Porec is town in Istria, located on the western coast of Istria. Town Porec is old about 2000 years. It is well protected by the small island St. Nikolas. It is close to Italy so many tourists from Italy choose it as its holiday choice. Porec is well connected by the roads, so it is easy to access it.
Population of Porec is about 10500, but the whole Porec district has about 20000 inhabitants. Porec region covers about 137 m2, and seaside is long 37 kilometers.
Climate is very mild, without summer swelters as moisture is low. The hottest month in a year is August, with an average temperature of 30 degrees Celsius, and the coldest month is January with an average temperature of 5 degrees Celsius. The town has more than 3850 sunny hours in a year, which means that during the summer there is about 10 sunny hours per day on the average. Temperature of the sea during summer could be even 28 degrees Celsius. During the winter often blows bura, a cold wind from the north, which brings sunny whether and coldness.
Porec has history in tourism from 19th century. The oldest hotel in Porec was built in the year 1910, and after that was built numerous hotels which are there today. Also, Porec has new hotels with very good quality of service. As tourism is main branch in Porec, most residents rents their apartments, so it is very good offer of accommodation. Hotels, camps, marines, private accommodation, all can be found in Porec. It is possible to play many sports in Porec, even in town or at the beach. Outside summer season, Porec is destination for weekend tourism.
In Porec tourist can see many sights. Some of them are Church of our Lady of Angels, Euphrasian Basilica, few Gothic palaces and old houses from time of Roman, just like many other very interesting sights which dates from historical time.
