Brovinje: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes
About 500 metres south of Brovinje are the St. John the Beheader Church and Abbey. The church is a single-nave Romanesque building from the 14th century with a Gothic portal and bell gable; inside are frescoes from the early 15th century. Anyone looking to rent a holiday apartment in Brovinje can then continue searching for accommodation.
Culture and History
The church site includes a cemetery and the collapsed remains of St. John's Abbey. On the nearby Gradac hill once stood a Bronze Age hillfort and a medieval tower belonging to the Battiala family. Both structures were destroyed by the expansion of the quarry in the early 1990s.
Surroundings
The area surrounding Brovinje includes Vižače, Brestovica and Standar. Goli is located near Brovinje. The wider regional area includes the Arheološki muzej Istre, Kastel and Soardo-Bembo Palace; Velike Gračište is also located there.
Nature
The spatial plan of Istria County lists the grasslands above Brovinje together with grasslands around nearby settlements in the Skitača area within an identified proposed area for a floristic reserve.
Hiking
Near Brovinje, the Vale di Tono trail runs as a 15.7-kilometre circular route from Camp Tunarica via Viškovići, Skitača and Crna Punta. A difference in elevation of 550 metres and a duration of 4.5 hours are also indicated.
To the higher-level travel overview: Općina Raša.
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