Istria
Istria is the north-westernmost region of Croatia. In a triangular shape, it is bordered in the north by Slovenia, east by the Kvarner region of Croatia and on the south and west by the Adriatic Sea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Pula and Rovinj.
Pula
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Pula, also known as Pola, its Italian name, is the largest city in Istria County, western Croatia, and the seventh-largest city in the country, situated at the southern tip of the Istrian peninsula in western Croatia, with a population of 52,220 in 2021.
Rovinj
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Rovinj is a city in west Croatia situated on the north Adriatic Sea with a population of 14,294. Located on the western coast of the Istrian peninsula, it is a popular tourist resort and beach destination, in addition to being an active fishing port.
Poreč
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Poreč is a town and municipality on the western coast of the Istrian peninsula, in Istria County, west Croatia. Its major landmark is the 6th-century Euphrasian Basilica, which was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1997.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Umag and Brijuni.
Brijuni
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Brijuni is in the Istria region of Croatia. The Brijuni archipelago lies off Istria's west coast, a 15-minute boat journey from Fažana, just north of Pula.
Motovun
Motovun is a historic hilltop town in Istria, a peninsula of Croatia. Motovun is about 25 km northeast of Poreč. Motovun has become the most touristy of all Istrian hilltop towns, and is sometimes called the king of the hilltop villages.
Vrsar
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Vrsar is a millennia-old little town in Istria. Vrsar used to be a fisherman's village, but it is now more famous as a family tourist destination. Just off Vrsar’s coast lies one of the most beautiful Istrian archipelagos with 18 uninhabited islands.
Medulin
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Medulin is a small coastal town in the Istria region of Croatia. The town has a range of apartments, hotels and campsites and is an ideal base for exploring Istria.
Fažana
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Fažana is a village in the Istria region, Croatia. As a tourist destination it's mostly known as transport hub for boat trips to the popular Brijuni archipelago.
Istria
- Type: Peninsula
- Description: peninsula on the Adriatic Sea
- Location: Croatia, Balkans, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Wu Chinese—“Istria” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Istria”
- Arabic: “إستريا”
- Arabic: “شبه جزيرة إستريا”
- Aragonese: “Peninsula d’Istria”
- Armenian: “Իստրիա”
- Azerbaijani: “İstriya”
- Basque: “Istria”
- Belarusian: “Істрыя”
- Bosnian: “Istra”
- Breton: “Istria”
- Bulgarian: “Истрия”
- Catalan: “Regió d’Ístria”
- Cebuano: “Istria (lawis)”
- Cebuano: “Istria”
- Chinese: “伊斯特拉半島”
- Chinese: “伊斯特里亞半島”
- Croatian: “Istra”
- Czech: “Istria”
- Czech: “Istrie”
- Danish: “Istrien”
- Dutch: “Istrië”
- Esperanto: “Istrio”
- Estonian: “Istria”
- Finnish: “Istria”
- French: “Istrie”
- Friulian: “Istrie”
- Galician: “Istria”
- Georgian: “ისტრია”
- German: “Histerreich”
- German: “Histrien”
- German: “Istra”
- German: “Istria”
- German: “Istrien”
- German: “Mark Istrien”
- German: “Markgrafschaft Istrien”
- Greek: “Ίστρια”
- Hebrew: “איסטריה”
- Hindi: “इस्ट्रिया”
- Hungarian: “Isztriai-félsziget”
- Icelandic: “Istría”
- Indonesian: “Istria”
- Irish: “Istria”
- Italian: “Istria”
- Japanese: “イストリア半島”
- Kazakh: “Истрия”
- Kirghiz: “Истрия”
- Korean: “이스트라반도”
- Latin: “Histria”
- Latvian: “Istras pussala”
- Latvian: “Istrija”
- Lithuanian: “Istrija”
- Lombard: “Istria”
- Luxembourgish: “Istrien”
- Macedonian: “Истра”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Istria”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Istria”
- Norwegian: “Istria”
- Ossetian: “Истри”
- Persian: “ایستریا”
- Polish: “Istria”
- Portuguese: “Ístria”
- Romanian: “Peninsula Istria”
- Russian: “Истрия”
- Sardinian: “Ìstria”
- Serbian: “Истра”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Istra”
- Silesian: “Istryjo”
- Slovak: “Istria”
- Slovenian: “Istra”
- Spanish: “Istria”
- Swedish: “Istria (halvö)”
- Swedish: “Istrien”
- Thai: “อิสเตรีย”
- Turkish: “İstirya”
- Ukrainian: “Істрія”
- Urdu: “ایستریا”
- Venetian: “Istria”
- Vietnamese: “Istria”
- Welsh: “Istria”
- Wu Chinese: “伊斯特拉半岛”
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