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A resort town on beautiful Slovenia’s Adriatic coast

Portorož Airport is situated in pleasant and quiet surroundings on the verge of the Sečovlje salt pans, only six kilometres far from Portorož, on the border crossings between Slovenia and Croatia, and in the vicinity to other tourist destinations, such as Izola (13 km), Koper (20 km) and Umag (15 km). The airport is intended for passanger transport, sport, tourist and business flights.

It is equipped with state of the art hardware and complies with all necessary conditions for a safe and pleasant flight assurance. The panoramic flight with the Slovenian Coast sight-seeing is magnificent. Airport Portorož lies on two metres above sea level height, the area of take-off / landing strip amounts to 1200 X 30 metres and is furnished with night flight facilities. Airport is equipped with modern devices, technical and jet fuel supply service (100LL, JP- A1), restaurant, duty free shop, rent-a-car, taxi and all other services ensuring to guests a pleasant sojourn.

The modern Portorož offers to its guests all the classical assortment of accommodation, whether be it in the high class hotels or in the apartments with pools and gardens, as well as the camping places by the sea. The tourist pulse is alive in Portorož throughout the year; each season with its own magic. On our page, you can seek the comfort of accommodation that best satisfies your needs.

Nature and health go hand-in-hand in Portorož. Nature has generously allowed us to exploit its abundant treasure chest of health for centuries. The medicinal effects of nature were discovered here in the 13th century, since when the sea air, full of the smells of salt and Mediterranean vegetation, the sea and salt pan mud have attracted people from all over the world who respect their bodies and minds.

Today a whole range of different baths and massages, saunas, swimming and exercise are available in numerous seawater pools and therapy centres. Your energy and health can further benefit from sea-side walks along the promenade taken between sessions of treatment from caring specialists who combine centuries-old knowledge, the gifts of nature and the advances made in modern medicine.

Health is the incalculable wealth nature bestows on those who value and respect it.

Meetings in agreeable surroundings are unforgettable. A pleasant environment, the sea and the homeliness of Portorož relieves all participants of congresses, seminars, symposiums and other professional, educational and business gatherings of distracting worries, and well-equipped facilities make their success a certainty.

The success of this combination is borne out by the number of professionals returning year after year, from economists and lawyers who gather to learn from each other, and advertisers and marketing people who attend great international festivals. In between, Portorož plays host to numerous meetings of members of companies and organisations of every human endeavour.

Our and your enterprises together with the seaside atmosphere ensure every meeting is successful and unforgettable.

We cordially invite you to join us on our exploration through Slovene Istria and its cuisine. Visit restaurants, inns and other places to eat which are presented on the pages dealing with culinary art. Take the time to indulge yourself with Mediterranean and International cuisine, a glass of top-quality local wine while enjoying the pleasant atmosphere of Piran, Portorož and other spots in the Municipality of Piran. Experience the endless beauty of the sunset over a plate of home-made delicacies.

Wine Cellar

There are not many regions with so vast sorts of wine like Slovenia. The influence of Mediterranean on the Slovenian Coast have made a wine of an excellent quality. When you will be tired, the Slovenian farmers will accept you in their cellars and offer you a glass of a good home-made wine with a typical food of the coastal region. You can take part in a ” šagra” local festivity – where you can dance.

The hills of Slovenian Istra are situated between the valleys of river Osp, Rižana and Dragonja, from the ancient Socerb and the hills of Črni kal. The hills of Šavrini are facing the sea from one side and facing the Karst on the other side. The olives and the grapes are the most common vegetables in the area, they were admired already from the Romans and Greeks.

Refošk and Malvazija - In this Istrian area they have been always better in producing red wine, because of the suitable ground and the influence of Mediterranean sun. The most famous red wine is Refošk, which is dense with a dark colour and it really became a symbol of the Istrian culinary tradition. Other common red wines from this region are Cabernet and Merlot. Apart from the red wines, the Slovenian Istra has good white wines of which the most common are Malvazija, Rumeni muškat (one of the oldest types of wines in the world), Sivi Pinot and Chardonnay.

