County Bale, or Valle, how Italians are calling it, is placed on the southeast part of Istrian peninsula between cities Vodnjan and Rovinj. The main city of the county, Bale is settled seven kilometres from the seashore, distanced 13 kilometers from Rovinj, 20 kilometers from Pula with it’s airport and only few kilometers from the main roads connecting Istria with Slovenia and the rest of the Croatia. So, Bale is well connected with the rest of the world.
The longitude of Bale’s sea line is 9 kilometers, and the view on a beautiful archipelago and National park Brijuni, contributes to it’s uniqueness and natural attractiveness. Bale is a piece of the land with unspoiled environment; every little stone and branch seems to celebrate life on Earth and the Sun above us. It is a place of constant silence resounding among the stone facades of the small city. In the center of the town, one can find Sorado-Bembo palace, county church with lapidaries and a city palace, to admire. Outside of the town, there are more than few notabilities, from which archaeological area San Polo-Colone-Paravia stands up. It is settled on the bare seashore with findings of Roman villas Rustics, Mediaeval and Gothic churches and roman oil presses. It seems that this place is like an beautiful girl proudly watching around heading up; like all the nature is just observing and wondering while the history makes it’s marks along.
Bale has a lots of art galleries and an international exhibition of academic artists, Castrum Vallis, with a 45 years long tradition. Younger spirits are looking forward to Last Minute - Open Jazz Festival in Bale, which brought over more than 5000 people and 120 musician last summer.
The villages of the county are well connected one with another by country roads, so called ‘white roads’, characteristic for Istrian inland. Those roads are the tracks for investigating this charming county with all of it’s agro tourism facilities, family households with home grown food products and restaurants offering top gastronomy experiences. Accommodation can be found in neat private houses, with picturesque apartments and rooms, resounding that same silence for complete enjoyment and rest.
