pigeon and follow its flight from a height. They discover the place of landing and through further monitoring and research they learn that the message was for Mathias Sandorf, who together with two friends is planning actions for the independence of Hungary from the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. Sarcany becomes Mathias Sandorf's personal secretary with the help of banker Silas Toronthal. He discovers how he can decipher a message that reveals the intentions of Mathias Sandorf and friends. Sarcany reports the conspirators to the Austrian police in exchange for a cash reward, the police captures them and takes them to Istria in a carriage.

If you want more detailed descriptions from the novel related to events in Trieste with locations mentioned in order of events, to find out the content of the encrypted message and how to decipher it, please pay the amount of 50 euros to our bank account. We send you all the explanations by e-mail after the payment has been made.

Payment is made to Adria tourist service d.o.o., Hvarska 5, 52440 POREČ. Our account number is: IBAN: HR6323800061110012904, BIC: ISKBHR2X. Our bank is Istrian credit bank Umag d.d.