Try something different! Once take a turning on the side-away and you will never regret. When arrived to the destination you will find it impressive. Only 3 km far from the border of Dragonja the tourist farm Kortina is opening to you the door to the yet untouched Slovenian Istria`s beauty. Kortina is like a precious pearl on the hills of Šavrini. It is situated in Krkavče, one of the most beautiful Istrian villages, with one of the most interesting architecture, history and art. In this place, where you are close and at the same time so far away from modern littoral towns, it is like the time has stopped. During all periods of the year you can experience the magic atmosphere of solitude and feel the silence of Mediterranean trees, through which a gentle fragrance of the sea is blowing. You are certainly going to be satisfied with our kitchen, which offers you a vast variety of typical Istrian food, made on recipes of aur grandmothers and prepared in our baker`s oven. Good food is always supplemented with good drink. The guests are offered carefully selected first quality wines. If you would like to be woken up in the morning by the sing of the birds, you can pass the night in Kortina. Have a bathe in our thermal swimming pool, which has a temperature of 20°C during all periods of the year. The water comes up on superficies from the deepness of more than 250 meters. This is a pleasant relax in the summer fever as also at any other time of the year. Playing golf on our very well kept field, playing basketball, football and bowling or taking a walk in the sole unique eucalyptus forest in Slovenia is a complete relax, that will make of your visit here an ideal picnic or holiday.

The so-called osmice were established in Slovenia in the days of the Austrian Empire with a decree by Empress Maria Theresa which allowed the wine growers to sell the previous year`s wine surplus for eight days in a year, from whence comes the name. Nowadays you can find such osmice all over Istria many of them more akin to good country inns with a garden than wine shops.

In Istria, food has always been prepared with a lot of imagination, effort and love. You can find dishes here which you cannot find anywhere else in Slovenia. The basic characteristic of Istrian cuisine, in which the influence of Italian cuisine can be felt, is in the skill of preparing a testy dish from few ingredients and a lot of imagination. Boiled food is preferred to baked. Plenty of aromatic spices and wild plants are used, with fish, pasta, wine vinegar, olive oil and wine as the essential ingredients in cooking. The menu offerings in coastal towns above all include seafood specialities from top-quality fish, shellfish and mollusks, such as sea-bream, gilt-head, sea frog, baked or grilled sole, scampi or mussels alla Buzara (in their own juice), fish soup, risotto with scampi or calamari, etc. Karst Prosciutto with olives, home-made cheese and tasty home-made sausages are served as a cold starter. Among home-made dishes, the well-known minestrone from Primorska, an excellent soup made from vegetables and bacon, is not to be missed, Istrian polenta (maize porridge), gnocchi, fusi, spaghetti in various styles, lasagna, etc. You can treat yourself to different rolls, fritule, krostrule, and other goodies.

The Slovenian Istra is the northeast port where olives still shrine. Every year the tourists can join the traditional event of gathering olives in the suburbs of Izola, where they have the opportunity to see how the olives are gathered and where they can learn the techniques of making the olive oil. The local people will take care of the atmosphere with their hospitality, food and music. Tourists are usually impressed when they try typical istrian food (garlic bread, bakala, different cheeses, grilled vegetables, traditionally made olives, home made bread, red wine, white wine. After this unforgettable event every participant gets a diploma.

The wild asparagus is a Mediterranean plant, which ripens in springtime. In Slovenia, wild asparagus grows on the eastern, southern and western slopes of the Šavrinsko Hill; in other words in the area stretching from the Karst to the coast, along the trails, footpaths, or on the edges of fields, meadows and woods. Asparagus is a thin plant of dark green-grey-brownish colour and grows up to 1.5 metre high. The asparagus look-alike: black bryony (Tamus communis) is very similar to asparagus. It is a green-coloured vine plant that can grow several metres high. You can find it from March till June. The remedial properties of asparagus and black bryony were already well known to our ancestor and inspired them to compose a few sayings in honour of the two plants. One of them goes: Asparagus and black bryony are the best godfathers of man`s blood. And it is true: asparagus »cleans« your blood, stimulates the urinary tract and so forth… Only the shoots of the plants are edible. The shoots should be picked when they are still soft, and cut into pieces (1-2 cm) Asparagus can be prepared in many ways. Most often it is fried with eggs and other ingredients, such as panceta – dried bacan, pršut-salted and dried ham, or sausages.

Venice-a Romantic Tale

It is certainly one of the most attractive excursions from Istria. The distance is covered by fast boat so that the stay in Venice is of about 7 hours. Venice is a city which has to be visited. Reflections of history and the grandessa of the most impressive square in the world, surrounded by St. Mark`s Basilica, the Doge/s Palace, the sansovino Library and many other historic buildings. On the way to Rialto bridge you can stroll through the picturesque streets passing by thousands of little shops with merchandise for every taste or take a ride by Gondola listening to the echoes of gondoliers` romantic songs. During a two and a half hour tour our guides will give you an insight into the history of Venice and take you to the most beautiful architectural sight, as wel as to the Murano glas workshop. You can use your free time for individual sightseeing tours, have lunch or just go for a gondola or water taxi ride.