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 National Park Brijuni by croisbeauty
The call of the sea and the mild climate, the undisturbed natural balance, promenades and sports courts make Brijuni the prestigious tourist destination that they are.
Kings and emperors, princesses and princes, baronesses and barons and the rest of the European elite relaxed here in the beginning of the 20th century.
The thermal characteristics of the Mediterranean climate, adequate amounts of humidity and quite thick layers of red soil contribute to the growth of the indigenous and intoduced exotic vegetation. Forest are sanctuaries and the clearings are pasture-grounds for game: the fallow, deer, the axis deer, the doe and the mouflon. Around two hundred species of birds nest or periodically stay in Brijuni. Animals in the Safari park draw special attention: zebras, Llamus, antelopes, Indian cows, Somalian sheep, camels and the biggest exicisting elephant in Europe.
There are two names in use for this archipelago; Brijuni and Brioni, no metter which it is the same place Leave a Comment
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 Vizace - Nesactium by croisbeauty
The former settlement, called Isaccio, Isazzi and Nesactium, was, in pre-Roman times a fortified capital of the union of the Illyrian tribe the Histars.
The decisive battle between the superior Roman invaders and the Histars took place under the 880 m long city walls in 177 BC. The Histrian king Epulon commited suicide by piercing his chest with a sword because Nezakcij was under siege. Leave a Comment
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 Vrsar by croisbeauty
Vrsar is higjly appreciated in the European and world markets as a naturist Mecca where the cult of the naked body, the sun and free nature is nurtured. Leave a Comment
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 Vižinada by croisbeauty
The mildly rolling relief favours the growning of vines and other crops characteristic of the Istrian climate.
Vižinada's parish was first mentioned in 1177 in a deed of gift made by the Pope Alexander III. The neo-classicist parich church of St. Jerome, was built in 1837 on the site of a former Romanesque church from the 12th century. The baroque public cistern from the 18th century was built after a plan made by Simeone Batistella.
Carlotta Grisi (1819-1899), one of the best European ballerinas was born in Vižinada. Leave a Comment
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 Bale by croisbeauty
Tourism based on excursions and sea bathing developed in recent times. Bale became the meeting place of palaeontologists in 1992, when the fossilized bones of the gigantic reptiles the dinoraurus were found in Kolone Bay. The ancient castrum Valliswitness to the thousands of years during which Bale and its immediate surroundings have been inhabited. Leave a Comment
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 Porec by croisbeauty
Porec's riviera offers numerous sporting activities and pleasures, there are over 180 tennis courts there.
The sea and the beaches meet high ecological standards, and Porec is the recipient of several Blue-flags, sign of international recognition of the quality of the seawater and the tidiness of the beaches.
The Euphrasioan Basilica from the 6th century, also a cathedral, is the oldest and the most significant religious building of Porec. The basilica was, because of its characteristics and its importance in art history, put on the UNESCO list of the natural and cultural heritage. Leave a Comment
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 Buje by croisbeauty
Buje managed to preserve, in part, the former defensive system, the walls, the Great city gates, the Western city gates, the pentagonal tower of St. Martin and the quadrangular tower. The worth of note is also the Municipal Loggia from the 15th century.
The Baroque-neo-classicist parish church of St. Servulus was erected in the 18th century in place of an older Romanes-Gothic eddifice from 13th century. Leave a Comment
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 Fažana by croisbeauty
Fažana successfully promotes the health giving properties of the sea and the climate together with the monumental heritage.
There was a workshop here in the 1st century making amphorae, oil lamp candles and other ceramis products. Leave a Comment
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 The Town Hall of Vodnjan by croisbeauty
The Vodnjan area is ecpecially known for its olive groves, which are processed in Vodnjan's oil rafinery.
There is the temping City Palace of 1478 and the Gothic Bettica Palace from 1520, which was turned into the Local Museum.
The building of the Baroque parish church of St. Blaise began in 1761, was finished in 1808 and was concecratred in 1850. The bell tower was finished in 1882, and it is the heighest in whole Istria. Also, it bell weight 1.840 kg. Leave a Comment
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 Lovran by croisbeauty
The natural peculiarities of Lovran are almost identical to those of Opatija. Here are the mild climate, slightly shorter insolation, and protection from the powerful gusts of the northwest wind that is known to rage with hurricane-like power in Kvarner in the cold part of the year. Leave a Comment
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