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Villa Opicina is situated at an altitude of 329 m on the karstic plateau above the city of Trieste. The village was first mentioned in a document of 1308 (Optchena).

The church San Bartolomeo [left] is located in the centre of the town.

The obelisk [right] was erected in 1830 to commemorate the inauguration of the new road from Trieste to the Austrian hinterland.

A well-known tourist attraction is the famous tram line no.2, connecting Trieste (Piazza Oberdan) with Villa Opicina. The line was built in 1902 and included a rack section, which, however, proved to be too slow and too expensive for the traffic. In 1928, the rack section was replaced by a funicular section between Piazza Scorcola and Vetta Scorcola. The total length of the line is 5,175 m, the maximum gradient is 8%. The highest point (343 m) is the station Obelisco.