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PULA
The
first tourist excursions to Pula were recorded at the
beginning of the 19th century.
Giovanni Carrara, a conservator of antiquities in Pula,
guided the sightseeing tours
for distinguished personalities and organized groups in
1828. In 1832 Pula was
visited by the Austrian emperor Ferdinand I. The first
tourist guide on Pula
(Cenni al forestiero che visita Pola - Tips for a
Foreigner Visiting Pula), published by
the Austrian Lloyd from Trieste, compiled by Pietro Kandler,
was printed in 1845.
The first public beach, Bagno Polese, for the citizens and
tourists, located between
the islet of Ulja-nik and the administration building on the
coastal promenade,
was opened in 1885. After that, two other beaches were
constructed, "Sakordana" and
the marine officers' beach on the islet of St. Peter, where
men and women could
swim at different times of the day. During the First World
War the Zelenika beach was
opened, and in 1936 the Stoja beach (Stabilimento bagni di
Stoia).
The first modern hotel in Pula - Hotel Riviera - was opened
in 1908.
Under the Italian rule, the hotels Miramare, Bologna, Milano
and Centrale were
operating as well as the children's summer camps Principe di
Piemonte on
Stoja and Sandro Mussolini on Vargarola. In the 1930s Pula
had several travel agencies.
Tourism in Pula experiences its peak in the 1960s, when on
the beautiful,
well-indented and green coast south of Pula the construction
of modern tourist resorts
was initiated (Zlatne Stijene, Ribarska Koliba, Verudela).
ACI
MARINA PULA
**The marina has 200 berths and 80 boat
places on land.
The berths have water and power supply. Facilities:
Reception, exchange office,
restaurant, toilets and showers, repair shop, 10 t crane,
parking lot, rent-a-car agency.
The gas station is located on a small pier near the marina.
In the vicinity there are
Harbour Master's Office and Customs Office. Shopping can be
done in the city.
Traffic
connections:
Pula
has regular bus and rail connections with all
Croatian cities. Pula Airport is 5 km from the city.
Distances: Trieste - 120 km, Milan - 520 km, Graz - 430 km,
Vienna
- 610, Munich - 630.
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