In Search of Istria

Piran, cute as a button and the best preserved example of an old Venetian Republic town along the Adriatic coast of Croatia's Istrian Peninsula

Dangling into the Northern Adriatic is a land that’s not quite Italy, not quite Croatia, but marries the best of both. Its medieval hilltowns, vine-clad slopes, and Venetian fishing ports are less crowded than the popular Dalmatian Coast—and less expensive than Italy