Porec Favorites

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Favorite thing: Pula is the largest town in Istria. It is located at the southern tip of the peninsula. This town is well known for its Roman monuments. Here you can see a huge amphitheater built in 79 AC; the temple of Augustus; built between 2 BC and 14 AC. The arch of the Sergii (1th century AC) and other ruins.

I think Pula is a good place for shopaholics. In fact it has great choice of shops.

The journey from Porec to Pula should last around 1.30 hours.

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Favorite thing: Rovinj is a picturesque town some km far from Porec. Its old core is located on a peninsula that was once an island.

It is a popular tourist resort with plenty of accomodations, restaurants, cafes and shops.

Rovinj is overlooked by the cathedral of Saint Euphemia built in 1736 and located on the highest point of the town.

Fondest memory: I enjoyed spending some time in the maze of cobbled narrow streets of the old center of Rovinj.

Favorite thing: There are some Roman ruins near Marafor square. These are three columns that were part of the temple of Neptun. In a field near these ruins there is what remains of the temple of Mars; a sarcophagus and some other ruins. These ruins date to the first century.

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Favorite thing: This is the main street in Porec and was also the main road during Roman times. It runs through the center of the old town.

Today Dekumanska is a car free street with lots of shops and several cafes.

On this street you shouldn't miss a Gothic palace built in the XV century and the museum inside Sincic Palace (XVIII century). Unfortunately it was closed last time I visited Porec.

Favorite thing: I offer two links:

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Favorite thing: All you need is a bathing suit, and hang out in the water. The coastline is rocky, do not expect sand. But people are still happy and find a little corner to lay the towel down. The water is refreshing and there is lots of room for everyone!

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Favorite thing: When you walk from the main parking lot close to the market, (there is another large one and several small ones), to the Decumanus, you cannot avoid Trg J. Rakovċa (first photo). What is impressive is the variety of the colors of the houses : pale blue, apricot, pistachio green, etc.. That makes a delightful landscape.

In Poreč, many houses have their front painted with this apricot color. The apricot color of the front of the houses matches perfectly with the blue of the sky. This is not completely given by the picture (second photo) on VT, as the colors are not exactly what they should be. Sorry !

Unsurprisingly, the statue of Joakim Rakovaċ, national hero, stands in the middle of Trg Rakovca (third photo). It is difficult to avoid walking along it. It illustrates one of the numerous chapters of the uneasy history of Istria and of Croatia.

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Favorite thing: Trg Slobode is part of the new Poreč, 'fore le porte', but just at the entrance of the Decumanus. Hence it is always very lively, with a lot of (pedestrians !) traffic, as it is already, like the Decumanus, a pedestrian only zone (first photo).

The second photo focus onone particular house of Trg Slobode. There are not many brick houses in Poreč (neither in whole Istria). This brick house, with its stone carvings around the windows, catches the eye because of its special character. There must have been a time when brick building was more 'fashionable' than stone building, that everybody did !

While the first photo showed the left part of Trg Slobode, the third one shows the right part. Note that there are several ATM in Poreč but that you will find (at least) two of them on Trg Slobode, not on the part shown on this photo but on the right.