Top Istria Classes & Workshops

Try something totally new in Pula and practice yoga out at sea on a SUP board. SUP Yoga uses the sun and sea to enhance your yoga experience, as well as including the strengthening exercise of SUP boarding. Explore yoga positions on a moving mat, as your fully licensed yoga teacher leads your class on SUP boards floating securely on the Aegean Sea. Photos are also included if you wish, to remind yourself of the experience.

Awake your true adrenaline and visit the small village of Paladini, near Motovun, where the Karlić family has hunt truffles for three generations. Experience truffle hunting, a unique adventure of exploring for truffles in the Motovun forest, first created by the Karlić family and already enjoyed by many visitors from all around the globe. The three-hour adventure includes a short education about Istrian truffles and their history, tasting traditional Istrian food with truffles and local products of the Karlić family, and truffle hunting in the green oasis of Istria accompanied by the most exquisite muzzles - truffle dogs. In addition to the daylight truffle hunt, you can also experience a night truffle hunt which begins with truffles tasting accompanied by the most captivating sunset that leaves you breathless. On the top of that, all visitors have an opportunity to visit the first Truffle museum in Croatia.

Sample some regional wine and learn more about the family-run Pervino winery in Novigrad with this guided wine-tasting. Reach the winery by your own means and you’ll be taken on a private guided tour through the winery’s cellar, where you’ll learn about their wines, spirits, and olive oil. Adults can try a selection of wines from and enjoy snacks like cheese, olives, and prosciutto while children play in the nearby garden.

You will be introduced to the best olive oil region in the world! Starting from our authentic Istrian olive oil tasting room where you will be presented with the process of obtaining premium extra virgin olive oil. After a presentation and degustation we will move to the olive grove where you'll get to know a bit more about various types of olive trees. Through this experience you will discover Istrian nature, our carefully tended olive trees and premium extra virgin olive oil. As it is a for max 6 people it will be a relaxed one :)

The House of Istrian Olive Oil located in the center of Pula tells the story of olive growing in Istria through history to the present day. Visiting the museum, you can discover why Istrian olive oil was highly valued by the ancient Romans and how it was produced; what happened to olive oil production during the Middle Ages, how oil was produced by our ancestors and how it is produced today and finally, what are the secrets of creating an extra virgin olive oil of premium quality. Every visit includes an oil tasting led by a trained person. You will learn why Istrian olive oils are considered one of the best in the world, you can try oils from different Istrian producers, taste different varietal oils and blends.

If you ever wanted to see all the steps of creating a ceramic piece, get to know materials used in creating it and feel the clay on the pottery wheel and experience a pot being created in your own hands ... then this is the experience for you! In a real working atmosphere with all materials and equipment at hand you will work along with a mentor on the pottery wheel step by step. You will also try out handbuilding technics which is interesting as well. Maybe after this workshop you will decide to continue at home and make pottery a relaxing hobby!

Located few Km from the sea, between the picturesque cities of Vrsar and Rovinji, and surrounded by olives trees and vineyards, the distillery has been built according to eco friendly standards. In order to preserve as much as possible the aroma and fragrances of our precious botanical we developed our own distillation process, with double vapour infusion, using a customized handmade copper pot still. We distill single shot batches of just 200 bottles. Most of the botanicals are organic and sourced locally, and we do NOT use any essence, sugar, artificial colorant and sweeteners.

Tour the market with the chef and learn to select seasonal ingredients. Enter your cooking studio surrounded by a beautiful garden and learn to prepare delicious local recipes. Enjoy the lunch paired with fine wine and relax outdoors surrounded by olive trees.

It's an walking culinary excursion with tasting of the local wines, olive oil, istrian ham and cheese. Visit the EVOO museum (ticket included) with guided tour & tasting, here you will learn from experts all about our world's best EV olive oil and how to taste it. We will finish our local food adventure with tapas & local wines guided tasting by me. It's an "get to know" new facets of Pula. Are you in?

So, if you love Istria, Croatia...if you love Istrian food, if you want a "behind the scenes look " at this wonderful country and if you're searching for a fun, relaxing, high-quality cooking lesson then our food and wine experience are for you.

If you are looking for a one-of-a-kind experience during your summer holiday in Istria (Croatia), then my watercolor workshop is the right activity for you. An evening spent painting by the sea combined with good company, some good local wine and a magic sunset is an evening for everlasting memories. As you put brush to canvas, you’ll not only release the artist hidden within, but you’ll also experience the richness of our Mediterranean surroundings from a deeper perspective. What better way is there to enjoy the sounds, sights, and smells of the Adriatic sea? The Lighthouse beach at Verudela has the most beautiful sunsets, and you might even spot some dolphins. It brings me so much joy seeing my attendees falling in love with painting and eager to continue create art. Experience your child-like creativity again, explore your painting skills with a sea artist! I look forward to meeting you!.