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Everything needed for a pleasant holiday is within reach. Hospitality is part of the local tradition…. ...

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This sculptor's promenade has been thematically organized by evoking the silvery blue fish pilchard. Its first works of art made by Fažana artists were put up in 2006-2008. The suggestive ...

SCHOOL OF SALTING PILCHARD Fazana Fishing academy "Pilchard" opens up its doors to land and sea! A specially interesting activity is its "School of salting pilchard". It is a chance to ...

Spring and autumn in Fažana and Valbandon revolve around sport, recreation and relaxation. The weather is perfect for relaxation, but also for active holidays, a pleasant stay in nature near ...

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Discovering a small town is truly a great challenge. It completely fits into the reflection of its harbor, lying between the two lighthouses. In the vicinity of classical Pula, with the ...

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Famed for its crystal-clear sea the Fažana Channel connects Fažana and Brijuni. Here on the terra firma the fishing tradition was mentioned as early as the Middle Ages and has remained a ...

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Tourist Board of Fažana Titova riva 2, 52212 Fažana Tel: +385 (0)52 383 727 Fax: +385(0)52 383 728 e-mail: info@infofazana.hr WORKING HOURS: • January – May and October – ...

Olive The olive, locally known as ulika (Latin name Olea europaea) has dark green to black fruit which is the main source of olive oil, a welcome guest on tables of the Empire, as it is ...

AN INVITATION FOR TYPICAL LOCAL FOOD AND DRINKS Istrian cuisine... it reflects a mixture of civilizations: covering the areas of the Mediterranean, Central Europe and the Balkans. ...

Fažana's waterfront, together with the wonderful folk costumes and traditional folk dances, will surely inspire you to learn the dance steps and round off your entire experience of Istrian ...

Return home from your holiday enriched with a truly unique experience and a memorable, meaningful souvenir of our tradition and special charm. Fažana souvenirs will surely inspire you to ...

"Batana" is a small boat with distinctive features, one of the symbols of Istrian and Dalmatian fishing. "Batana" is an old traditional boat, usually 4 – 5.5 meters long. Its main ...

P u l a Pula is about three thousand years old. It is a city with pre-ancient traces collected in the legend of the seafarers Argonauts who arrived here from the distant shores of the ...

Perhaps you are a fishing enthusiast or want to see what it is like to go fishing with fishermen from Fažana. The waters of Fažana are rich in white and oily fish and it is truly exciting to ...

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At the heart of Fažana's cuisine is the pilchard. This little blue fish can be prepared in a 100 different ways with a taste of olive oil and accompanied by a glass of homemade wine which is ...

Experience Fažana through cycling. The two bike trails; 301 Vasianum and 302 St. Eliseus take you away from the hustle and bustle of everyday life and offer a different view of Fažana and ...

Beaches, playgrounds and other facilities of tourist resorts, camps and private accommodation suited to the needs of families with children make Fažana and Valbandon an ideal choice for ...

With a view of Brijuni, hinterland covered with Mediterranean vegetation, sandbank reaching into the sea, Fažana invites you to discover her cultural heritage, and enjoy in the wonderful ...

Along the western Istrian coast there are several island groups among which the most interesting, the largest and most indented is the Brijuni island group with its 14 islands and islets ...

"When on the Istrian island of Brijuni all the yet unexplored and mostly inaccessible monuments from all ages, from the early periods of the pre-Roman Istria until the 16th century, will be ...

Roman trail Vasianum Owing to its geographical position, proximity of the sea and fertile fields with Mediterranean crops, Fažana was an important economic center of Roman civilization, ...

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At the site of the present-day Parish Square, archaeological finds were found testifying to the presumption of a large kiln from the Roman period. It is supposed to have been square-shaped ...

At the very site where freshwater flows into the shallow Valbandon Bay, between 1909 and 1912, A. Gnirs discovered remains of two residential type complexes of classical architecture. By ...

Centuriation (according to lat. centum = hundred), known as such in Roman cadastral land division procedures, was based on the concept of the centuria, an area roughly measuring 700 meters ...

The life of the Middle Ages of Fažana and its surroundings logically continued on the tradition of the Classical and late Classical periods. Not much is known about this period, especially ...

The transformation of Fažana from a small, poor fishing town to an economic center and favorite tourist destination was considerably fast, as a result of the increased development of south ...

REMAINS OF A SACRAL STRUCTURE Excavations from 1986-88 at Vela Boška site in Valbandon yielded the foundations of an aisleless early medieval church with a polygonal apse on the outside. ...

SMALL FISHING TOWN In the first records from the Middle Ages Fažana is mentioned as a small fishing town close to Vodnjan, after which the sea passage between land and the Brijuni Islands ...

This year the Tourist Association of Fažana organizes free courses of the Small fishing academy “Pilchard” every Wednesday at Fažana’s waterfront. We invite you to sign up for courses, ...

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Istrian manestra - thick soup made with potatoes, beans, cured meat and seasonal vegetables Beans Serves 6 Ingredients • 1 kg beans • 1/2kg (approximately) dried meat or bacon • ...

Pursuant to the decision of the Croatian Parliament, Fažana became an independent unity of local self-government and on June 16, 2001 the Constituent Assembly of the municipal council of the ...

Cork oak Latin name: quercus suber The cork oak is native to the west Mediterranean and is the most widspeard in Portugal and souther Spain. There are ten such speciments on the ...

THE PARISH CHURCH OF SS. COSMAS AND DAMIAN stands in the square, close to the seaside. An aisleless Gothic edifice that later gained elements of the Baroque style and has a rectangular ...

Continuing the trend of tourist development, Fažana experienced a true economic boom between the two World Wars. In 1930 there were 1100 inhabitants living on an area of 2000 hectares. Apart ...

In the years before the outbreak of World War I positions are fortified on Veli and Mali Brijun, as well as Barbariga. New, more sophisticated forts are built and new long-range artillery is ...

The Austro-Hungarian Navy invested in scientific-research and educational voyages with their sailing ships. In addition to several ships that sailed around the world collecting different ...

Protected by the Brijuni Islands and specific longitudinal position, many times in the past the Fažana Channel offered sailors shelter from rough seas and witnessed battles for the supremacy ...

At the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries Fažana was surely the most photographed town in Istria thanks to Rodolfo Marincovich, entrepreneur, but above all professional photographer and ...

The numerous Marincovich family, that arrived from Komiža to Fažana by boat after the Battle of Vis in 1866, left an indelible imprint on the economic and social life of Fažana. In the ...

From the fall of Venice in 1797, a short period of the first Austrian domination and Napolens rule followed, and then over a century of Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, mostly under the rule of ...

Veli and Mali Brijun, Sv. Marko, Gaz, Obljak, Galija, Gruj, Vanga, Madona. Vrsar, Sv. Jerolim and Kozada together form one of the most beautiful archipelagos in the Mediterranean. You can ...

Immerse into the depths of the Fažana Channel in a semi submarine. Discover the magical world of the Adriatic Sea, its underwater flora and fauna. Ticket points of sale: - 9,00 - ...