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Novigrad is a town and port at the western coast of Istria. Novigrad is situated on a small limestone peninsula comprising the south-western top of the Bujstina region and, in the north, the entrance into the vast bay of the harbour of Mirna.
Novigrad port is protected from all winds, except the westerly and north-westerly winds which raise waves. .
Novigrad Marina: new 5 star Marina opened im 2005.
Chief occupations are farming and fishing. Fishing grounds in the coastal zone of Novigrad expand from the harbour of Dajla in the north to the harbour of Mirna in the southeast. Novigrad is located on the regional road.
The coast is indented, with the pine forest, rocky and shingle beaches and clear blue sea that represents the ideal Mediterranean combination and the reason for unforgotable holidays. Along the beach there are sports centres, offering tennis courts, beach volley, basketball and children playgrounds. For the ciclyng fans, not far away from the beach, there are many interesting bike-routes. Sports and recreational facilities add to an eventful stay - the usual ground and water sports, terraces with live music, rich gastronomic offer, organized excursions, sightseeing. The tourist offer of the coastal ambience includes the possibility of hunting in the Mirna valley, canoeing on the Mirna, etc.

Novigrad has extremely well offer of tourist facilities. Walking along the well preserved city walls you´ll notice the whole amount of medieval buildings wich are monuments of the rich history. During the sommer months the tourist offer of the costal ambience includes some traditional events: Music nights, folk festivals, Jazz Festival, fischermen´s festivals, Fest of St. Pelagus the partron saint of town ...; some of them even last several days.
In the town of Novigrad, and its sorrounding numerous of typical restaurants and pubs, pizzerias, taverns and grill terraces that offer the wide choice of domestic Istrian specialities as well as the international food, are to be found. In all of them you can enyoj tasting the Istrian wine from typicall sorts: "Malvazija", "Merlot", "Teran", "Pinot"...
Novigrad is a tourist centre of the riviera expanding from Dajla in the north to the estuary of the river Mirna in the south. The coast is well--indented, with rocky and pebble beaches.

The beginnings of tourist trade in Novigrad go as far back as the end of the 19th century, and in 1896 the hotels Al Lido and Al Porto were already open. Parallelly the public beach was constructed. Between the two world wars tourists were offered accommodation in the boarding-houses Citta di Trieste and Trovatore. A sudden expansion of tourism in Novigrad began in the 1960s, when companies from Slovenia started to build numerous holiday centres on the Karpinjan peninsula, and then the company Plava Laguna from Porec made large-scale investments. Today Novigrad can provide accommodation for up to 10,000 visitors a day. Tourists can choose to stay in a hotel, pension, campsite, apartments or rooms. Sports and recreational facilities add to an eventful stay - the usual ground and water sports, terraces with live music, rich gastronomic offer, organized excursions, sightseeing.

Novigrad Marina has 86 berths in the sea and 30 places on the land; length of vessels 6-12 m; maximum sea depth 2.2 m. [...]