PAZIN, a city in the heart of Istria, the seat of the Istrian County, 22 km from Motovun. In his novel “Mathias Sandorf”, the renowned author Jules Verne, wrote about its most beautiful sights, the thousand year old castle and the Pazin gorge.

BERAM, a small town 16 km from Motovun towards Pazin, is world renowned for its valuable frescos by the master painter Vincent of Kastav in the church Saint Mary on Škriljinah.

ISTRIAN THERMAL SPRINGS in the valley of the River Mirna (about 10 km from Motovun) have since Roman times been known as a thermal spa, with springs of warm, medicinal, sulphurous waters rich with minerals. The surrounding area is attractive for walks and recreation and the high cliffs above the spa have been adapted for sports free climbing.

BUZET, about twenty kilometres north-east of Motovun is known as the"City of truffles".

ROČ, about ten kilometres from Buzet, the settlement is located on the site of prehistoric ruins. It has well preserved city walls and gates in which a Roman lapidarium is located, along with the oldest cannon in Istria and Venetian bombarda cannon from the 15th century. Together with Hum it is an important historical centre for Glagolitic script and between these two localities extends the Glagolitic Avenue consisting of 10 monuments erected between the years 1977 and 1981as a memorial to Glagolitic script.

HUM, a few kilometres below Roč, is a small medieval town, located on an elongated hillside that dominates its surroundings with its medieval walls, city gates, lodge and parish church. It is also known as the smallest city in the world.

VIŠNJAN, about ten km from Motovun, is the centre for astronomers from the nearby observatory, who are world renowned because of the large number of new celestial bodies they have discovered.

The cave BAREDINE not far from Višnjan (about
15 km from Motovun) offers a view of the rich and beautiful Istrian underground and invites you to personally experience a speleological adventure.

POREČ, a city on the western coast of Istria, 25 km from Motovun, is the biggest tourist centre on the Adriatic and of its many historical monuments the Eufrasius Basilica is particularly impressive.

LIMSKI CHANNEL - a protected landscape and underwater reserve (since 1964.), about 55 km away from Motovun. The Limski Channel was formed by the flooding of canyon valley of lime-stone karst. With its narrow 11 kilometre indent into the mainland it makes up one of the most beautiful landscapes in Istria. This is a geomorphologic phenomenon with densely vegetated cliffs which rise up to 150 metres above sea level.

PULA, 68 km from Motovun, at the very south of the Istrian peninsula, is the largest city in Istria. Its Arena (amphitheatre) was constructed in Roman times and today is the venue for many top class cultural events and festivals.

NATIONAL PARK BRIJUNI, not far from Fažana (about 60 km from Motovun) in the south-west of Istria, is a group of protected islands with beautifully preserved natural and cultural heritage which dates back to the earliest times.