Surrounded by sea on three sides, with the Julian Alps to the north, Istria is the largest peninsula in the Adriatic. Today 90% of the zone falls in Croatia, with a small part in Slovenia and an even tinier area in Italy close to Trieste.
The landscape is dramatic, with its hilltop medieval villages, olive groves producing award-winning olive oil, woods full of wildlife (and truffles – one of the largest ever white truffles was found here; it even has its own statue) and, of course, vineyards everywhere.
Facts & figures
The neighbouring regions of are one wine region – Istria is the peninsula while Kvarner covers the
