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Porec is located on the west-coast of Istria, a half island on the west side of Croatia, with Venice on the other side. Porec has a so-called mediterian climate. A beautiful city, tourist attraction, with several tourist places aside the Mediterian Sea. It’s a city with a lot of natural beauties like gorgeous parks, plants and flowers. Pine and oak trees grow along the coast dominated by half-islands and bays. On one side there is inland, and on the other you find the ocean with small islands. Along the prettiest islands, you find St. Nikola. A pure and clean ocean dominates Porec’s badingseason from May to October. The city is a comfortable place as a home and a vacation place. An old historic once said “Here the Partisans live the life of the Gods”.

Porec is known as one of the favorite places on Istria, with its unique offers of hotels and tourist attractions; you can have an active day while having a relaxing day on a beach. You can also enjoy a whole bunch of activities like scuba diving, surfing, water skiing or just take a ride with a jet-ski. Its green areas of tons of flowers wish you welcome to the city.

Porec, along with Istria, is mainly known as the most popular tourist place in entire Croatia. If you spend your holiday in Porec, you experience city along with the facility, tourism, agreeable sun and hot ocean. In the 70’sin previous century, Porec was the center of Croatian tourism. A lot historical monuments in the center of the city indicate that Porec has monuments like: basilica Eufrazijeva, a church from the 6th century during Neptune’s age, Roman cottages etc.

Eufrazijeva Basilica is one of the older and most handsome monuments in Porec and Istria and it is under UNESCOs care. The roof of basilica is tart up along with a lot of mosaic, along with another church, St. Vitale in Staggering, are mainly known as the most famous mosaic examples in Europe. The floor mosaic demonstrates all stages of the construction, rehabilitation, reconstitute, and the Christianity in Porec.
Porec offers around 70 different sports arrangements both on land and in lakes with tennis courts located at the seaside. Night clubs disco clubs attract more tourists than anywhere else in the world. Along with the beaches, you find endless,” high quality”, camping places and hotel apartments. A good selection of culture arrangements are held in Porec every year, like: classic music concerts, jazz, folklore dance and a whole lot other entertainment shows.

Porec’s history

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Porec, Parenzo, lat. - Parentium. The 2000 year old history of Europe has all gone through Porec: The Romans, Aquileia, Huner, Varvarer, Bizant, Slave, Subspecies; Ostrogoter, Langobardere, French, Venice, Napoleon, Italy, and Yugoslavia – today Croatia. This city /half island were built in the prehistoric era. So what it is today it became under the Roman for over 2000 years ago which conquered the remaining Histrians. First it was an army camp, and then a fortress with high walls, which in the future became the capital and center called Colonia Julia Parentium. Till today Porec had kept this aspect, with two main streets, like it was 200 years ago, called Decumanus and Cardo Maximus. There is also a large market next to the streets which still kept Marts and Neptune grave.

The most famous culture monument Bizant left was Eufrazijeva Bazilik, 600 years old. From 1267 and 500 years further on, Porec was under Venice’s control. After the Venetian era, dashing castles and architecture were left. In 1363 the place becomes a city later and in 15th century tall walls were built along the coast as it is today.
In 1815, with Wien’s peace negotiations and after Napoleon, Porec was under Austria. From 1861 Porec the capitol city of Istria until end of today World's war. In the end of the 19th century and at the beginning of the 20th century Porec get more and more built and developed. The castle of the city, theater, high school, gym halls, two pools, old folks home, the first hotels…After the II world war, the tourism explodes and Porec becomes the biggest tourist location on the coast.

Porec by nightThe whole city is like a monument. In 553 A.C., a cathedral, Uznesenja Marijinog and Eufrazijeva basilica – Eufrazijana was built. The light mosaic in the entire church is one of best preserved arts from the Bizantic era. It displays Jesus with his apostles, angles, Virgin Mary along with baby Jesus on her lap, bishops from that time, especially Mauro, who was the first bishop and protector of entire Porec. The whole cathedra is carried by 2 rows of columns. Eufrazijana does also consist of an atrium, baptize place, and mosaic rests from the 3rd, 4th and 5th century which also belongs to a bishop castle close by which also comes from the era called Eufrazijana.

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Last Updated ( Wednesday, 16 April 2008 )
 

How to get to Cervar

A new road has been built through Istria, from Pula to the Slovenian border, and the other road leads to the tunel Ucka and then to Rijeka.

Olive oil

The olive oil in Istria has great quality and has been famous ever since the Roman empire. Istria is one of the few places so high up north where olives are to be found.

Cervar Marine

The marine has 259 places for boats, all from 3 to 25 meters, and the maks depth is 5 meters. All places can use electrisity and water at all times.

 

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