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DAY 5 OPATIJA - PULA - BRIJUNI/ at your leisure or take diving lessons. DAY 9 PORTOROZ - TRIESTE - UDINE
FAZANA Lodging. - VILLACH
After breakfast we will drive to Pula Today we will return to Austria passing
following the Croatian Riviera, which will DAY 7 BRIJUNI/FAZANA - ROVINJ first through Trieste, the main port of the
leave us with breathtaking views of the - POREC - PORTOROZ Austro-Hungarian Empire and whose
Adriatic Sea. Upon arrival in Pula we We resume the circuit to go to Rovinj, historical center is developed around
will visit the Roman amphitheater, built one of the main ports of the Austrian Square Unità d’Italia.
under the orders of Emperor Augustus Riviera under the rule of the imperial Here you will find the Government Palace,
and enlarged by Emperor Vespasian. family of the Habsburgs. In a walking tour the Town Hall, the Stratti House and the
With a capacity of up to 23,000 people, of its center we will discover its network Pitteri and Lloyd Triestino Palaces, all in
it was one of the great amphitheaters of narrow streets, with treasures such neoclassical style.
of the Roman Empire. Other witnesses as the Church of St. Euphemia, family We continue to Udine. Its old town stands
of this empire are the Arch of the Sergii, workshops of handicrafts, the Town out for the many palaces built in the
originally attached to the gate of the Clock and the Port. seventeenth and eighteenth centuries,
walls; the Temple of Augustus and the We continue our journey to Porec, with a among which stand out the Patriarcale
Archaeological Museum of Istria. We will history of more than 2,000 years, which Palace and Palazzo Valvason Morpurgo.
stroll through the market square, with has left a unique architectural and cultural Other treasures of the city are the
its varied cafes and stores selling local heritage, such as the network of Roman- Cathedral of Santa Maria Annunziata, the
products, and see the Chapel of St. style streets; the entrance gates and Oratorio della Puritá, the castle of Udine
Mara Formosa and the Cathedral of the defense walls; the round tower and the and the Town Hall.
Ascension of Mary. five-cornered tower; Gothic and Baroque Late afternoon arrival in Villach and
Free time for lunch and individual walks palaces; or the pre-Christian cathedral of overnight.
and mid-afternoon we will go to Fazana, St. Euphrasian, among other treasures.
where we will take the ferry that will In the late afternoon we will arrive in DAY 10 VILLACH - KLAGENFURT
take us to Brijuni Island, all of it declared Portoroz, where we will stay for the next - VIENNA
National Park. Overnight on the island or 2 nights. We will start the day departing for Velden
in Fazana. am Wörthersee, the Austrian Riviera
DAY 8 / PIRAN and meeting point of the country’s jet
DAY 6 BRIJUNI NATIONAL PARK After breakfast we depart for Piran, set. Here we will embark on a boat trip
Today we will dedicate the day to whose historical center recalls the fact across Lake Wörther to Klagenfurt, on the
discover this unknown national park, that it belonged to Venice for more opposite shore. Upon arrival we will take
which offers different tours according than 4 centuries until it became part a guided tour that will take us through
to the interests of visitors. For history of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. The its Italian palaces and cultural treasures
lovers, there is the archaeological tour, Tartini Square with its Venetian houses, such as the Hall of the Coat of Arms, the
in which we discover the remains of the the Town Hall, the Clock Tower of St Carinthia Museum of Modern Art, the city
Roman and Byzantine empires present Bernardin, the ancient walls and the theater or the romantic Lendkanal.
on the island; a safari in the northern Church-Convent of St. Francis of Assisi Free time for lunch and then departure to
area presents the coexistence of native are its main attractions. Vienna.
Istrian species with animals from Asia Then we can enjoy two of the star Arrival mid-afternoon and rest of the day
and Africa, as well as a sanctuary for the products of the Istrian peninsula with at leisure. Overnight stay.
recovery of sea turtles. visits to a wine cellar and an olive
Afternoon free for personal activities, plantation, where we will taste their wines DAY 11 VIENNA
from a kajak tour to relax on the beaches, and oils. Return to Portoroz and rest of Breakfast buffet and transfer to the
rent an electric car to discover the park the day at leisure. Overnight in Portoroz. airport.

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