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Two skinny calves once pulled a floating marble tomb up a hill in Rovinj that no team of oxen could shift, and that’s an important premise of this self-guided tour of Rovinj.
The old town, until a little over two hundred fifty years ago, was an actual island, cut off from the mainland and connected by a drawbridge. The channel filled in, making way for the tall, narrow houses you're about to walk past.
Walk at your own pace as you play through our audio-guide app, following the old shoreline through Balbi's Arch, past the winged lions the Venetians carved into nearly every wall, and out to a chapel where a children's hospital quietly began Rovinj's tourism story.
No fixed start time, no rigid schedule, no group to keep up with. Walk it in two hours or stretch across an afternoon. Over 25,000 travelers have used our self-guided tours, backed by a full refund guarantee. A good fit for anyone who wants Rovinj's history, self-guided, at their own pace.
What's Included
Meeting and pickup
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Itinerary
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1
Stand in a square named for a bridge that isn't there, and find out why the sea vanished
12 minutes • Admission ticket free -
2Rovinj Heritage Museum
Step into a red palace and uncover the baron who quietly hosted a future assassinated archduke
12 minutes • Admission ticket free -
3
Trace how a town's women workforce beat a rival city for a factory, and rearranged who ran their homes
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
4Balbi Arch
Decode the carved lion above this gate, and spot the one detail that sets Rovinj's apart from other cities
8 minutes • Admission ticket free -
5
Look up at a clock tower that doubled as a jail, and meet the fountain boy nobody can explain
12 minutes • Admission ticket free -
6
Spot the harbor where a Hollywood stunt team filmed the same car chase twice, and only kept one version
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
7
Count the chimneys crowding these rooftops, and learn the fire risk that shaped every one of them
5 minutes • Admission ticket free -
8
Meet the fishermen who had no money for instruments, so they learned to sing like one instead
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
9
Gaze out at water hiding a legendary sunken city, and a real ship that went down in minutes
14 minutes • Admission ticket free -
10Church of St. Euphemia
Search for the copper saint atop this tower who doubles as the town's oldest weather forecaster
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
11
Wander down the artists' stepped street, and find out what an American tourist's shopping spree started here
8 minutes • Admission ticket free -
12
Encounter the martyr executed at this harbor, and the quieter story of a whole community that later left
12 minutes • Admission ticket free -
13
Follow the legend of a floating tomb no ox could shift, until a local boy's two skinny calves tried
15 minutes • Admission ticket free -
14
Gaze out at the water hiding a legendary sunken city, and a real ship that went down in minutes
14 minutes • Admission ticket free -
15Plaza Balota
Climb down an iron ladder where locals still swim daily, and trace how Venice's rule quietly became Austria's
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
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Pause at a chapel built against sickness, and uncover the sick children who accidentally invented Rovinj's tourism
10 minutes • Admission ticket free -
17Rovinj Market
Piece together the outline of Rovinj's original island from here, then track down a wine warmed with olive oil
10 minutes • Admission ticket free
Additional info
- Service animals allowed
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
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Cancellation Policy
- For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
- If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
- Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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