WHAT TO DO

For many of us, a holiday is about relaxing, exploring, eating and drinking. This one ticks all the boxes.

Relaxing is easy in Rabac with its beaches, coves, sea trips and opportunity to swim and sea bathe. In addition, the apartment is a pleasant place to take it easy with a view that can keep you amused for hours on end.

Exploring is easy as driving is fun, parking is easy, and nowhere in Istria takes hours to get to. There’s a whole list of worthwhile places you’d need a week to visit and there’s not a trip from Rabac that doesn’t provide stunning scenery, unusual sights and remarkable contrasts.

Eating and drinking is a great experience and very close at hand. You don’t have to eat like the locals, but you can if you want. Prsut (sort of an Italian-style smoked ham) is a typical first course and fish (locally caught and an abundant choice) is often an inexpensive main course. Bean soup provides a delicious lunch, and Istria is famous for its truffles (In late September, about 3,000 truffle hunters and their dogs comb damp woodland for the gourmet fungus). There are more than 600 types of home-grown Croatian wine, and local beer, which is pretty cheap, is served chilled and refreshing.