{"id":2042,"date":"2019-05-14T17:35:28","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T16:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samsonandsuzi.com\/?p=2042"},"modified":"2021-06-17T21:41:46","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T20:41:46","slug":"croatia-first-stop-rovinj","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samsonandsuzi.com\/?p=2042","title":{"rendered":"Croatia – First Stop Rovinj"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We left Trieste and headed over the border from Italy, drove 20kms through Slovenia, and into Croatia. At the border of Slovenia and Croatia, we were actually stopped and asked to show our passports! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Our stops will be Rovinj, Zadar, Split, Dubrovnik, Zagreb.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

The local town is called Rovinj (pronounced Rovine) and was once an island, fortified in the middle ages, and as the narrow channel separating it from the mainland filled with soil and sand, so it became a peninsular with the \u201cold town\u201d and the harbour and newer town behind it.  It was, and still is, a major fishing port, then a major ferry port, connecting people to Venice and other parts of Italy and Croatia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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St Euphemia Cathedral<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The town has been “owned” by lots of people, whose influence is still clearly visible, it started as part of the Byzantine Empire in 6th<\/sup> century, then part of the Frankish Empire, it became part of the Republic of Venice up to 1797, then Napoleonic then Austrian. According to the last Austrian census in 1911,  97.8% of the population were Italian speaking.  It was then Italian from 1918 to 1947, then Yugoslavia, until 1991 when Croatia declared independence and it became the 3rd<\/sup> largest town in Istria, the region in the north of the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The old town is dominated by the Cathedral of St Euphemia,\naccessed via cobbled narrow streets that wind to the top of the hill; the\ncathedral houses a sarcophagus holding the remains of Saint Euphemia, who died\nin 312AD, and who\u2019s coffin floated out to sea before being washed ashore here\nin Rovinj in 800AD. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    An olde passage<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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    Cathedral from the ferry<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    The harbour is popular as a place to sit and admire the\ncomings and goings of locals, boats and people staying on the neighbouring\nisland\u2019s hotels.  There are 2 islands\nwithin 15 minutes boat ride that have just hotels on them, access to the\nisland, hotel and it\u2019s beaches is open to everyone. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Our camp site is on the edge of the coast, our pitch is just set back off the front row, all the front pitches were taken when we arrived!  The site is large, certain bits are being modernised and is to a good standard, several pools, kids play areas, shops, supermarkets, sports hire, and several restaurants and bars.  In the restaurants on site and in the town, popular dishes are \u201cmeat or fish platters for 2\u201d – although I challenged David to eat one by himself, he did admit it was far too much and even though we shared it, and enjoyed it, it was too much for us!! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    The location is amazing, we have a walkway into Rovinj, 5kms away, along the coastline, through pine forests and night time brings amazing sunsets on the sea.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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        Can you spot Samson on the left??<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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          See how clean the water is…<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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          Rovinj harbour<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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          One of the streets leading to the cathedral<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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          Lunch in a local grill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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          Platter for piglets!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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          Rovinj in the sun.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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            St Euphemia’s cathedral<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li>
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            We left Trieste and headed over the border from Italy, drove 20kms through Slovenia, and into Croatia. At the border of Slovenia and Croatia, we were actually stopped and asked to show our passports! The local town is called Rovinj (pronounced Rovine) and was once an island, fortified in the middle ages, and as the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,127,5,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2042","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-churches","category-europe","category-general","category-history","post-preview"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samsonandsuzi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samsonandsuzi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samsonandsuzi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samsonandsuzi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samsonandsuzi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2042"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.samsonandsuzi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2132,"href":"https:\/\/www.samsonandsuzi.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2042\/revisions\/2132"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samsonandsuzi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2042"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samsonandsuzi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2042"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samsonandsuzi.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2042"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}