{"id":1827,"date":"2017-05-28T20:40:43","date_gmt":"2017-05-28T20:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/?p=1827"},"modified":"2019-07-14T10:09:24","modified_gmt":"2019-07-14T10:09:24","slug":"eurotrip-6-2017-rovinj-and-the-fortified-towns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caravanramblings.co.uk\/?p=1827","title":{"rendered":"Eurotrip 6, 2017 – Rovinj and the Fortified Towns…"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today we toured some of the Fortified Towns. The villages and towns of Istria were all fortified and the first people to build walls were the Histri, an Illyrian tribe who put up defences on the hilltops where they settled.<\/p>\n

We would visit three of the hilltop towns today and witness a huge contrast. The first location was very rural and\u00a0quiet whilst the last town we would visit had lots of tourists and even a shuttle bus to avoid the climb\u00a0to the hilltop.<\/p>\n

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Tour of the fortified towns – \u00a0Boljun ramparts…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

First up was Boljun, the village still retaining its medieval walls, ramparts, a tower and a water trough from 1697.<\/p>\n

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Aerial view of Boljun, the Fortified Towns…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Completely unspoilt, we were the only tourists in the area. A single caf\u00e9 \/ restaurant the only sign of life (save for half a dozen cows sheltering in one of the “houses” on the main street.<\/p>\n

More pictures follow along with some aerial photography from the Mavic Pro.<\/p>\n

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Croatia Fortified Towns – Boljun…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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