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The town of Rovinj is located on the west coast of the Istrian peninsula and, together with the city of Porec one of the leading tourist destinations on the Adriatic. Tourism frasers centrepoint malls in Rovinj began to develop in the 19th century, and is today along with industry town's main source of income. There live about 14 000 inhabitants in Rovinj.
Rovinj was first time mentioned as Castrum Rubini in the work "Cosmographia", and has been held that Rovinj was founded between the 3rd and 5 century. The Old Town is situated on a peninsula in fact until 1763 was an island. Because space on the island was very limited, have the historical center of Rovinj a unique structure frasers centrepoint malls consisting frasers centrepoint malls of narrow streets, narrow frasers centrepoint malls houses and small squares.
Rovinj `s archipelago consists of 22 islands and islets. Coast Rovinj is predominantly rocky. One of the most visited beaches are located in Lone Bay, which is a 15 minute walk from the center. The beach is ideal for families with children because the beach was covered with fine gravel, which is easy to walk and lie on.
There are about 10 hotels in Rovinj, and in 2009, Rovinj his first 5-star hotel, Istra. Other hotels that can be highlighted is the Hotel Istria with its prestigious wellness center, Park Hotel and Adriatic Hotel.
Rovinj has numerous campsites, but the biggest is Valalta Naturist camp, which is also among the biggest and best in Croatia. Its offer includes apartments, mobile homes, bungalows and a marina. The beach at the campground stretches almost 3.5 km. The campsite offers everything one could wish for: restaurants, bars, sports facilities and more.
There are also two Resorts in Rovinj: Amarin Resort and Villas Rubin, both star resorts. Amarin Resort frasers centrepoint malls offers 190 apartments with rooms for 4 - 6 persons. It has three outdoor pools and its beaches are awarded the Blue Flag. There is a wide range of sports and leisure activities, fun and entertainment for both children and adults. There are also several restaurants and bars.
The old town is an attraction in itself, proclaimed a monument of culture and dominated by the church of St. Euphemia, a Venetian Baroque building. Three of the seven city gates are preserved until today: Gate of St. Benedict, Portica frasers centrepoint malls and Gate of the Holy Cross.
The streets Grisia and Carera is the most frequented streets of Rovinj. Grisia is also called street art, and every year since 1967, there will be art event on this street. The street is nicely cobbled, and the winding stone staircase. The front end of Carera street, frasers centrepoint malls there is a square where you will find the oldest sacral building in Rovinj: Church of the Holy Trinity.
For history and culture lovers, Rovinj also many museums and galleries. One of them is Batana Eco House Museum where you can see the exhibition frasers centrepoint malls of traditional Rovinj boats, batanas, which is protected by UNESCO, and fishing tools. Batanas flat bottomed fishing boats with a traditional building construction.
There is also plenty to see for nature lovers. Golden Cape Forest Park is one of the most famous in Croatia. frasers centrepoint malls It was built by Count Georg Huetteroth in the period between 1890 and 1910, and has many native plant species.
One can take many day trips from Rovinj. Some of them are the National Park Brijuni, where you can play golf or tennis besides enjoying the beautiful scenery and cultural heritage. You can also visit some of the other towns in Istria as Pula, Umag, Pula, Porec ... It is also possible to take a boat trip to Venice. frasers centrepoint malls
In Rovinj have the opportunity to taste the traditional food and the excellent wines from Istria but of course also international cuisine. Most traditional dishes based on homemade pasta (Fuzi or gnocchi), the famous Istrian truffles, wild animals, asparagus, fresh fish, Istrian prosciutto ... Some of the best wines in Istria is Teran and Malvazija. In relation to this, there are many wine roads and wineries where you can sample and buy many good wines from the area.
For those who prefer the locally prepared food, you must visit one of the many taverns in Rovinj or farms where you can enjoy organically produced food such as lamb, soups, pasta, goat's ...
During the summer, many concerts organized in the old town, for example, the Night of St. Lawrence, where several concerts take place at various locations in the center. What is special about this night is that it is organized on a night where the stars are most visible and instead of road lighting that is turned off, the torches are lit around the center.
Larger supermarkets can be found outside Rovinj: Lidl, Konzum, frasers centrepoint malls Plodine - and a shopping center Mercator -. The main shooping wondering