Your goal... Day 6 & 7 - Evening sunshine in Moscenicka Draga 
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£625.00 (2012)
7 nights
7 B&B, 3 evening meals, 4 picnics
Luggage transfers between hotels
Medium
3½ - 5½ hours per day
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Istria (Croatia)
Hilltop towns of north-west Croatia
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A self-guided hike through little-known Istria (northern Croatia) starting in Motovun and working its way from hilltop town to hilltop town (Sovinjak, Hum, and Roc), before cresting Mount Ucka and reaching the Adriatic at the fishing port of Moscenicka Draga.

 

A journey to the Adriatic Sea
Istria lies in the very north of Croatia. A land of hills, meadows, vineyards and woods, of churches with medieval frescoes, and of the ancient Glagolitic script. You start in fashionable Motovun (of film festival fame), and wander through unspoilt hill country, staying at tiny pensions in three further hilltop villages, before turning south to a gentle assault of Mount Ucka.  Over the far side of the mountain, walk down to the sea to spend two nights at pretty Moscenicka Draga, where the fish is fresh, the beaches uncrowded and the water sparkling and warm. If flying via Pula, consider spending a night or more in a boutique hotel in Fazana, a small fishing town just 12 km away from the airport. Walked by On Foot staff: Simon & Mary

 

Notes:  No single rooms. Europe enabled mobile phone essential for taxi pickups. Standard option (as per "Itinerary"): 7 nights, though an extra day at the seaside might appeal. Shorter options: 6-night miss night 1 (Motovun); 5-night miss nights 1 & 7.


Highlights
  • Staying in fortified Motovun
  • Hum, the smallest town in the world
  • Four unspoilt hilltop villages of Istria
  • Frescoes and the Avenue of the Glagolitics
  • Over Mount Ucka to the Adriatic
  • Two nights by the sea in a pretty fishing village
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Vladimir Benas

Vladimir (Vlado) has worked in the tourist industry for the last 40 years both with groups and independent clients as well as special interest tours and activities. He and his family now run a travel agency in Moscenicka Draga.