Top Pula Art & Culture

Guarantee your admission to the impressive Pula amphitheatre, one of the world's largest, with this prepaid ticket. Explore the enormous structure at your leisure, visiting the four floors and the ancient Roman walls to learn about its history and past uses. Tickets are valid anytime during the amphitheatre's opening hours.

Explore hilltop towns, taste truffles, visit UNESCO spots and sit down for a lunch in our favorite local restaurant. All the best things to do in Istria in only 1 day. Discover the UNESCO site, Euphrasian Basilica in Poreč, continue to the medieval town, Grožnjan, famous for its artists, and end up in the most famous hilltop town of Motovun. Enjoy lunch and truffle tasting with amazing views from the city walls.

Visit Pula’s most historic buildings and famous architecture on a pre-dinner tour. This walking tour takes in Pula Arena, the only Roman amphitheatre in the world to have four preserved side towers, as well as the Old Town and the Kaštel fortress. Your local tour guide will also tell you where the best places to eat and drink are, and where to find day trips outside of the city too.

Immerse yourself in the ancient cities and fascinating culture of the Istrian Peninsula during this 8-hour day trip from Pula and Medulin. Wander the cobblestone streets of Bale and Rovinj and enjoy a typical Istrian lunch. Then head to Porec, where you can explore the 2,000-year-old ruins of Roman temples and a Byzantine-style basilica.

Get to know Slovenia's Lake Bled on this full-day tour from western Croatia. With your guide in the lead, visit Bled Castle (entrance fees included( and enjoy a serene boat ride on the lake itself. Pickup and drop-off from select hotels included.

Escape the bustling city and discover Brijuni National Park’s island sights on board a traditional boat. Relax on deck with a fresh Mediterranean lunch and unlimited drinks included, and listen as your guide shares insights into the park’s history. Look out for native wildlife as you sail the Adriatic, before disembarking with free time to explore the St. Jerolim Island (entrance not included), with opportunities to swim, sight-see, and sunbathe.

Go in search of dolphins off the Adriatic Coast on this half-day tour from Pula. Your onboard guides will share information on dolphin biology and behavior, as well as the local marine environment. Dinner will be served on board, as well as an open bar to make for an all-inclusive experience.

Discover Pula’s coves, cliffs, and remote beaches on this small-group kayaking adventure. Opting for a guided tour instead of exploring independently means you don’t need to worry about getting lost, and the guide provides top tips on the best spots to watch the sunset. As well as idyllic sunset views, visit sea caves, have a chance to go cliff jumping, and learn more about the history of the local area.

Avoid the daytime heat on an after-dark tour of Verudela, and enjoy the thrill of exploring by Segway. Zip along empty streets in a small group on a family-friendly excursion, and explore under the supervision of a guide, who also captures video and photo mementos of your journey to share with family and friends back home.

Discover sea caves on the Adriatic Coast on a kayaking tour around the Kamenjak peninsula in Premantura, south of Pula. You'll paddle along the southern cape of Istria and into two caves, plus go snorkeling, admire several bays and beaches, and jump in the water from the cliffs, if you wish.

Spend half a day kayaking, swimming, and cliff-jumping with this small-group tour from Valsaline Beach. You'll paddle out to sea, making your way to the so-called Tarzan cliff, where you'll have time to swim and cliff jump. You'll then continue to visit Pula's Cave, with time left over to swim and do more cliff jumping before returning to Valsaline Beach.

For adventurous travelers to Pula, this 3-hour sea kayaking tour has it all: snorkeling and sea cave exploration. A guide will lead your group on a paddle around the clear waters of Galeb’s Rocks with the option to experience the underwater world. Bonus: high-resolution photos and videos of your excursion are included.

Venice lies roughly six hours around the Gulf of Trieste from Pula, Croatia by rail. This tour saves you about 3 hours of travel time each way with a direct high-speed catamaran ride across the Adriatic Sea. After you disembark, take a guided tour of St. Mark’s Square and explore the city on your own. Travelers can opt for add-ons, such as guided rides along canals, a gondola ride, and water taxis.

Experience and taste the highlights of Istria while visiting Hum – the smallest city in the world, Motovun – the most attractive medieval town of Istria and Labin – the city of artists.

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!

If you choose to explore Pula’s history on your own, you could miss out on a lot of the important details. Explore the seafront city with a guide who doesn’t leave out a thing as you see important attractions such as the Pula Arena, an amphitheater where Roman gladiators fought. Plus, this Pula Roman heritage tour is offered in the morning or afternoon, making it easy for travelers to fit it into their busy schedules.

Travel up the coast of the Istrian peninsula and visit three other Croatian towns during this half-day tour. Along with your guide and small group of seven or fewer, stop in Rovinj for a guided walking tour around the Old Town. Then it’s on to Bale, once the hideout of the infamous Casanova, as well as Vodnjan, home to the UNESCO-listed Kazuna Park before heading back to Pula.

The sea cliffs, islands, and rocky coves of Cape Kamenjak lie just south of Banjole. On this tour, explore the natural wonders by bike, venture off-road to discover little-known viewpoints and hidden caves, and enjoy magnificent views from the southernmost point of the Istrian Peninsula. Along the way, stop to swim, enjoy a drink at the Safari Bar, and perhaps even try cliff jumping from the Kolumbarice cliffs.

Travel into the Istrian countryside to taste the local agricultural products on this day trip from Pula. With a guide in the lead and all transportation provided, visit the 11th-century town of Motovun for views and truffle-tasting. Head to a distillery perched on the banks of the River Mirna to learn the traditional methods for making jams, cookies, and chocolate made with herbs from the surrounding mountains.

Make the most of half a day at sea to discover the coastal highlights of Kamenjak National Park. On a cruise from Medulin, you'll explore the shoreline around the archipelago, stopping along the way to swim in sea caves and bask on secluded island beaches. An onboard lunch and drinks are served while you're out on the water.

You will discover an outstanding Roman Amphitheater from the 1 cent. AD. This experience will change your perspective of ancient Rome and enrich your knowledge about Roman culture. Join an exclusive private tour without waiting in the line for a ticket.

Bale, Rovinj and Vodnjan with olive oil tasting from Pula is a small group tour, the best way to explore Bale and Rovinj. In Rovinj we have 3h free time after the guided walking tour, so you can have lunch and explore on your own. Afterwords we try some of the worlds best olive oils in Vodnjan, "the capital of olive oil".

Explore several popular sites around Pula on this LBTQ-friendly tour. Tour Pula Arena, (which is among the six largest surviving Roman arenas in the world and largely intact), Golden Gate Square, the Sergi Arch, the Pula Forum, and more. You’ll also visit a local market and learn about the city’s history and daily life from an informative guide.

A great introduction to the city of Pula that focuses on history, culture and the modern everyday life of Pula. At a moderate pace, you will glimpse how to live in the ancient Roman colony - of ancient Pula. The tour will cover all the main sights of Pula, including Forum Square, the Temple of Augustus, the City hall, the Arch of Sergii, Giardini, Gates of Hercules, Twin Gates, Amphitheatre, Tito's park, and many more. During the tour, you will enter the Arena, taste local brandies, truffles, and olive oil, and get recommendations on the places to visit in your spare time, rounding up a well-informative yet fun tour.