Istria travel tips and stories. Vacations ideas, cruises spa and resorts

Pula is situated on the Istria peninsula, Croatia, and with population over 62,000, it’s the largest city in Istria. With its mild climate – the sun shines for 2350 hours a year, it is an attractive place to spend a holiday for many tourists. The city has a long tradition of wine making, fishing, shipbuilding, and tourism. The natural beauty of Pula and turquoise blue water of the Adriatic have made the city an internationally popular summer vacation destination.

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Rimini is a city of art and the capital of the province, and a visit is worthwhile to its
monuments, which are the living expression of its past glory as a Roman outpost and stronghold, to later become the capital of the Malatesta Seigniory, who left a legacy of some of the most significant monuments in the history of art, such as the Malatesta Temple, an emblem of the Renaissance. Birthplace of Federico Fellini, Rimini is Europe’s largest seaside resort. With it comes the good and the bad, the tasteful and the down right brash. It has a large commercial club culture – amounting to around 150 clubs at the last count, but thankfully it also has a fine old town. The water is perfect with a soft and velvety shore that slopes gently into the shallows. The sun is hot, but not too hot for comfort. Warmth is everywhere, the warmth of people of all ages and from all countries, come to meet other people at Rimini.

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The Republic of Croatia is a crescent-shaped country in Europe bordering the Mediterranean, Central Europe and the Balkans. Its capital is Zagreb. In recent history, it was a republic in the SFR Yugoslavia, but it achieved independence in 1991. It is a candidate for membership of the European Union.

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