Brijuni national park

by Milenche

What I like most is that you can't come by a car. You have to park you car in Fažana (near Pula) and go on islands by a boat. Boats are going all the time so no reasons for vories.

Future

First let's say something about future plans. Their plan is to become most prestigious tourist destination in the Mediterranean, but what will happen I don't know. We will se, I hope one day it will be truth. New corporation should be leading company in the process of change and its name should be synonim for high quality in Istrian tourism. You can see from pictures by yourself how it look like, I think great place for elite tourist resort. Also, one of the greatest problems in Croatia today is unemployment, and in future plans you can find that lot of people should be emloyed here. In the current situation an increase in employment is often only possible with the opening of new companies, since existing companies are usually overstaffed. The suggested plan creates extremely significant potential in terms of opening new employment positions. What are they witting for? I really don't know but it all goes to slow. Master plan and other necessary documents which will define the future commercial development of the area are not finished yet. I hope that new employment opportunities will contribute to prosperity and wealth of the wider community, and that one day Brijuni will be better that they are now. project.

Few facts

Brijuni are island group with its 14 islands. National Park were set in 1999 and cover an area of 33.9km2. The length of the coastline of all the islands is 46.8 km. The most indented islands are Veliki Brijun (25.9km) and Mali Brijun (8.3km). The shores are mostly low and rocky but easily accessible due to the horizontal stratification of the rocks, and in some bays pebbles and sand can be found.

Climatically Brijuni are part of the northern Mediterranean type of climate and have all the qualities of the vestern Istrian coast with a relatively high value of dampness in the air (76%). The average yearly temperature is 13.9C, the precipitation average is 817mm, while the level of insolation is 2350 hours per year.

Veliki Brijun, as the largest island of the archipelago, which was cultivated into a harmonious landscape of meadows and parks, has along with the rich remnants of architectural heritage also the preserved vegetation types typical for the western Istrian climate. Beauty of island is….hm…I have no right word. You have to see them. You can find autochthonous animal species, as Istrian ox (Boškarin), Istrian sheep (Istrian "Pramenka"), donkeys and goats. Also, you can find many exotic plant eaters: Indian elephants, llamas, zebras, nilgais and kob antelopes, Somalian sheep, Indian holy cows, autochthonous donkeys and lots of birds.

Worth seeing

I'll give you some tips, rest is on you. You can see Brijuni Cretaceous park, Pogledalo, Ploče, Zelenikovac, Archaeological collection, Exhibition of copies of frescoes and Glagolitic inscriptions, Memories of an old Austrian, Josip Broz Tito on Brioni, Natural history collection, Belvedere, Kupelwieser's resting place, Quarries, Koch's quarry, Čufar's quarry . I'm not going to talk about each of them, but at least you heard for Tito and Koch :)

Special guests

Brijuni have always been an attractive destination for members of European and world aristocracy. Already at the beginning of the 20th century many crowned heads, as well as world famous personalities visited this fashionable seaside and health resort. By becoming the residence of Josip Broz Tito, Brijuni once again greeted its celebrities. Sofia Loren, Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Gina Lollobrigida… are just some of the world's élite who visited Brijuni.

The Brijuni Island have become even more attractive for the world's jet set today. So, I'll give you just few names like, Caroline, the Princess of Monaco and her husband Ernst August of Hanover, world-famous tenor Placido Domingo, American actor of Croatian origin John Malkovich, fashion designer Ottavio Missoni or Naomi Campbell, are just some of the celebrities who found peace and tranquility on Brijuni by unwinding from the stressful and hectic everyday life. The event that is surely most responsible for restoring the one-time fame and splendor of Brijuni is Brioni Polo Classic, www.brionipoloclassic.com, which has been held on Brijuni every year the third year in a row. You can find more clicking on this link. This is a chance for many world-famous people to be in the audience, one of them being the nephew of Winston Churchill, who was a guest on Brijuni many years back.

Sports, acomodation, etc…

I'm not going to promote acomodation as I'm not paid to do it J, I'll just tell you that there are "Neptun- Istra" Hotel, "Karmen" Hotel, Villa "Primorka", Villa "Lovorka" nd Villa "Dubravka". In a last few years more and more people are comming with their yacht and there're no problems with places for yachts. Brijuni National Park is an attractive congress destination with tradition and experience in organizing congresses, conferences and other meetings too. There are lots of sport acivities, such as diving, golf, paintball, team building programs and mutch more...

In two words – must see !!!

I found this video on YouToube. It's not bes quality, but worth seeing