"Finding your Sea Legs" Top 5 Page for this destination Rovinj Transportation Tip by Ekaterinburg

If you want to visit the local islands, Red Island or St Katerina you just get the bus- boat that leaves the harbour regularly. No timetable is necessary as this large, luxurious looking blue and grey launch sails backward and forwards all day long. You can either pick it up at the dock near the Park Hotel or the one in the centre of town. Fares are from as little as 15 Kuna (a little over EURO 2 ) for a oneway fare and believe me this is the best value you will get for your money.

From spring to early October it's possible to sail to Venice from Rovinj with Venezia Line ferries - www.venezialines.com. We just missed this service as it stopped for the season on October 6th. Fares are expensive but worth it if you want to the huge treat of approaching Venice from the sea.

There were still loads of local boat trips on offer in October though and in perfect sunny weather cruising on that blue Adriatic is a seriously pleasurable business. Words are really quite inadequate to describe sailing along the Croatian coast. It's a mirage of darkest green and deepest blue, still sea scarcely ruffled by a breeze and nothing to do but sit back and enjoy it.
We went to the Lim Fjord on a boat called Quo Vadis and took some trips round the harbour and islands. One of these trips was on a glass -bottomed boat ( the better to see the fish by )but we just sat in the back and enjoyed the fresh air and beautiful views. On a boat you see every side of Rovinj and it looks even more striking than it does on dry land. The glass bottomed boat is moored close to the main square, as is the Quo Vadis and the owners just canvas for passengers as people pass by. It's the most relaxing and pleasurable aspect of a trip to Rovinj and every time we went on a boat trip it was completely on the spur of the moment because somebody asked and it seemed like a good idea.

Mode: AROUND
Phone: +385 (0)98 224 311 -Quo Vadis
Type: Ship/Boat
Website: http://www.istra.hr