Croatia Holidays - Rovinj

Rovinj is one of the most developed seaside resorts in Croatia, offering a whole range of visitor opportunities in a picturesque ambience of the ancient town, surrounded by luxuriant pine forests (the cape of Zlatni Rat is designated as a park forest, while the coast and islands of Rovinj are set aside as a protected landscape).
The beginning of tourism was marked by the introduction of a steamship line between Rovinj and Trieste (1845) and the construction of the railroad to Vienna (1876). In 1896 the town had a well-maintained public beach, Val di Lone, and several boarding houses (Alla citta di Trieste, Al Miramar, Alla porta antica and Al vecchio albergo).
The year 1888 may be considered the official beginning of tourism in Rovinj, when the health resort Maria Theresia was opened in the town. This oldest institution of that kind on the Adriatic coast was established by the Viennese society for the establishment and development of maritime health resorts and asylums for poor children and scrofulosis and rachitis patients.
The health resort was visited by children from the entire Austro-Hungarian Monarchy and other countries. The development of tourism was continued with the construction of Hotel Jadran (today Centar), which was built before the First World War by the Society for the Construction of the First Hotel in Rovinj, to meet the needs of an increasing number of tourists and eminent persons who spent their vacation in Rovinj.
The Polish count Ignac-Karol Korwin Milewsky bought the island of Sveta Katarina in 1905, carried out its afforestation and built two castles. In 1890 Baron Georg von Hüterodt purchased the island of Sveti Andrija and turned its former monastery building into a hotel; the island thus became the favourite seaside resort of the Austro-Hungarian clientele (memorial book Cissa-Insel).
Between the two world wars the construction of hotels stagnated. After the Second World War many deserted buildings were transformed into workers' rest homes, and the island of Sveta Katarina has been frequented by children from Zagreb since 1947.
An important date in the development of tourism in Rovinj was 1959, when the problem of potable water was finally solved by connection to the Istrian Waterworks from Buzet.
Most of the existing accommodation facilities and tourist infrastructure was built by the company Jadranturist. The riviera of Rovinj features a great number of hotels, tourist villages, campsites and marinas, as well as many catering establishments. Important is the Entertainment Centre "Monvi".
Hotel guests (in the hotels owned by Jadranturist) are offered numerous visitor opportunities: morning workout, aerobics, entertainment for children, table tennis, social games, sightseeing tours in the town, visits to the Museum, the Aquarium, the park forest Zlatni Rt (Golden Cape) - Punta Corrente, chess, dancing school, pool games.
Evening programs include tombolas, Sweet Nights with dancing, cakes and sparkling wine, beauty contests (Miss/Mister of Rovinj) and dancing nights. Events: Rovinj Grand Prix - international cycling race (in February), Istrian Riviera - ATP tennis tournaments (in April), Regata Rovinj - Pesaro - Rovinj (in May), Modri Biser (Blue Pearl) - international youth pop music festival (in July), Grisia - art exhibition in the open (in August) - many Croatian and European artists exhibit their works in the most famous street in the town, Rovinj Fiesta (in August), Sv. Euphemia (16th of September), day of the patron of Rovinj with an exceptional gastronomic and entertainment offer and fireworks.

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