smooth service and quality cocktails make this the best bar in Novigrad, hands down. The latest attraction is artisanal gin, Istria’s first handmade gin, if you please, a combination of ...

Halfway between Rovinj and Novigrad on Istria’s busy west coast, Poreč has long been given over to tourism, even before Croatia’s current boom. A classic Dalmatian destination in many ways ...

Think of Croatia and you’ll probably picture its ... Venture northwest towards the Italian border and you’ll find Istria, a heart-shaped peninsula once the jewel of the Venetian Empire.

Istria is not huge. A drive from Savudrija, Croatia’s northwesternmost village ... Double rooms from £273. Further north, ...