Casa Polo

Perched on Garzotto Street in Rovinj's old town, Casa Polo occupies a narrow Istrian townhouse two minutes' walk from the Church of St. Euphemia's bell tower — a quiet base for couples wanting the peninsula's cobbled lanes over the harbor-front bustle.

Rooms keep exposed stone and timber beams original to the building, with shuttered windows opening onto the pedestrian street below. No lift and no restaurant on site, so mornings mean a walk to the nearby konoba-lined Grisia Street for coffee.

The town's swimming coves at Lone Bay sit roughly a fifteen-minute walk south along the coastal path.