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Gostionica/Trattoria Toni isahole-in-the-wallservingupsmallportionsofgoodIstrian
and Venetian fare. Choose between the cozy interior (tucked down a tight lane), or the ter-
race on a bustling, mostly pedestrian street (40-95-kn pastas, 40-140-kn main courses, daily
12:00-15:00 & 18:00-22:30, just up ulica Driovier on the right, tel. [phone]).
Breakfast
(See “Rovinj” map, here .)
Mostrentalapartmentscomewithakitchenettehandyforbreakfasts(stockupataneighbor-
hood grocery shop). Cafés and bars along the waterfront serve little more than an expensive
croissant with coffee. The best budget breakfast (and a fun experience) is a picnic. Within
a block of the market, you have all the necessary stops: the Brionka bakery (fresh-baked
cheeseorapplestrudel);mini-grocerystores(juice,milk,drinkableyogurt,andsoon);mar-
ketstalls(cherries,strawberries,walnuts,andmore,aswellasanelegantfountainforwash-
ing); an Albanian-run bread kiosk, Pekarna Laste, between the market and the water...plus
bencheswithbirdschirping,childrenplaying,andfineOldTownviewsalongthewater.For
ano-fussalternative, youcanshellout60knforthebuffetbreakfastatHotelAdriatic(daily
7:00-10:00, until 11:00 July-Aug; described earlier, under “Sleeping in Rovinj”).
Rovinj Connections
By Bus
Rovinj's bus station is open daily 6:30-9:15 & 9:45-16:30 & 17:00-21:30. As always, con-
firm the following times before planning your trip. Bus schedules are dramatically reduced
on Saturdays and especially on Sundays, as well as (in some cases) off-season. Bus inform-
ation: Tel. [phone] or 052/811-453, www.autobusni-kolodvor.com .
From Rovinj by Bus to: Pula (about hourly, 45 minutes), Pore č (3-6/day, 1 hour),
Rijeka (4-5/day, 2-3.5 hours), Zagreb (6-9/day, 3-6 hours), Venice (1/day Mon-Sat depart-
ing very early in the morning—likely at 5:40, arriving Venice at 10:00, none Sun).
To Slovenia: In the summer, two daily buses connect Rovinj to Slovenia ( Piran and
Ljubljana ): a slow one departing at 8:00 (3 hours to Piran, 5.5 hours to Ljubljana, late
June-Aug only) or an express one departing at around 16:35 (2 hours to Piran, 4 hours to
Ljubljana, July-Sept only); as this connection changes from year to year, confirm schedules
at www.ap-ljubljana.si . Twice weekly off-season (generally Mon and Fri), an early morn-
ing bus begins in Pula, then heads to Pore č , Portorož (with an easy transfer to Piran), and
Ljubljana. You can also reach Piran (and other Slovenian destinations) with transfers in
Umag and Portorož.