From Croatia and Pula, we head back to Slovenia, this time to the coast. Slovenia has a short coastline and one of the must see places there is the old tiny, beautiful town of Piran.
We started our drive from Pula in the morning and stopped for breakfast in a park a bit outside the center of Porec.
Porec
Reaching Slovenia we cross the boarder directly into the municipality of Piran. The road was quite small and winding, and there was a lot of tourists out there, so the last 1-2 km’s before the boarder crossing took almost an hour. The first town we drove through was Portoroz which our host in Pula also recommended us to visit.
Approximate drive from Pula to Piran.
In Piran we stayed at Apartments Pronavtik located on the hilltop above the city center.
The view from our apartment, a bit of the sea.
Piran is a small, medieval, and it’s not even allowed to take the car into the center of the city. A parking space outside the center, with buss shuttle is offered for visitors. The city center has hotels so visitors can take the car there for the time of leaving the luggage and check in, but there are no parking spaces available. As our stay was on the hilltop above, we could take the car to the apartment for private parking.
There are walking paths along the sea so both days in Piran we took quite good and long walks, both along the sea and on top of the hills from where you can view the red rooftops of the city and even see over to Italy on a good day!
On the 2nd day in Piran we went to Portoroz where we had a morning swim. The waters are still better in Piran, to swim in, there is more sea-grass in Portoroz. After the swim we went driving north visiting the cities of Izola and Koper.
Our dinner spot for the 2nd night is worthwhile mentioning, it was recommended by our local host and visited also by locals. Fritolin Pri Cantini offers seafood which you order through the wall directly from the kitchen and enjoy at the terrace on the 1st of May Square (Prvomajski Trg).
Roadtrip Slovenia, Croatia, Austria 2016 