Route: Novigrad – St. Roželo – Antenal – Sv. Dionizij – Nova Vas – Druškovići – Turini – Marinčići Druš– Fiorini – Mareda – Novigrad
The Sv. Pelagija trail will take you through the centre of ancient Novigrad, which was once an island. You start from the Nautica hotel car park and go through the city centre via Rivarela and Mirna streets to the main road that leads to Poreč. You will pass St. Roželo and descend towards Antenal. The most beautiful landscapes on the route await you here, as you will go past the ornithological reserve and along the river Mirna, which flows into the sea near Antenal. Numerous birds that nest or spend the winter here will keep you company. The road continues through the picturesque villages of Sv. Dionizij and Nova Vas, and then through Druškovići, Turina and Fiorini, all the way to Karigador.
Karigador is located on the northernmost part of Dajla, by the sea, and the name comes from the Italian verb caricare, which means 'to load'. Specifically, this was once a port for loading oak destined for the Venetian arsenal, and later for the export of agricultural products from the Brtonigla area. Continue along the path via Dajla and Mareda, following the coast until the final point in Novigrad. At the end of the trail, you can refresh yourself in one of the numerous restaurants, pubs and bars for which Novigrad is widely known.
What to visit on the way?
Monuments of the layers of Novigrad's past: the city walls and the parish church of St. Pelagia and St. Maximus and the collection of stone monuments with the well-preserved ciborium of Bishop Mauritius, from the end of the VIII century.
Novigrad's Belvedere lodge with a wonderful view of the sea and the horizon
The ornithological reserve Antenal-Mirna
The rural residence of the Benedictine Monastery in Dajla
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