Old Town Rovinj

Rovinj was a town with a much better vibe in the off season. The old town was built on an tall hill in Roman times that was an island but was filled in in the 1700's to make it a peninsula. The guide books say that it has lots of charm and they are ...

... and on to more immediate and earthly matters. Day one was spent walking up and down the main boulevard that led into old town. An ornate arch and the beginning of an incline separated the two parts. This road contained the restaurants, ice cream ...

... into the Harbor at Rovinj. We moored stern to at the mouth of the northern marina and took the short walk around the harbor to the old town out on an oval peninsula with a church on top. We found a place to eat dinner and then returned to the yacht for ...

... after dinner to do the self-guided walking tour in a Rick Steve’s book, appropriately titled the "Rovinj Ramble."  It started with the old town view we could see from the path.  Next, we walked to commie mommy’s favorite ...

... cityscape is dominated by the cathedral of St.Euphemia which hovers over the rest of the nearly island-like peninsula of the old town. The bell-tower within the cathedral offered great views of the city and the Adriatic. It also offered perhaps the ...

... hotel, collected our bags and car and made the 35 kilometer drive to Rovinj.  Driving up to the town of Rovinj, it's obvious that it is a small/old town.  No cars are allowed into the old town center so we parked and walked the rest of the ...

... the better of us and so we decided to head into town for our first ice cream of the day. By the time we got into the old town we were stinking hot and ready for another swim - but instead we gritted our teeth and walked up to the top of the hill to look ...

... way in Zadar. Zadar is yet another cool coastal town with a walled old town area. We stayed long enough to have a look around the old town and a wander down the waterfront in the sun and listen to its sea organ, the only one in the world humming away a ...

... had to speak slower for her to understand what we were saying.  After organising ourselves, we headed for the 7 minute walk into the old town (Rovinj is made up of the new town and old town built on an a hill overlooking the ocean). I was in awe as ...

... little town, very Venetian with tall old houses just rising out of the sea, and a tall campanile soaring above it all.  The old town is on what was an island so very compact, but the "modern" town (not what I would call modern but all things are ...