Why visit
Why visit Rovinj Old Town
Rovinj is the photograph everyone brings home from Istria — pastel houses stacked shoulder-to-shoulder on a former island, narrow lanes climbing to the baroque church of St. Euphemia.
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Estimated visit
Half a day
Best season
Late spring or September — golden light, few crowds
Where
Rovinj, Croatia
Category
Old Town
History
Rovinj is the photograph everyone brings home from Istria — pastel houses stacked shoulder-to-shoulder on a former island, narrow lanes climbing to the baroque church of St. Euphemia. Its 60-metre campanile deliberately mirrors St. Mark's in Venice, a reminder of the four centuries this town spent under Venetian rule. Get lost in Grisia street's open-air gallery, eat fresh-caught fish on a terrace built into the sea wall, then take the little ferry to Sveta Katarina island for the classic postcard view back.
“Rovinj was actually an island until 1763, when the shallow channel separating it from the mainland was filled in with earth.”
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