Vila Ogrin is located only three
kilometers from Piran – a small town with rich architecture, culture and
history, where you can also visit the Maritime museum "Sergej Mašera" and
the Aquarium. The Forma Viva is an interesting park with stone sculptures,
which lies behind the yacht harbor in Portorož. Don't miss the visit to the
Secovlje salt pans and the Tonas house, a professionally restored typical
dwelling of the rural inhabitants, or to the old typical Istrian villages in
the hinterland, waiting to be visited with their arms and hearts open,
having so much to offer - hospitality, original Istrian dishes, wines and
olive oil. The Coast, the Karst and the sea offer infinite possibilities for
walks, cycling, trips and excursions, as well as horse riding. If your wish
is to get to know the whole Slovenian coast better, then you should take
advantage of the many organized excursions by boat, or by tourist planes
offering beautiful panoramic views of the entire coast, from Portorož all
the way to Ankaran.
Portoroz is an ideal starting-point for trips and excursions to near and
distant surroundings like the famous Postojna and Škocjan caves, Hrastovlje,
Ljubljana, the attractive capitol of Slovenia, the romantic lake Bled and
wonderful Lipica. Venice and the Castel of Miramare in Italy. In the
vicinity there are many beautiful Croatian coastal towns, islands and
numerous natural beauties and monuments as the Plitvice lakes, Poreč,
Rovinj, Limfjord, Pula, Brioni. In the surroundings of Vila Ogrin there are
numerous walks and attractive cycling tracks, numerous tennis courts, table
tennis, basketball, football and volleyball grounds, mini golf, ninepins,
bowling, beach volley, children play park and go-kart centre.
You may wish to rent a sailing boat at the Yacht harbor of Portorož or
attend a parachute course at the Sečovlje airport. Numerous aquatic sport
centers in Portorož offer a variety of different sport activities: sailing,
surfing, water skiing, parachuting, tube-gliding, and many more. You can
also hire fishing and water sport requisites. There are also different
diving clubs.
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