Archive | Porec
1. Enjoy the sounds of jazz, performed by top musicians from all over the world in an inspirational environment of Lapidarij in Porec.
2. Go inside the Baredine Cave near Porec, and experience the unusual world of subterranean animal species, and cool out hot summer days on pleasant 14 Cº.
3. Visit one of indigenous Istrian taverns [...]
On 18th June, in the Porec Lapidarij of the County Museum of the Porec Area, the 13th Jazz Festival opened with the performance by Marko Tolja & Oljajazz Banda (quartet). Ten jazz music concerts of different directions and stylistic characteristics will be held every Wednesday from June till August.
In the eleven years since its foundation, [...]
Spring has arrived, and cyclists are slowly beginning to remove the cobwebs from their pedals. Here are three Porec trails that will definitely be of interest to those who love taking a ride on two wheels (via bike-istra).
St. Mauro Trail (length 41 km). The start and finish point is Porec (Hospital). The height difference is [...]
One small, but interesting tit-bit of news, is about a new boat line that will regularly connect Porec and Trieste. Specifically, on the 24th of March the Italian boat company Ustica opened a line that will connect Trieste to Istria by sea for the first time in two years. The sailing timetable can be found [...]
Yesterday we announced a series of events that will be held in Porec during May. The first one starts today. ‘BOOKtiga’ is the first international festival of book reading and will be held in Porec throughout the weekend of 4th to 6th May.
The aim of this unique event is to present a new and interesting [...]
BOOKtiga
04.04. - 06.04.
Porec, Trg Marafor (Square)
Second hand book fair
Pro Future
04.04. - 23.04.
Porec, Istarska sabornica (Istrian Parliament Building)
Group exhibition of amateurs
Porec - City of Flowers
18.04. - 20.04.
Porec, Trg slobode (Square)
1st Flower show of the City of Porec
Race of Champions
18.04. - 20.04.
Porec
Best rally drivers race
Motorshow Porec 2008
18.04. - 20.04.
Porec, Glavno gradsko parkiralište (Town’s main parking area)
1st automobile [...]
The 25th art colony of Riviera Porec will take place on Wednesday, February 13, at 6 pm.
The academic painters from Italy and Croatia have joined this year’s colony. They are: academic Ivan Kozaric, Giuseppe Nicoletti, Duje Juric, Nelio Sonego and Danino Bozic.
We invite you to join us on Wednesday in Zuccato palace of Pucko otvoreno [...]
For the next month we have chosen three special offers:
1. Valentine`s Day in Porec - This package includes: overnight in double rooms, daily rich buffet breakfast and dinner, early check in (10 am), late check out, 1 x breakfast served in your room, the amorous ball - romantic dinner in the lobby bar with candlelight [...]
A short time timeline of a long and turbulent history of the city of Porec
2nd. century BC - Roman castrum was built in a small peninsula (400 m long, 200 m wide), on which the historic centre is still situated.
1st. century - Emperor Augustus’s Empire; castrum is officially proclaimed the city and it is included [...]
We have added 9 new photographs (Porec) on the Valamar channel on flickr.
Popularity: 33% [?]
We would often, especially in summer, mention the Native Museum of Porec on our blog and announce the activities that would take place in its organization. The Native Museum of Porec it the oldest museum in Istria, and it was established in 1884. The main task of the museum is collection and research of civilisation [...]
We remind you in this post of holiday offers of Valamar Diamant Hotel in Porec which are at this moment, literally, “last minute“. There are very few vacancies and there is little time, so if you wish to spend Christmas and New Year’s in Valamar Diamant Hotel, you should definitely hurry up with booking.
- Christmas [...]
New pics of Porec on the Valamar channel on flickr.
Popularity: 33% [?]
(1) Did you know that the cave Baredine is a protected geomorphologic nature reserve and that it is situated in the vicinity of the town of Nova Vas, near Porec? The cave is 132 meters deep and on its bottom are underground lakes which can sometimes be up to 30 meters deep. As regards [...]
We have added 9 new photographs (Porec) on the Valamar channel on flickr.
Popularity: 31% [?]
The inhabitants of Porec, respectively the whole region around the town of Porec, the so-called Poreština, have through the entire history, until the beginnings of tourism development, lived solely from farming and fishery. Today, the situation is completely different, and tourism is the main activity. And this is how it all actually started:
When Lloyd’s (Austrian [...]
Marafor
The biggest Roman place of worship on our coast found its place in Porec. To be more accurate, it is the temple of Mars and Neptune whose remains can be seen on Marafor square. This is the place very near the old town core of Porec located practically on the very end of the peninsula.
The [...]
Porec: “Adrijatik – crossroads of cultures”
The Istrian Parliament Building (Istarska sabornica) in Porec will on the September 14th, at 8 p.m. , in organization of the Open University, host the opening of the exhibition ‘Adrijatik – crossroads of cultures’. The exhibition is organised as part of the international manifestation ‘Rassegna di pittura Marina di Ravenna’. [...]
Friday is the time for announcing new, special offers of Valamar, so let us waste no time:
First offer refers to Valamar Club Tamaris **** in Porec, it includes stay in single or double bedroom, full-board (breakfast, lunch and dinner). The offer is valid for the period from September 18th until September 25th 2007. Prices start [...]
Monday, June 30, 2008