Istria
Istria (or Istra, how is called on Croatian) is the largest peninsula on the Adriatic Sea. The peninsula is located at the head of the Adriatic between the Gulf of Trieste and the Bay of Kvarner.
Istria is the most developed Croatian region, in the terms of tourism due to its vicinity to the Western Europe. The peninsula is large and triangular, pointing into the Adriatic. Although the coast is less developed like in Dalmatia, besides it is an attractive region for holidays and vacation, because provides great features on the coast and has an interesting inland, which gives an insight into the Croatian long culture and history. As a border region with Italy and Slovenia, it has a rich cultural life, marked by the old cultures that have lived on this areas during many centuries. The large Italian community is still enliven, many Croats have good knowledge of Italian language and numerous Istrian cities, streets, schools, places and buildings are bilingual.
The region is famous of its varied home and abroad cuisine. There are served seafood dishes, and also the heavier inland, international and Italian cuisine. Main towns which need to be visited on peninsula are Pula, Rovinj, Novigrad, Poreč, Motovun, GroŽnjan, Oprtalj and Hum, which are in details presented in the town sections.
Istria is connected to Zagreb and all other main cities with bus lines which makes it easy reachable from Rijeka and other places. There is also train connection from Ljubljana to Pula, and there are ferries connecting Pula with LoŠinj and Zadar. If you want to travel the other routes, not the ones indicated here, you are advised to take the car.
Here you can find our offers for apartments in Istria and also hotels in Istria.
Regions in Istria:
