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Background

Piran is the most romantic city Slovenia, beautiful and staryy.On located on the shores of the Adriatic Sea, on a narrow peninsula.
From 1283 to 1797 Piran was in the power of Venice and its supplier of salt.The salt trade produced piranskih saline brought prosperity and affluence of the city of fishermen and smugglers.Narrow streets, which are camped in the old houses, and now they retain the atmosphere of those times when it was not yet fast boats and scooters, and in the local harbour came only sailboats.
Filled with monuments and architecture of ancient legends, Piran attracts a large number of tourists.The whole city is easy to circumvent foot, it is a small (population about 5,000 city employees) to the same entrance to the city is severely limited machines.A majority of streets were simply unable to admit a car.If you come by car, you have to leave it to the parking fee at the entrance to the town, same locations bus station.Then go on foot along the shore, you will be left of the harbour, which has many small yachts and fishing boats, and to the right, after a while, open space Tartini, Tartinjev trg (Giuseppe Tartini Italian violinist and composer, 1692-1770).Now the central city area, but by the end of 19 century instead of the harbour area was continued to cut deeply into the city.If not drive to the area to go along the coast, obognuv piers brings you to the most lively of the city.Here at the embankment obramlennoy large white stones are many restaurants, the most famous of which : Pavel, Tri Vdove, Pavel 2 and hotel Piran.Soon the town is the end, just beyond the sea, the waterfront and beach sharp turn right round the town, located on the long and narrow peninsula.
Except for the yacht wharf, the whole coast is suitable for bathing, clean water, in Piran no industrial sites, and does not go high court.You can safely stay the marina and go into the narrow curves 16th, lost not in the direction you would not go, you will always go to the sea, almost like on the island.