Istria - the largest peninsula in the Adriatic - is the favourite tourist destination in Croatia. It is situated between Trieste and Rijeka and only a few hours drive from Austria, Italy and Germany. The old Croatian proverb says: " When you dip a finger into the sea, you are connected with the whole world" and this folk wisdom is still present in the minds of domestic people today. There is no place in Istria more than 35km from the sea. On the west and south coasts of Istria are situated the best known tourist centres: Umag, Novigrad, Poreč, Funtana, Vrsar, Rovinj, Pula and Medulin, while in some towns of the central part of Istria tourists can feel like in the Middle Ages ( Motovun, Buzet, Pazin, Hum). Central Istria is the ideal place for those who like spending their holidays far away from stress and crowd in the so called rural households ( Agrotourism). Beaches: more than 1000 kilometres of coast with stone, concrete or sandy beaches awaits tourists in Istria, majority of them having the Blue Flag in their possession as a guarantee of pure sea and safety. Climate: mild and Mediterranean. Springs are lush and green, summers are dry and warm, falls pleasant and winters mild with the cold northeast wind - bora- sometimes blowing. Daily summer temperatures can reach 30 C and nights are pleasantly fresher. Summer sea temperatures reach 25 C?, while the bathing season starts in May. |
