B&B Artegnana 1798

Beside the parish lane on Vincenta od Kastva in Materada, a hamlet in Croatia's Istrian interior, B&B Artegnana 1798 occupies a stone farmhouse dated in its name — the original lintel is still set above the entrance. Four rooms surround a gravel courtyard shaded by an old fig tree.

Hosts run the kitchen garden that supplies breakfast: eggs, tomatoes, and homemade jam rather than a buffet spread. Materada sits inland from the coast, a quiet base for travellers touring Istria's wine roads by car rather than staying beachside.