Rovinjsko Selo: Hotels and Accommodation

Rovinjsko Selo preserves the old village centre in the Lakuverča area. Those wishing to book a hotel in Rovinjsko Selo can then continue their accommodation search.

Culture

The old village centre contains residential and commercial complexes with courtyards, built wells and baladours. The old village centre consists of residential and agricultural complexes with masonry wells. The parish church of Rovinjsko Selo is dedicated to Saint Anthony the Abbot. It is a single-nave building with a straight rear section and a baptistery, dating from 1593 to 1595.

Rovinjsko Selo was founded in 1526 by Dalmatian immigrants from the area around Zadar. About 1 km from Rovinjsko Selo stands the 15th-century Church of Our Lady of the Snows, where traces of two layers of frescoes can be seen. West of the settlement, on Turnina Hill, there is a prehistoric hillfort and the ruins of a Late Antique fortification.

Some of the older houses in Rovinjsko Selo still contain baking ovens that are around one hundred years old. The village also has a local variant of the Balun, a typical Istrian dance.

Antonja is an annual wine and olive oil exhibition held in Rovinjsko Selo every January. It is described as the oldest wine exhibition in Istria and is also an annual competition and entertainment festival that promotes and honours wines and olive oils. The first Antonja exhibition was held on 17 January 1992.

Trails

The Basìlica is an educational cycling and hiking trail and part of the Limes Cycling Route. The starting and finishing points are located at Valalta and Rovinjsko Selo. The route is 18.7 kilometres long and has an easy technical difficulty level.

Nature

Circular route 402, The Wondrous Terrain of the Lim Channel, leads from Rovinjsko Selo to the Lim Channel and back, is 7.2 kilometres long and is rated easy. This circular route leads to the Lim Channel, which is described as a protected landscape area and a special marine reserve.

For further comparison with nearby places, the route leads to Rovinj.

For the higher-level travel overview: Općina Rovinj.