Dear Inforovinj team!

When it is cold outside, and the rain, snow and shorter days affect our mood, that is the time when we like to remember the days of vacation and relaxation as well as our summer holidays at the beginning of August. For the fourth time I was "lucky" to have found an ideal accomodation for myself and my family. Probably it was not just luck. In the most beautiful town in Istra it is very often that the hosts are very kind and friendly.
We found it very satisfying that we have managed to achieve almost family relationship with our hosts.We were feeling very pleasantly during the whole vacation.Even during the rainy days house was filled with good mood among the guests from Italy, Germany, Poland and Austria.

The level of comfort provided is similar to the one we are offering back home in Salzburg.
Our host was the best possible adviser for all the excursions,restaurants or different kinds of entertainment for children. He even knew what one family needs and what standards are gladly acceptable and payed for as well. Unfortunatelly,that was not always the case with the people I have met so far.

For example:

Renting a bike:
The offer is very poor and the state the bikes are in is probably the worst I have seen in Europe.Is not the care for the children the most important thing?There are almost no bikes for the children.

Cycling tracks:
The town does not seem to care about that.A small number of tracks,which are located mostly along the coast,are rather dusty and they are disturbing the guests who have come to swim.

The solution would be to pave the track..Asphalting them would be even worse than the dust.

Could there be a better solution than the bikes in such a valuable town centre?!Free the centre from cars.

Local bus transport(taxi,coach):

The guests would be able to get to the finest beaches,good restaurants,parks etc.
That way you could finance more distant parts of the town which are 1-2 km from the centre.
I could make many suggestions but I hope the ones I mentioned will stimulate you to speed up the improvements.

Despite some imperfections,Rovinj is very nice and praiseworthy destination for tourists.
So far you have managed to avoid building large hotels(dormitories).The system of sewage seems to be working well.The quality of the sea is almost unique.An effort you have made to make the beach look as natural as possible makes the town and its surroundings even more likeable.The restaurants have improved a lot.Accomodation provided by hotels and other facilities is set on a quite high standard.

In a last few years private accomodation has very much improved,and prices are reasonable and suitable.Tourist are likely to feel pleased and come again.

Generally,there is an obvious huge effort made in tourism as well as on the italian part of an Adriatic sea.There is a good balance between prices and offer and it is well adapted.
Until we see eachother again we would like to wish our hosts nice winter holidays and let them know we are allready looking forward to our future summer holidays in Rovinj!
Yours sincerely,

Harald Rigo and family

Austria