Friday, October 24, 2014

Rovinj: Pearl of the Adriatic


When we booked our trip to Croatia, we had images of crystal blue coasts with colorful seaside shanty towns. It turns out, that "shanty town" feel was 20 minutes up the coast from Pula in Rovinj. 

 

It was so warm and beautiful, we spent two days in the town walking around the harbor seeing the surrounding islands, and even swimming in the Adriatic! Probably the best part was so many perfect photo spots!

 

 

One of our favorite things to do was take a 90 minute tour around the surrounding islands on a glass bottom boat. The nice thing was that since we were traveling in the offseason, every glass bottom boat tour guide was begging for people to take tour the local islands.  
 









We stopped at one and swam for an hour. The best part was swimming with so many fish. 


The jewel of Rovinj is the cathedral on the hill. Hiking up the hill was a beautiful thoroughfare of little streets mixed with Adriatic coast. 





 It was also a great place to just sit and take in the view, and get some drawing in as well:

Or...to photobomb your parents taking a selfie.

While we were there, Amadeus made a new friend..a seagull who had no fear whatsoever. 


Overall, Rovinj was one of our favorite places to visit in Europe.

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