Poreč, in Croatia, is a 2000-year-old port town and tourist resort on the western coast of the Istria Peninsula.
The landscape in the region is largely a low limestone plain between the Mirna Valley in the north and the Limski Kanal Ford to the south. The climate is mild and rainfall occurs throughout the year. August, the warmest month at 24°C is the best time to visit Poreč.
The first tourist guide of the city was printed in 1845. By the late nineteenth century, Archduchess Stephania, Archdukes Karlo Stephan and Karl Ludwig, the Duke of Parma and even the Chinese ambassador Li Fong Pao had visited the city. The first hotel, the Alla citta di Trieste, was built around this time.
The population of approximately 12,000 are engaged mainly in viniculture, olive and fruit farming, fishing and tourism.
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