petak, 23. studenoga 2007.

Istria


Istria
Istria is largest peninsula in Croatia, located on the very west part of Croatia. It looks like a triangle (see map on the left) and is very popular destination for tourist and travellers due to it's close vicinity to Italy, Slovenia and Austria, as well as it's large coastline, full of small and larger bays with hundred of places and villages offering tourist services.

Interior of Istria peninsula is also very attractive, with numerous small towns built on top of the hills around Istria. Istria became part of Croatia (ex - Yugoslavia) after the Second World War as previously it belonged to Italy, so culturally, Istria is very much influenced by Italian culture.Lot of various companies do holidays to Istria. Istria was called " Terra Magica" in Roman times. Istria is much more westernised than the rest of Croatia due to it's rich and versatile history.

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