Days of bread, olive oil, vine and games
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At the beginning of November – one of the coldest months of the year, the last of this year's tourist manifestations was held on the city of Rovinj's waterfront, named «Bread, Olive Oil, Wine, Fish, and... Games».
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At the beginning of November – one of the coldest months of the year, the last of this year's tourist manifestations was held on the city of Rovinj's waterfront, named «Bread, Olive Oil, Wine, Fish, and... Games».
The festivities were organized by the Tourist Board, in association with «Maistra» hotels, and attracted a great number of native and foreign visitors.
Which, according to Tourist Board director, Odete Sapač, wasn't difficult because during the All Saint's Day holidays, around 1600 visitors came to Rovinj, achieving close to six thousand overnight stays. According to the first lady of Rovinj tourism, the city of Saint Euphemia anticipates an estimated 2,550 million overnight stays by the end of the year – a four percent increase from last year.
Guests showed particular interest in the sampling of olive oil, fine wines, spreads made with truffles, and cakes from Pula's Brionka.
One was able to dip bread into the olive oil promoted by native olive oil producers including members of the Agrorovinj Association, as well as those from Poreč’s Agrolaguna, while Istria’s famous olive grower and olive oil producer, Klaudio Ipša, promoted its extra virgin olive oil.
Sips of fine wine, also made available by Agrorovinj and Agrolaguna members, were sampled in great quantities, as were “Zigante” spreads made with the most expensive of Istrian mushrooms.
Aside from food and drinks, festivity organizers ensured visitors great music. A brass band, the ''Batana'' folk group, the ''Strings'' duo, ''Štrace'', and members of KUD ''Stjepan Žiža'' from Rovinjsko Selo could be heard until the early hours of the morning.
For the young, and the young at heart, an eventful sports program was organized, with the moving of fishing cases and ‘tugs of war’ being the most interesting.
