Article: Time for an Istria lesson; Stylish Opatija on the glorious Istria penisula.

Article: Croatia's little Italian job... Istria, handed over by ...
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  January 9, 2005 ;     700+ words ... ... Zagreb. For 500 years, Istria was the summer playground ... coastal towns such as Rovinj and Porec are miniature ... the cultural wealth of Istria becomes apparent ... 2004 and, finally, in Rovinj in Istria two months ago. It now ...

Article: Rovinj
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      329 words ...Rovinj , Ital. Rovigno d'Istria, town (1991 pop. 12,910), in Croatia, on the Istrian coast ... Sea. It is a seaport with shipbuilding and fishing industries. Rovinj belonged to Venice from 1283 until 1797, when it passed to Austria ...

Article: A Croatian revelation; After years as 'a total ignoramus' Hunter ...
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  June 14, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Croatia. It's just outside the town of Rovinj, said to be the most beautiful in the rural region of Istria. On the map, it's up in the top left ... minute walk along the harbour wall to Rovinj. How can I never have heard of this architectural ...

Article: I didn't know that Croatia had a coast. What a fool! He was stuck ...
The Mail on Sunday (London, England);  June 14, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Croatia. It's just outside the town of Rovinj, said to be the most beautiful in the rural region of Istria. On the map, it's up in the top left ... minute walk along the harbour wall to Rovinj. How can I never have heard of this architectural ...

Article: Steeped in Istria; MAGNET FOR STARS.(Features)
The People (London, England);  November 19, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... Taylor and Richard Burton on Istria's Brijuni islands. This magical ... ride to the coastal town of Rovinj, which survived the Black Death ... mention the war. The RAF gave Istria a good old pounding as we bombed ... CAPTION(S): ISLE-DYLLIC: Rovinj' ROMAN RELIC: Pula's coliseum ...

Article: Bordering on the sublime in luscious Istria.(Features)
The Daily Mail (London, England);  October 10, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... vineyards and olive groves of Istria, we nudged the outskirts ... The seaside resort of Rovinj could actually masquerade ... in beautiful, glorious Istria ended all too soon. TRAVEL ... The seaside resort of Rovinj could masquerade as Venice

Article: LOW-COST CROATIA ; David Ryan discovers an affordable way to see ...
Belfast Telegraph;  January 17, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Britons are rediscovering Istria's sharp blue waters and craggy ... for 30 minutes and you come to Rovinj, a picturesque port with hilltop ... invaders. Driving inland through Istria in the summer is surprisingly ... indeed that when it does rain in Istria, it must do so with gusto ...