So, last weekend saw us returning to Rovinj to watch the World Cup Final. We’ve stayed in Rovinj a few times since we arrived in Istria and although The Adriatic Hotel is our favourite place to stay, we just can’t justify the prices in high season. But, it gives us an opportunity to explore and […]
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Travels with our Guests
Spring has arrived and that means – hurrah! – our first visitors have arrived. We welcomed two very old (as in long-standing!) friends last week. We’ve had many experiences with them – they were our neighbours in West Didsbury, we went to their wedding in Greece and have shared many parties and late, late nights […]
Scary Monsters…
Istria is known as Terra Magica. And it certainly is a land of magic, and traditions. As people whose lives are very much reliant on modern technology and the internet, it’s fascinating for us to see at such close quarters, old ways of life, still very much in evidence. Where we live, we are surrounded […]
Hotel Adriatic, Rovinj
Since our first visit to Rovinj, I have wanted to stay in the beautiful Hotel Adriatic, a luxurious boutique hotel, located on the main square and overlooking the picturesque harbour. The official website describes it as being: Transformed from a place to sleep into a place for dreamers, Hotel Adriatic is an intimate space bringing […]
Apartment Amaryllis
Our first night in Rovinj was not as we’d expected. We’d booked two nights in Casa Cerin and clearly hadn’t done our usual amount of research, as we left the next morning. You can see my review on Booking.com, so the least said about it here, the better. Having discovered the beautiful historic centre of […]