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Rovinj,
Is a beautiful and pitoresque small town
situated on the western coast of Istrian peninsula. Because of
its mild climat, a lot of sunny days, warm sea, attractive
scenary as well as its historical monuments and the old town, it
is popular meeting-place of all kind of artists - painters,
writers, actors- during the whole year. The islands and small
islands (13) of Rovinj archipelag, a numerous baies and ports,
Lim-Fjord, National park "Zlatni rt" (Golgen cape),
yachts-ports-marina, sports, dancing-evenings etc. have made
Rovinj one of the most attractive tourist centers. If we should
compare Istria with the most beautiful shell of Adriatic sea,
Rovinj would be it's pearl.
A small town in Croatia, on the west coast of
Istria, on 45° 01' of latitude and 13° 38' of longitude east of
Greenwich. It is one of nine towns in Istrian County that cover
almost the whole Istrian peninsula or 2.815.09 sq. km. i.e. 5%
of the Republic of Croatia.
The climate is Mediterranean. The average
temperature is 4,8° C in January and 22,3° C in July. The
average annual temperature is 16° C.
Sea temperature is more than 20° C from the middle of June to
the middle of September. The average annual sea temperature is
16,6 ° C.
From the middle of May to the middle of September the sun shines
more than 10 hours a day.
The rainfall averages 940 mm a year. The average moist level is
72%. Vegetation is subtropical.
In Rovinj Archipelago there are 22 islets
among which St Andrew and St Catherina are the biggest and the
most beautiful.
In the area of Rovinj there are some valuable and protected
parts of nature, special reserves: islands and the coast from
the islet of Sv. Ivan (St John) to the islet of Dvije sestrice
(Two Sisters), sea and underwater of the Limski kanal (Lim
fjord) and a part of Limska draga (Lim dell), Park Forest "Punta
Corrente", marsh Palud, Romuald's cave on the southern side Lim
fjord and stone-pit Monfiorenzo as a kind of geological monument
of nature. |