Rovinj Town - Diving Holiday Destination

Rovinj Town (Croatia)

Croatia is growing in popularity as a European Scuba Diving Destination. Rovinj is in Istria, in the North of Croatia.

Rovinj is a Croatian walled town located on a small peninsula, surrounded by sea with its historic centre modelled on Venice. Originally the peninsula on which the city lies was an island, separated from the mainland by a channel. The latter was filled in 1763. Rovinj Archipelago includes 22 islets.

Rovinj is a classic model of a town of the Mediterranean form. It was fortified by walls in two rows as early as the Middle Ages, with town gates later incorporated into the new layout. In late 18th century, the islet where Rovinj was originally built, was connected with the mainland. At that time, the rest of the town started to develop too. Rovinj is one of the most developed seaside resorts in Croatia, offering a whole range of visitor opportunities in the picturesque ambience of the ancient town, surrounded by dense pine forests. Rovinj used to be an Istrian fishing port , and once was once the principal town of the Istrian peninsula. Nowadays, it's maze of narrow streets leads to a harbour full of fishing boats as well as sailing boats and yachts

With its pastel-coloured houses clustered together on steep winding streets and topped by a Venetian bell tower, you would think you were in Italy. Rovinj is still an active fishing port and you can take boats to the lovely offshore islands, Crveni Otok and Katarina. Scuba divers flock to Rovinj to dive the famous wreck, Baron Gautsch.

Climate

The climate is Mediterranean. The average temperature is 4.8°C in January and 22.3°C in July. The average annual temperature is 16°C.

From the middle of May to the middle of September the sun shines more than 10 hours a day. The rainfall averages 941 mm a year. The average humidity is 72%. Vegetation is subtropical.

Dive Facts

Sea temperature is more than 20°C from the middle of June to the middle of September. The average annual sea temperature is 16.6 °C.

Dive Attractions

See our Dive Site Directory for more detailed descriptions of Rivinj Scuba Diving Sites, and our Dive Club Directory for Croatian Diving Clubs.

The waters around Istria are shallower, of lesser clarity and visibility than elsewhere in the Adriatic Sea. However, they do abound in one of the most popular attractions in diving tourism - shipwrecks.

Among the best known wrecks of the northern Adriatic is undoubtedly the passenger ship Baron Gautsch, lying close to Rovinj. Other Wrecks include the Giuseppe Dezza, The Coreolanus and the Istra.

Other Notable dives are Banjole Island and Banjole Reef.

Other

OFFICIAL LANGUAGE: officially bilingual: Croatian and Italian, due to large amount of residents of Italian origin). Croatian, written in Latin alphabet; German, Italian and English are the most common foreign languages spoken in the tourist resorts.

CURRENCY: 1 Kuna (HRK) = 100 Lipa. Notes are in denominations of 1000, 500, 200, 100, 50, 20, 10 and 5 HRK. Coins are in denominations of 5, 2 and 1 HRK, and 50, 20, 10, 5, 2, and 1 lipa.

TIME ZONE: GMT + 1 (GMT + 2 from last Saturday in March to Saturday before last Sunday in October).

ELECTRICITY: 220 volts, 50Hz
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