The Istrian city of Pula, Croatia in pictures

Written by Karen Bryan

I’d read about the Istrian city of Pula on the Europe a la Carte blog in Jason Green’s post “The other side of Croatia – Pula“. Here’s my pictorial tour of Pula taken during my visit to Istria in April 2009.

The Coliseum in Pula is very well preserved and pretty impressive. It’s the venue for many outdoor concerts.

The Temple of Augustus, Pula

The Roman triumphal Arch of Sergius, one of the gateyways to the old town of Pula

A pretty pink house in Pula with three inlaid busts

The main square, Pula

Street scene, Pula

I think that the city of Pula makes a very intersting day trip and the Coliseum was the highlight of my visit. Personally I’d prefer to stay in Rovinj if I were visiting Istria again. That’s partly because although Pula is situated on the coast, there is no direct access to the seafront from the city as there is a large dockyard, (you can see one of the cranes to the left of the Temple of Augustus in my photo above).

Have you visited Pula? What did you most like about it?

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5 Responses to “The Istrian city of Pula, Croatia in pictures”

1. Hilary on April 28th, 2009 at 9:41 pm

   Hi .. it looks a great place and how wonderfully preserved – it’s ideal as we don’t need to brush with the crowds .. it’ll be a peaceful walk around and we can look and understand the whole .. I’ll take your note re the dockyard .. just hope I remember when I get to go ..

2. Clive on April 29th, 2009 at 1:38 pm

   Hi Karen

   Its great to hear about the more out of the way places. I know there are lots of great places to visit in the Balkans and we dont hear enough about them. I think they will be very up and coming over the next few years

3. Andrew on August 6th, 2009 at 7:20 am

   I visited Pula in 2007 and really liked it. I stayed for three days and as well as the Amphitheatre and the other Roman sites visited the Venetian castle and museum, the post office designed by Angiolo Mazzoni del Grande and took a bus ride along the coast. Stayed in a nice hotel and found some really nice little restaurants in the back streets.

4. Karen Bryan on August 6th, 2009 at 10:15 am

   Andrew – Thanks for telling us about your visit to Pula. I have heard that the beaches outside the city are lovely but didn’t have time to visit them.

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