Umag

Old town core on the small peninsula and newer part of town on mainland was built on foundation of old Roman ruins; during Middle Ages it was the feudal estate of bishops of Trieste. With narrow, zigzag streets and picturesque squares, Umag shows off typical medieval urban architecture. Parts of old medieval wall have been preserved. Baroque parish church has been built in 18th century and the organ has been built in 1776.

* Town of highly civilized tourist offers and long gastronomy tradition
* Symbol of the town is lion and tourist symbol – tennis racket
* Every year worldly renown ATP tour, tennis tournament, takes place in Umage
* Umag has 64 tennis courts and is one of the biggest tennis centers on the Adriatic
* Traffic connections, big marina

 

 

Beaches

If you like a sandy beach, or you have small children … 300m down the road on the left there is Slovenian beach, with shallow sandy bank that outstretches for 50m.

If you like a rocky beach … take your car or a bike and drive 1km turning right into Albere. There you can dive from the steep rocks into the clear blue sea.

If you like a pebbly beach… 3km to your right is Kanegra.
FKK Polynesia is situated 1km on the left from the house, if you prefer nudism.

If you like solitude ... 200m bellow the house you can find your own hidden oasis.

Are you looking for some other offers? 10 km of indented beaches stretch from Lanterna, by Savudrija light house, over Polynesia, Kator, Stella Maris all the way to city beaches with 50 state-of-the-art swimming pools, 10 wellness centres, scuba diving school, horse back riding, cycling, beach volley ball, tennis.

 

Groceries

Grocery store and butcher store – 400m on the left from the house; Big grocery markets (Plodine, Getro) – downtown Umag (open on Sundays); Fresh fish – fishermen’s dock in Savudrija at dawn

Restaurants and Wine cellars

Coming out of Monteneto one can find a variety of pizzerias, sea food restaurants and grill joints. We recommend De Grassi wine cellar (800m on the right) and their superb Malvazija, and many other wine cellars in the vicinity.

If you want to taste fragrances of Istrian cuisine – gnocchi, truffles, ombolo (traditional pork cutlet) – over 100 restaurants and taverns (konoba) in the vicinity offer traditional meals made the way their grandmas used to do.

 

Night life and Events

Katoro – discotheque, lounge bar Day Light

Stella Maris – live music, dancing, concerts, tennis competitions

Umag – down town – Tomato days, Organ festival, Golden lion – variety of theatrical shows

 

 

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