Riserva Naturale della Foce dell'Isonzo
Facilities
Isola della Cona hiking hut
The facility features some rooms welcoming from a minimum of 2 to a maximum of 6 persons, bathrooms to share. If you prefer to plan the day by your own, the structure has an equipped kitchen you can use and a dining room. Moreover, there is the possibility of bed & breakfast, half-board, and full-board service.
Conference hall and didactic workshops
The facility features a conference hall, two classrooms and a room used as administrative office on the first floor, which is dedicated to the conferences and the seminars.
The Reserve allows the public and private institutions, associations and bodies to use the rooms for conferences, meetings, workshops and presentations. The conference hall can accommodate up to 40 people, and it has been equipped in order to meet different exhibition needs.
The Refreshment Point
The "Al Pettirosso" refreshment point offers interesting opportunities to the visitors who stop for a snack while observing the fascinating panorama of the large glass walls, but also to have lunch or dinner (the latter by previous booking) choosing between cold dishes prepared with local cold cuts and typical hot dishes. The location of the building and the large glass walls offer an extraordinary view of the Reserve. The bar is open everyday from March to October, and closed on Thursdays from October to March.
The Engea horse-riding center
By previous booking it is possible to carry out several horse-riding activities with the Camargue white horses living in the wild within the Reserve.
The classical hike to visit the pastures lasts about two hours and leads to the Isonzo River's mouth, crossing many different environments. The walks up to the river mouth are suitable for everybody, beginners and experts, because the route is well known by the horses that stay all together as members of the same herd.
It is also possible to take part in horse-riding courses for both beginners and advanced, which take place within the horse-riding schools of the Reserve, surrounded by nature and by the ponds where birds and amphibians frame the lessons. There is also the opportunity to take part in intensive apprenticeship to get closer to the horse world and for training. The apprenticeships are dedicated to anybody who want to learn more about horses, and they are organized to use a natural approach based on the behavior of these wonderful animals.
Tours by canoe
With the Natura per Natura association, which collaborates with the Nature Reserve, it is possible to carry out customized tours by canoe depending on the customers' requests. The association gathers nature guides and sport trainers, and it proposes tours by canoe suitable for both beginners and experts, on the already planned Saturdays and Sundays and everyday, by previous compulsory booking, within 3.00 pm of the day before the departure.
