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Amsterdam 1400 km Bruxeles 1350 km Frankfurt 880 km Milano 480 km
Munchen 600 km Paris 1300 km
Trieste 60 km Wien 540 km
Zagreb 300 km Zurich 830 km
Istrian peninsula, terra magica, it's a region on the Coast of the Adriatic sea.
On the west side of the peninsula its located for almost 2.000 year town with name Porec,
the most touristic City in Istria and Croatia.
The City region is a 142 km2 and it has about 17.000 residents. The central region is Porec
-Parenzo with 11.000 residents. Other greater towns are Tar-Torre, Baderna, Zbandaj, Nova Vas,
Fuskulin, Dracevac, Vabriga, Cervar-Porat.
The hilly landscape is rich with mediterranean vegetation. The scenery constantly changes; now
you see plough lands, now vineyards and olive groves, oak trees and pine tree groves that often
extend almost to the sea. The shore with the islands is 37 km long.
Just to the south of Porec Istria is cut by the 45th parallel, so POREC is just a half way
between the equator and the North pole - which means the most ideal spot on the north
hemisphere, both temperature and geographic wise.
This position grants the average annual temperature of 14 degrees Celsius, or 23
degrees summer average.
Jugo, maestral and bura are the most frequent winds. Maestral usually blows in summer,
it's a gentle breeze coming from the sea to freshen up warm summer nights.
Sea is our most precious wealth. In winter water is 9 to 11 degrees "cold", while the
summer average is 24 degrees. During the hottest days water temperature rises up to
28 degrees.
It's salinity is 37 per mill, and the great concentration of salt, sodium, chlorine,
sulfates and magnesium are the basis to a healthy bath so
necessary for a human body and skin. In summer You should enjoy the luxurious palette of our
sea's shades of blue. The movements of the sea You shouldn't miss to experience: waves
streams, the tides. . .
An overwiev of air and sea temperatures in Porec :
| Month | JAN | FEB | MAR | APR | MAY | JUN | JUL | AVG | SEP | OCT | NOV | DEC | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Air temperature (st. C) | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 7 | |
| Sea temperature (st. C) | 10 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 17 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 15 | 12 | |
| Sunny days (st. C) | 14 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 21 | 24 | 26 | 22 | 18 | 12 | 9 |
