Since 1900, when the regulation about the price lists for dishes, drinks and rooms
was passed, Porec has been investing much in tourism, and in the 1970s it became
one of the most prestigious Croatian tourist resorts.
Being a tourist resort with
the largest number of hotels, apartments, campsites, rooms, Porec has a diverse
tourist offer. There are numerous tennis courts, gyms, sports grounds, together
with horseback riding, water-skiing, bungee jumping, yachting and diving opportunities.
Many cultural events are organized throughout the year: classical music concerts
(from May to September) in St. Euphrasius' Basilica, jazz evenings in the Museum
of Porec (stone collection department) or picturesque folk feasts in nearby Tar
and Funtana. A tourist train runs regularly through Porec. There is also a marina.
A small airport for aerial sports, Crljenka, is located in nearby Vrsar.
Brulo - Porec. Brulo is a hotel resort in a pine forest, situated
above a rocky beach, with several terraces, maintained paths and swimming pools.
Plava Laguna - Porec. Tourist resort Plava Laguna spreads
over two peninsulas. It is one of the first hotel resorts in Istria, located
in a well-maintained evergreen forest near the rocky, flat coast with maintained
beaches.
Zelena Laguna - Porec. Tourist resort Zelena Laguna lies along
a forested and well-indented coast, with a flat and maintained beach. The resort
disposes of around 20 tennis courts, basketball grounds, football fields and
miniature golf -courses. The recreational offer includes also jogging trails,
a gym, horseback riding and other opportunities. Apart from hotel and apartment
ca-pa-ci-ties, accommodation can be found in the campsite. There is also a small
marina with 100 berths.
Parentium Marina has 200 berths in the sea and 50 places on the land.
The islet of St. Nicholas - Porec. The islet can be reached
by boat which starts regularly from the town promenade. The rocky coast has
many maintained beaches, and there are several tennis courts.
Pical - Porec. Pical lies a few-minute walk from the old part
of the town, in a rich forest above a beautiful beach. There are 12 tennis courts,
one indoor and one outdoor swimming pool, and several congress halls.
spadici-Materada - Porec. The location includes one of the
first nudist campsites on the Adria - Ulika, situated near a long, beautiful,
rocky but well-maintained beach and ringed by large olive-groves. A path along
the coast of the Cove of St. Martin leads to the hotels Materada, Turist and
Luna with their annexes. Preserved nature and crystal clear sea.
POREC, a town, port and tourist resort on the western coast
of Istria; population 7,585. The peninsula represents the natural border of
the town in which remains of the Roman architecture can be found even today:
cardo - decumanus. Landscape is formed of predominantly low and tame limestone
plain situated between the Mirna valley in the north and the Limski Kanal Fjord
in the south.
The climate is extremely mild, free of oppressive summer heat;
an average air temperature in August, the warmest month, reaches 24 °C and
in January 4.5 °C. The average annual rainfall of 920 mm is equally distributed
all over the year, supporting luxuriant vegetation; forests of pines and stone
pine reach the sea in places. Chief occupations include farming, viniculture,
olive growing, fruit growing, fishing and tourism.
The old part of the town
is situated on a small peninsula separated from the mainland by an artificial
canal, and protected from the maritime influences by the island of St. Nicholas,
distinguished by its rocky and sand beaches. The bathing beach and a large campsite
are located in a nice cove south of the town, ringed by a pine forest. The tourist
resorts of Plava laguna (Blue Lagoon) and Zelena laguna (Green Lagoon) lie farther
in the south.
The tourist resort Pical is located north of the town. Situated
at the intersection of the main road (M2, E751) connecting Porec with Pazin
and Pula, and of the regional road running along the western coast of Istria.
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