experience

Motovun

Truffle hunting & wine tasting — Draped elegantly over the hilltops of central Istria, the historic heart of medieval Motovun glimmers like a jewel amidst a sea of rolling olive fields and truffle-rich forests. Often hailed as the most handsome town in all Croatia, this mountaintop centre has kept watch over the winding valleys of the Mirna river since it was first raised on the ruins of ancient Kastelijer sometime after the 10th century. Today, it buzzes with an indelible Italian-come-Slavic charm, the aromas of frying white truffles and pizza pies alike moving between its crenulated fortifications, and the mellifluous cadences of the Latin tongue echoing under its truly exquisite city gates.