Yes, definitely! Rest in Istria stands. We traveled Istria around the coast and understood a lot. But you need to clearly understand where you are going. Peninsula Istria is clearly divided by half the mountain varnish. Between them, the tunnel, which helps very quickly, in less than 2 hours, cross it "in width" from the west to the east. These two parts are different: climate, by service and, in the end, when impressions.
West Coast - Italians, warm and small sea, many people and high prices
The western part of Istria was for a long time in Italy, the population spoke on Friulian dialect, the Italians "ran away" from her after World War II. She is now in Italy, Italian in it is quite officially officially - the second state language and studying it at school. And the inscriptions are duplicated in 2 languages everywhere. It is in this part that are more or less large cities. This pool, Rovinj, Umag, Spark. From all these ports, regular flights are departed to Venice, but not everywhere daily. However, although the meal is already as part of the EU, but not as part of Shengen, the question with a visa must be clarified in advance - changes are possible there. The bullet has a large international airport.
The northernmost part of the west coast is Slovenia: Hoper. The coast north is the Bay of Trieste, he is petty, the sea is warm. Beaches, as well as everywhere on Istria, mostly concrete, if you are lucky - stones. There is almost everywhere to enter the sea, but in some places, because of the soil in water, a lot of dirt and go to it in general. This red loam over the entire Western coast, and the region itself is an agricultural. But the majority of tourists and the western Istria are more expensive than Eastern.
What is convenient to look in the western part of Istria.
The historical artifacts on this side of Istria are also more, it is mainly the construction of the times of the Roman Empire and then Byzantium. For example, the Amphitheater in the pool remains from the Romans, and from the Byzantium of the Basilica in Porec. All of these artifacts can be viewed within a single sightseeing tour of the coast.
The famous Brunian Islands (Brijuni), with the residence of Marshal Tito, is also closer to the bullet. This is a national park and a slightly today Zahiress the former Austrian Kurrort, built by the magnate of Jewish origin by the coperveyor in the 19th century. This is the perfect place for diving lovers, but the rest will be boring there.
The most interesting place in the landscapes in the western part of Istria, again from my point of view, this is a Limsky Fjord or Limsky Canal - it is very unusual. But he created not a glacier and not a man. It is just washed in rock river. The channel is narrow (width even at the mouth of only 600 m, and at the end no more than hundreds of meters) and a long (10 km), among the mountains, the congress is literally in two or three places, not counting the mouth. It is divorced by Dorada, sea perch, oysters and mussels. Mussels resemble Chernomorsky and very high-quality, oysters in the summer there is no season, sea bass like lovers of lean fish (look like pike and pike perch), and the dorada is closer to taste to the links, but tastier. On the shore there is a couple of restaurants. It should be noted that besides the above mentioned in Istria, a huge number of squid is caught. But the remaining fish there is bridged and her a little. There was a lot of "Lim" the Romans denoted the border. There was the border of two Roman provinces. Regarding not far there is a karst cave dough. Canal and cave can also be seen in one day.
Limsky Fjord
The only place where there are good beaches - the southernmost point of the peninsula called Medulin. But personally, I dare the dimmion most. The fact is that there is an open champion of Croatia in tennis. You can live in a nearby town, say to the new hail. And the machine to come to swim straight near the courts (there is a descent into water) or on the other from the courts side. But on the courts there are all: restaurants, shops, inexpensive parking. In general, where tennis is there and the service. Tickets are sold only since the quarterphs and are inexpensive.
Umag, Croatia Open, a quarterfinal with Montfy.
Excursions from the western part of Istria: A trip to Venice, Limsky Fjord, in the footsteps of the Romans and Byzantines (Pula, Rijeka, Porec), Briona (Brownian Islands) Croatia Open.
East Coast - Clean sea, cool descents, low prices and German tourists
In the East, the only truly large city is Rijeka. Rijeki is the ferries of the island on the Cres, Losin, Krk. The nearest aircraft is also on the CCR, but it's easier to fly to the pool. From the pool there is a railway branch on ridk. The sea is always colder there for several degrees, the water is clean and transparent. Buildings are located terraces and to the beach must always be descended. Sometimes it is simply a few staurenes with the embankment as in the Opatiya itself, sometimes it is incredible in the steepness descent of about 4 km as in Brossch.
And immediately Riekaya begins Riviera Opatiya - with the center of Opatia and the chain of small resort villages off the coast, Opatiya leads further, to the lighting towns: in Ichichi and ends on the town of Ltle. Rivieva itself is perfectly equipped, there is even an opera house. It was built by the Austrians in the 19th century and in culturally, this honor of Croatia is to Austria. Towns for the most Opatias are small, the pagies are a bit.
Wild Beach for Lovera
Then begin very pleasant places: For example, the Moshchinchka Draga is quite comfortable for tourists. This is also a crisp of the Austrian Kurrort and the last item from where tourists are collecting on tour of the peninsula and in Venice. On excursions in this side of Istria, it is convenient to ride the KRK, Plitvice Lakes and in the inland mountainous areas of Istria (drink wine, try cheeses). Excursions sell tourist excursion bureaus all over the coast and they also change money.
The continuation of the coast will be more "wild" towns Moshenic and Brzech.
Brush
Moshnitsa is located on the mountain, there is no sea and you need to go down the steep slope, better the car. This place adore the Germans and the Dutch. In general, the real connoisseurs are climbed higher in the mountains. It is still worth noting the Mian - there Camping.
If we decided to repeat the vacation with the car and without children, we would definitely choke Moshnica and a wild beach. If you go to the hotel and roll on the beach, then Medulin. And if the city hotel, beaches and excursions, I personally liked Porek.