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Porec is a tourist centre famous for its beautiful
natural landscape, long tradition in tourism
and several well-equipped tourist resorts: Plava and Zelena
Laguna (Blue and Green Lagoon), Brulo, Pical, Spadici.
In 1844 the steamers society, the Austrian
Lloyd from Trieste, opened a tourist line which
included Porec, and already in 1845 the first
tourist guide of Porec was printed. 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. A small airport for aerial sports, Crljenka,
is located in nearby Vrsar. Parentium Marina
has 200 berths in the sea and 50 places on
the land.
Porec,
a town, port and tourist resort on the western
coast of Istria. 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.
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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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