Viewpoint
Walk the Walls at Sunset
Motovun · Istria
QUICK INFORMATION
- CATEGORY
- Viewpoint
- COUNTRY
- Croatia
- REGION
- Motovun · Istria
- DURATION
- Half a day
ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE
Motovun empties by late afternoon, and the hour before sunset is the town’s quiet reward: the wall circuit almost to yourself, the valley below turning from green to gold, Oprtalj’s silhouette appearing on its hill to the north.
WHAT YOU’LL EXPERIENCE
What you’ll experience
Twenty minutes of parapet walking in cool evening air, the day’s haze gone from the long view, and the village lanes darkening into dinner hour below. Stay for the first lights of the valley farms.
THE EXPERIENCE IN DETAIL
What it’s really like
HIGHLIGHTS
Moments worth savouring
The best light of the day on the best panorama in inland Istria
The circuit nearly empty after the tour buses leave
Dinner in a konoba as the direct next act
WHAT TO EXPECT
Good to know before you go
PRACTICAL INFORMATION
Before you go
MAP & LOCATION
Walk the Walls at Sunset
Walk the Walls at Sunset, Motovun, Istria, Croatia
45.3367, 13.8289
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MORE EXPERIENCES
More to do in Motovun
FOOD & DRINK
Where to eat nearby
Konoba Mondo — truffle dishes in the village
Motovun’s wine-cellars and olive-oil shops
Terrace restaurants on the summit square — valley views with lunch
Truffle hunters’ farms in the Mirna valley — book ahead
HOTELS & STAYS
Where to stay nearby
Guesthouses in the village and the surrounding hills
Agriturismo farms in the Mirna valley
Rooms inside the walls for film-festival nights
Wine estates with rooms between Motovun and Grožnjan
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