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If you would like to explore the surroundings of Rovinj and you have chosen St Thomas trail, get your bicycle ready at the starting line near the natural marsh M. Piliš. The marsh Piliš called also Lamadapili belongs to an extremely complex and sophisticated water system which will be of special interest to all nature lovers since it abounds with multiple specimens of typical marshy vegetation (bull-rush with large leafs, common marshy rush, various reeds, common sorrel, bedstraw) and specimens from the animal world (various frogs e.g. tree-frogs, toads, reptiles e.g. ringed snake, dragon-fly and wading birds).

When you pass near Concetta along the railway line the trail brings you to the church of St Thomas from the 8th - 9th century with the cross-shaped layout and the belfry built subsequently on the northern side, a nice example of architecture from the Carolingian period in Istria. Some recent excavations in the church revealed several dozens of fragments of the pre-Romanesque architectural plastic art and many pieces of sacral furniture (fragments of screens, altar sides, altar pillars, columns with capitals).

Continuing along the trail you will find the remains of another sacral place, the Romanesque church of St Proto, situated at the bottom of the western side of the homonymous hill which distinguishes itself from other churches in the surroundings of Rovinj from that period by its height and monumentality. The final stop of the trail of St Thomas awaits you in Rovinjsko selo, a village 7 km northwest of Rovinj founded in the year 1526 by the refugees from the surroundings of Zadar who were escaping from the advancement of the Turks.

Highlights


  • The beauties of the natural marsh Piliš
  • The Carolingian heritage: the church of St Thomas
  • Ruins of monumental architecture: the church of St Proto

Accommodation - Bike & Bed

Accommodation - Bike hotels


  • Tourist associations:
    Rovinj, Pino Budičin 12, tel. 052 / 811 566
    Bale, Trg Palih boraca 3, tel. 052 / 824 270
    Kanfanar, Trg Marka Zelca 6, tel. 052 / 825 003

  • Police:
    Rovinj, Istarska 13, tel. 052 / 538 222

  • First aid:
    Rovinj, Istarska b.b., tel. 052 / 830 936

  • Pharmacy:
    Rovinj, Matteo Benussi bb, tel. 052 / 813 589

  • Bus station:
    Rovinj, Trg na lokvi 6, tel. 052 / 811 453

  • Taxi:
    Rovinj, Trg na lokvi, tel. 052 / 811 100

  • Post office:
    Rovinj, M.Benussi, tel. 052 / 811 262

Olive oil road


  • Rovinjsko selo, ?Miro Pokrajac?
    Rovinjsko selo 50, tel. 052 / 816 308, 098 441 001

Museums

Gastronomic guide


  • Rovinj, ?Al Castaldo?
    Iza kasarne 14, tel. 052 / 814 109
  • Rovinj, ?Angelo d`oro?
    Vladimira Švalbe 38-42, tel. 052 / 840 502
  • Rovinj, ?Giannino?
    A. Ferri 38, tel. 052 / 813 402
  • Rovinj, ?La perla?
    E. Bulešić 2, tel. 052 / 811 801
  • Rovinj, ?Orca?
    Gripole 70, tel. 052 / 816 851
  • Rovinj, ?Toni?
    Driovier 3, tel. 052 / 815 303
  • Rovinj, ?Torkolo?
    Riccardo Da Veggia bb, tel. 052 / 815 654
  • Rovinj, ?Veli Jože?
    Sv. Križa 1, tel. 052 / 816 337
  • Limski kanal, ?Viking?
    Limski kanal, tel. 052 / 448 223
  • Limski kanal, ?Lim fjord?
    Limski kanal 1, tel. 052 / 448 222
  • Kanfanar, ?Matohanci?
    Matohanci 16, tel. 052 / 848 394

Wine roads


  • Rovinj, ?Igor & Viliam Žužić?
    Valderiso, tel. 052 / 848 502, 098 275 901