Sveti Petar u Šumi: Holiday apartments and houses

The Petrus Arena sports centre has ten courts for pljočkanje, as well as the National Centre for Pljočkanje. Anyone wishing to rent a holiday apartment in Sveti Petar u Šumi can focus their accommodation search directly on this location.

Culture and history

The Church of St Peter and St Paul was completed and consecrated in 1755. Two of its chapels are furnished with decorative Venetian leather wallpaper from the 18th century. Above the Renaissance arches, a Romanesque cloister arcade from the former monastery complex has been preserved. The church also contains an organ built by J. G. Eisla around 1770.

The Benedictine heritage of Sveti Petar u Šumi includes a preserved Latin manuscript and the Supetar Fragment, an early fragment featuring Cyrillic and Glagolitic letters. The Benedictine monks of the monastery used all three writing systems. Another special feature is St Roch's Church: it is the cemetery church and has Istria's largest preserved shingle roof.

Landscape and setting

Sveti Petar u Šumi is situated above the Limska Draga and consists of scattered hamlets. The Pula–Divača railway line runs east of the town.

Traditions and events

The sausage fair “S klobasicom u Europu”, held in Sveti Petar u Šumi since 2013, combines a sausage tasting exhibition with lectures, presentations, concerts, exhibitions, competitions and a gastronomy programme. Visitors can sample and buy many types of sausage there.

To the main travel overview: Municipality of Sveti Petar U Šumi.