Croatia 2013

For our travel agency solitum, we need good places to take our tourist groups in Istria, so I had asked Carlo to show me a few good Konoba’s (Restuarants) in the area, so first we went to Višnjan where we visited the konoba Borgonja, the owner Bebo invited us for a test dinner thusday evening so we will tell about that later, second stop was a real farm with 14 different animals species, the owner a couple of years ago build a restaurant in the middle of the farm, which can be used for e.g. a barbecue party for up to 100 people, unfortunately they where already fully booked by and Italian group this day, so for a test we will have to come back later.

Vrsar:

After finishing our duties and setting of Carlo in Porec we continued to Vrsar which is about 15 south of Porec, Vrsar is a small holiday town situated in a bay, the old town part is situated on a hill above the Marina. In the old part of town we went to see the Church at the very top of the hill, the church and the tower has been completely renovated so for 10 Kuna entrance fee we went to see the view from the Church tower, which you can see at our photos was amazing.

After visiting the old part of town, we went down the steep hill to the Marina, where we had a look a some of the nice yachts. The promenade in front of the Marina is full with restaurants and coffee bars, so in the summer you would find lots of people here.

What you can / have to see:

• Church and the view from the Church tower
• The Kastel from the 14 to 18 century
• Festival the “Guitar and the see”
• Fishermen’s nights, which takes place from may to September, here you can taste fish, wine and Rakija and other domestic products.
• Sculpture park – Dušan Džamonja and the sculpture school montraker.

Where to stay:

Vrsar as all other tourist towns offer private accommodation and Hotels, but in the area you also find the following camp sites:

• Camp Porto Sole
• Camp Orsera
• Camp Valkanela

Here you can see our pictures from Vrsar

Rovinj:

From Vrsar we continued to the most beautiful city in Istria Rovinj, which is actually only few km air distance from Vrsar, but as the Limski Kanal (Lim Canal) is between the cities you actually have a driving distance of around 25 km.

The old part of Rovinj which is placed on peninsula, it is on of the most beautiful in Croatia, similar to Trogir and Primosten. Once you enter the old city gate the Balby Arch, you find your selves in small streets which continues in a labyrinth trough the old town, if you make sure to continue going up you will eventually end by the cities landmark, the St. Eufemija Church with it’s 60 meter high bell tower, a visit to the church where Eufemija is berried is free of charge, to see the tower you have to pay 10 kuna, but believe me this is a good investment!! What a view.

After visiting you can follow the water back to the small marina and the main square, on the way you find several nice coffee bars on the rocks and nice little restaurants.

Along the small marina you have the main promenade which is full of restaurants, i tried a few of them which was not to good, so i would recommend to go direction hotel Eden, after 600 -700 meter you have 3 or 4 restaurants on your left hand side, the quality here is much better.

What you can / have to see:

• St Eufemija Church
• Old town – count 2-3 hours if you want to have good look at it.
• Walking street behind the promenade – here you find lots of restaurants and souvenir shops.
• Balbi Arch
• City museum

Where to stay:

Rovinj as all other tourist towns offer private accommodation and several Hotels (e.g. hotel Eden), but in the area you also find the following camp sites:

• Camp Valdaliso
• Camp Vestar
• Camp Amarin
• Camp Polari

Here you can see our pictures from Rovinj:

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1. Shopping Rovinj
2. Holidays Istria – guide to the peninsula
3. Novigrad and Umag
4. Beaches in Rovinj
5. Pula