Studio Apartment Belvedere

Forty steps from the Adriatic shoreline, Studio Apartment Belvedere sits at Trg Glagoljasa 2 in Materada, a low-key Istrian settlement four kilometres north of Poreč on Croatia's western peninsula.

The self-catering studio format suits couples or solo travelers using the property as a western Istrian base. A 9.7 guest rating across 136 reviews is unusually high for the format, suggesting hands-on hosting rather than absentee management. Poreč's UNESCO-listed Euphrasian Basilica — a sixth-century Byzantine mosaic complex — is a short cycle or ten-minute drive south along the coastal road.

Materada sits within easy reach of the Mirna river estuary wetlands and the medieval hilltop village of Motovun inland, two destinations that most Poreč-based visitors miss entirely.