Hotel Kastel

About Hotel Kastel

Motovun is a town-monument an ancient Istrian acropolis town located atop a 277 metre high hill whose present appearance dates back to the Middle Ages from the 12th and 13th century. Leading to the top of the hill and its Venetian town square is the longest Istrian staircase with 1052 steps. From the rich architectural heritage of Motovun especially noteworthy are the city gates with tower renaissance town palace town lodge parish church Saint Stephan the smaller churches of Madonna dei Servi and Madonna delle porte the medieval lay out of the streets town cisterns and many coats of arms on the building facades. The position and vistas of Motovun make it one of the most beautiful towns on the Mediterranean.

Let Motovun be the starting point of your exploration and discovery of Istria its unforgettable beauty and thousand-year-old heritage. We recommend 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 kriljinah. HUM a few kilometres below Ro 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. PORE 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. ROVINJ about 50 km away from Motovun is a tourist town in between Pore and Pula with a beautiful 60 metre high bell tower of the church Saint Euphemia which can be seen from afar. LIM FJORD- 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 Faana 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.