Dignitaries gathered at Pula’s waterfront railway station for the ceremonial departure of a brand new, Croatian-made train bound for Kanfanar. The event signalled more than just a journey of 37km, but ...

The coast of Istria can rightly claim to be the earliest Croatian destination of the modern tourist era, its beautiful towns beaches made accessible to the elites of Europe via the country's first ...

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The Istrian peninsula dangles like a heart-shaped pendant from the northern end of Croatia's Adriatic coastline. Small (you can drive from one end to another in just over an hour) and self-contained, ...

Istria isn’t the sort of place that likes to interrupt. Stand on the shore anywhere between Fažana and Umag, as the sea laps the shingle and families chatter quietly, and you’ll understand: a ...

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That's because, as Bill Bryson might say, it's neither here nor there. When you look at a map of Croatia, the nation's outline bears an uncanny resemblance to a flying creature, with Istria its bowed ...