Rovinj

Day 24 13th June Rovinj

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June 13th 2011
Day 24 13th June Rovinj As the guidebook so succinctly put it: Rovinj is a welcoming old oasis in a sea of tourist kitsch. I could not have put it better myself! The old town is delightful IF you just take a step or two off the main tourist trail – twisty, narrow lanes with tall slightly dilapidated buildings reaching for the sky; it is indeed rather like Venice without the canals. ... read more

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The lands that today comprise Croatia were part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire until the close of World War I. In 1918, the Croats, Serbs, and Slovenes formed a kingdom known after 1929 as Yugoslavia. Following World War II, Yugoslavia became a feder... ... read more