Brijuni National Park
Fourteen Adriatic islands with Roman ruins and a safari park off Istria
Brijuni is an archipelago of fourteen islands off western Istria, where Tito's State Summer Residence left a safari park, exotic trees and a Cold War history. Veli Brijun also has over 200 dinosaur footprints and Roman and Byzantine remains.
Things to do
- HeritageVisit the Safari Park on Veli Brijun, where the Istrian ox, Istrian sheep and Lanka the Indian elephant live
- Try thisLook for dinosaur footprints at the four sites on Veli Brijun
- On footWalk to St. Mary's Church, built by the Knights Templar, and the Roman villa remains
- WildlifeWatch birds at the Saline marshy lakes
- HeritageTour the Tito exhibition and the museum in the old boathouse
Croatia · Istria Size 34 km²
Also worth seeing
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Saline
Three marshy lakes, fenced as an ornithological reserve and used by northern birds. - 3
St. Mary's Church
A 13th-century church on Veli Brijun built by the Knights Templar.