
Fresh, high quality and authentic ingredients and the way of preparation and presentation are the main highlight for standing out from the crowd. Novigrads restaurants and food brands successfully follow the trends, and its work is recognized around the world. Last year’s Croatian gastronomy got numerous awards for its excellence.

World recognitions of Novigrad’s gastronomic brands

Novigrad is a little town in Istria which will fascinate you with its pristine Mediterranean spirit – magical atmosphere within old city walls, small streets in the old part of the town where friendly and kind host live and work, exciting smells from numerous restaurants where you’ll find even the best ones in Croatia.

Novigrad has become known in one of the most dynamic and the most creative tourism segments – food tourism. Here they use the advantage of the region and an abundance of local ingredients. In Novigrad people are aware the food is one of the most important elements in developing tourism experience. For more information, please visit Martina Lucić Čanak Reading Time: 4 minutes Rijeka Ferry Port, located 92 km from Novigrad, is connected to the islands of Kvarner and Dalmatia by ferries. Pazin Railway Station (50 km) address: Stareh kostanji 1, phone: +385 (0)52 624 310īuzet Railway Station (48 km), address: Počekaji bb, phone: +385 (0)52 662 899ĭuring summer months the port of Umag (20 km from Novigrad) is connected by boat (for passenger only) with: For more information, please visit By train For more information, please visit Trieste Airport is located 58 km from Novigrad. For more information, please visit Ljubljana Airport is located 141 km from Novigrad. The airport is connected to the city of Pula with regular bus lines and taxies.įor more information about Pula airport, please visit Zagreb Airport is located 280 km from Novigrad. It is connected via Zagreb with almost all major European capitals. Pula Airport is located only 80 kilometres from Novigrad. – from Belgrade – for more information, please visit Useful websites for planning trips by bus: – from Ljubljana and Kopar – for more information, please visit – from Trieste – for more information, please visit: For more information, please visit, and the site of Zagreb Bus Station Organized international bus transport: Novigrad is connected with a direct bus lines to all major centres in Croatia. On the other hand, the town has been developing an exquisite gastronomy and offers a high standard of tourist services in general.įrom Slovenia and Italy: border-crossing Kaštel–Dragonja, highway: toll gate Umag – Nova vas interchange (motorway exit) – Bužinija – Novigradįrom Zagreb: highway Zagreb – Rijeka – Učka Tunnel – Nova vas interchange (motorway exit) – Bužinija – Novigradįrom Dalmatia: highway Split – Bosiljevo – Rijeka –Učka Tunnel – Nova vas interchange (motorway exit) – Bužinija – Novigrad As it is also an active fishing port, you can experience the atmosphere of a small fishing village. Novigrad manages to combine, in a very interesting way, its rich tradition with the modern times. A special treat is a visit to the Stone Collection of the Lapidarium Museum are cultural goods of national importance.

City Walls – the historic core of the city once was entirely enclosed in walls, the course of which remains visible today only in their remnants. Pelagius’ Church, a free-standing bell tower. Visitors to Novigrad are enthralled by the cultural and historical monuments, Bell Tower in Novigrad -in 1883, the Novigrad comune (municipality) commissioned the erection of a campanile next to the St. 66% of population were ethnic Croats while the biggest minority group were Istrian Italians (10%). At the 2011 census the town proper had a population of 2,622, while the administrative area – which also includes four nearby villages – had 4,345 inhabitants. Novigrad is set on a small peninsula on the western coast of Istria, two kilometres (1.2 mi) north of the mouth of the river Mirna and some 25 km (16 mi) south of the border with Slovenia. In Croatian it is also sometimes referred to as Novigrad Istarski to distinguish it from three other Croatian towns of the same name. Novigrad (Italian: Cittanova or Cittanova d’Istria) is a town in Istria County in western Croatia.
