AS SOON as I saw the large, freestanding hammock gently rocking in front of my safari tent, I knew I had come to the right place. Istria, a heart-shaped peninsula on Croatia’s west coast, is full of ...

A beach strewn with rubbish in a hidden cove at Štinjan near Pula has been transformed into an idyllic seaside attraction thanks to the tireless work of a local bar owner and his wife. In 2016, Mario ...

The Istrian Peninsula, jutting out into the northern Adriatic Sea, offers some of the best of coastal Croati and nearby Italy, but with fewer crowds. It's an inviting mix of Roman history, ...

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The Istrian Peninsula, jutting out into the northern Adriatic Sea, offers some of the best of coastal Croatia and nearby Italy, but with fewer crowds. It’s an inviting mix of Roman history, ...

What began with one villa, three friends and a property owner in need of advice has developed into a business of 700-plus luxury lodgings and more than 40,000 guests a year. But some things never ...

The smell of truffles lingered in the air as I wandered up the steep cobbled streets toward the ramparts that lined the edges of Motovun, a fortified medieval hill town on the Istria peninsula in ...