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 [...]
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
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, [...]
Thursday, April 17, 2008
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 [...]
Thursday, April 10, 2008
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 [...]
Friday, April 4, 2008
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 [...]
Thursday, April 3, 2008
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 [...]
Monday, February 11, 2008
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 [...]
Saturday, January 19, 2008
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 [...]
Thursday, January 17, 2008
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 [...]
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
We have added 9 new photographs (Porec) on the Valamar channel on flickr. Popularity: 33% [?]
Monday, December 17, 2007
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 [...]
Friday, December 14, 2007
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 [...]
Friday, December 7, 2007
New pics of Porec on the Valamar channel on flickr. Popularity: 33% [?]
Wednesday, October 31, 2007
(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 [...]
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
We have added 9 new photographs (Porec) on the Valamar channel on flickr. Popularity: 31% [?]
Monday, October 22, 2007
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 [...]
Wednesday, September 12, 2007
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 [...]
Monday, September 10, 2007
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, September 7, 2007
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 [...]
Marketing Communication Manager at Riviera Poreč d.d.. Poreč is Nives’s birthplace, and she has longtime experience in tourism. She has been working at Riviera since 1996, and she writes about events and curiosities of her home town on Valamar blog…
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