My partner and I have just spent a very happy week in Istria and were more than pleased with this apartment in Pula. The owner was very helpful and informative, everything we needed was provided (although a little basic in the kitchen area but we ate out most nights) and the location was fabulous. Thanks to the Arena being literally next door, we found our way home easily every night regardless of how many grappas we'd had after dinner!
Pula has so much to recommend it, but it is also easy and worthwhile to hop on the very efficient and reasonable priced buses to explore. We went to Pazin (castle/museum/Jules Verne cave), Vodjnan (sacred mummies), Bale & Labin (beautiful old towns/museums) and Verudella (fort/aquarium & turtle sanctuary). We didn't make it this time but I have previously stayed in Porec and Rovinj - both are worth a trip if not a holiday in their own right.
