Transport
Istria borders with Slovenia and has a maritime border with Italy. This peninsula is the most popular destination for foreign visitors to Croatia. The tourist season is longer than Dalmatia. Umag and Porec continually top the annual poll of best holiday resorts in Croatia, as organised by the Croatian National Tourist Board and Croatian TV.
It has been said many times that Pula airport will be reached by cheap air fairs soon
Istria is easily accessible from Eastern, Central and Western Europe: Germans, Italians, Slovenians, Austrians, Dutch, Belgium, French and Hungarians between others, access Istria by car and are also starting to buy property in Istria. A big investment is being done with the motorways; a new stage is being built to access Trieste faster. Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, is now also one hour less far and that is an incentive to bring more people to the peninsula.
As we've said before, most visitors arrive by car, but you can fly in to Pula Airport. It has been said many times that Pula airport will be reached by cheap air fairs; Ryanair and Easyjet have done some incursions already but until now there is not confirmation. The fact is that after Croatia ascension to the EU, Istria will be the closest point to these companies to reach Croatia and the airport of Pula has all the resources and capabilities to deal with these flights. Moreover, it's only just 15 minutes by car to the town centre of Pula.
Istria is also easily reachable from Trieste or Venice-Treviso airports, where Ryanair flies to, or Venice Marco Polo airport, where Easyjet and VolareWeb fly to.