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| The countryside of Istria is an area where cherished fields and vineyards, villages and hills, streams and rivers in the valleys, hidden oases of the numerous, really numerous, monuments of inheritance as a symbol of several thousand years of civilized life in this region, graciously replaces and complement each other. In these nice provinces there are so many varieties that one should need years and years to familiarize oneself with at least a part of them. |
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If you choose accommodation in the provinces you have a chance to familiarize yourself with rituals and magic charms of stay in a village of Istria under the red roofs of old houses made of stone, to familiarize yourself with having meal next to the hearth, with land secrets and secrets of creating its gifts, to be friendly with the local people and to be involved in their everyday and holiday mood life. |
Besides spending time with food and wine, as well as with 
owners of the households in their everyday activities,
you can spend time in many other interesting ways.
Lovers of the cultural inheritance will come across the ancient rural vacation medieval small churches, built in a specific way: with added porch in front of the entrance door and with stony bell support on the front (instead a belfry that the village couldn’t have indulge itself). Interior is very often covered with valuable frescos, Biblical scenes and scenes of legends of the saints. The provinces of Istria, which was a border area between Venice and Austrian empires in the past, is also full of remains of old medieval fortresses and castles that are today mainly abandoned and ruined. Local people know interesting legends about them, the legends on buried treasure or ghosts of the former owners. |
| The lovers of protected nature will find here landscape that is protected from industrialization and pollution. Pleasant walk or recreation running, bike riding, riding on the horses or practicing some other extreme sports such as free climbing, paragliding, potholing and the like, will discover for you hidden beauties of miniature Istria stream canyons and waterfalls, steep hills and deep valleys, beautiful views and places created for meditative getting back the internal peace. |
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