The smell of truffles lingered in the air as I wandered up the steep cobbled streets toward the ramparts that lined the edges of Motovun, a fortified medieval hill town on the Istria peninsula in ...

Whatever happens in Croatian tourism probably happened in Istria first. The same might be said of boutique wine. It was the Istrian emphasis on small-scale quality, exemplified by local growers such ...

It’s not all tartufi and vino on this postcard-pretty peninsula. Here are some of Istria’s unexpected aspects we bet you didn’t know. Istria’s environment rivals Eden Istria sits on the 45th parallel, ...

Continental Croatia meets the Adriatic in Istria, the peninsula just south of Trieste in Italy. Life in the inland villages still follows an ancient rhythm with timeless traditions. Continental ...

I probably reached peak Istria when I went for breakfast at Karlić Tartufi, a truffle farm and restaurant in the center of this region in the far northwest of Croatia. One of the owners greeted me in ...

It’s Friday night in July and Stari Podrum, in northern Istria near the Slovenian border, is packed with diners. Platters of local charcuterie arrive from the kitchen, along with big bowls of ...

I posted a few weeks ago about planning a trip that included Prague, Vienna and Zagreb. We've since then decided to keep the trip to Croatia. We will be flying into Zagreb. We will have a car. We'd ...

We have narrowed our 18 day summer vacation destinations to either Istria and northern Croatia or Calabria and Sicily. We enjoy history, art, medieval hill towns and seaside villages with beautiful ...

Istrian winemakers have built their reputation by combining tradition with innovation. From protecting native varieties to modernising production, the region has repeatedly positioned itself as one of ...