Why this ride
Open upland riding with long sight lines and varied gradients. It also links naturally to Episcopal Complex of Euphrasian Basilica in Porec.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Istria Interior Loop
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 185 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 32
- Journey
- Recorded itinerary
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Access context
Check bora wind, seasonal traffic and ferry schedules. Specific flag: seasonal traffic.
Seasonal context
Apr-Oct
Scenic road chapters
Croatia Istrian Hill Town Route
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For 14 km this is Croatia Istrian Hill Town Route, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 14 km
- Named road
- Croatia Istrian Hill Town Route
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Pula
Pula's Roman amphitheatre is the sixth largest in the world, and it stands right by the harbour, its limestone arches facing the sea. The Austro-Hungarian navy made it a major port in the nineteenth century, and the cranes of the shipyards still dominate the bay.
Read the complete Pula write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Pula sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Motovun.
2. Motovun
Motovun rises out of the Mirna valley like a stone crown on a green hill, a walled town at about two hundred and seventy metres with a church tower on top and a ring of ramparts around it. From the road below, as you approach through the vineyards and oak woods, it looks almost too neat to be real, and you are very likely to stop for a photograph before you even reach the gate. It is one of the best known of Istria's hill towns, and for good reason.
Read the complete Motovun write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Motovun comes up 34 km in. Next is Buzet.
3. Buzet
Planning note
68 km in you reach Buzet. Next is Labin.
4. Labin
Labin crowns a hill in eastern Istria, three hundred-odd metres above the Adriatic, and you reach it by climbing a sequence of bends through scrub oak and cypress. The upper town is a knot of Venetian-era lanes, with pastel houses, stone doorways and a church tower, set around a small square, and from the terraces you look straight across the Kvarner gulf to the islands of Cres and Krk. Below, down a twisting road, lies Rabac, a former fishing village turned family beach resort.
Read the complete Labin write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Labin, late in the day. Next is Pula.
5. Pula
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Pula write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Pula sits at 185 km, late in the day.