{"id":7622,"date":"2018-10-10T17:30:10","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T16:30:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/test\/?p=7622"},"modified":"2018-10-10T15:52:06","modified_gmt":"2018-10-10T14:52:06","slug":"walking-tour-istrian-city-pula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/walking-tour-istrian-city-pula\/","title":{"rendered":"A walking tour of the Istrian city of Pula"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Embarking on a walking tour around Pula is one of the best ways to explore and discover the many fascinating sites this incredible Istrian city is home to.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7623\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AdobeStock_176910741.jpeg\" alt=\"Pula, Istria, Croatia\" width=\"700\" height=\"479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AdobeStock_176910741.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AdobeStock_176910741-375x257.jpeg 375w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Official tours take visitors around some of the best and lesser-known monuments and sites scattered throughout Pula\u2019s ancient and captivating streets.<\/p>\n<p>Pula is Istria\u2019s largest city and also has the highest volume of Roman rests in Croatia. On a walking tour of the city, you will discover the monuments and sites that give Pula its unique identity, including the Augustus Temple, Hercules Gate, Twin Gate, Sergi\u2019s Arch and the City Hall, amongst others.<\/p>\n<p>Visitors can experience the famous Pula Arena with an expert tour guide to learn more about this iconic amphitheatre, which is the sixth largest Roman amphitheatre in the world. As well as being one of the largest, Pula Arena is one of the world\u2019s best-preserved amphitheatres, and is, justifiably, the most important monument in Croatia.<\/p>\n<p>Being a city steeped in such rich, interesting and unique history and culture, Pula is home to a number of museums. Walking tours of Pula often include dropping into the city\u2019s inspiring museums to learn more about its distinct and turbulent history.<\/p>\n<p>No walking exploration of any city would be complete without sampling the local cuisine, and Pula is no exception. The food in this exciting city is influenced by Italian cuisine and consequently, pasta, pizza and gelato are staples of the city. As is seafood and there is a wide choice of excellent seafood restaurants serving delightfully fresh mussels and oysters, washed down with a glass or two of delectable local Istrian wine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Embarking on a walking tour around Pula is one of the best ways to explore and discover the many fascinating sites this incredible Istrian city is home to.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":7623,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36,42],"tags":[824,884,1109],"class_list":["post-7622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-things-to-do-in-croatia","category-things-to-do-in-istria","tag-croatia","tag-istria","tag-pula"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A walking tour of the Istrian city of Pula - Vintage Travel - Blog Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Embarking on a walking tour around Pula is one of the best ways to explore and discover the many fascinating sites this incredible Istrian city is home to.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/walking-tour-istrian-city-pula\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A walking tour of the Istrian city of Pula - Vintage Travel - Blog Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Embarking on a walking tour around Pula is one of the best ways to explore and discover the many fascinating sites this incredible Istrian city is home to.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/walking-tour-istrian-city-pula\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Vintage Travel - Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-10-10T16:30:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AdobeStock_176910741.jpeg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"700\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"479\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Simon Holyoake\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/walking-tour-istrian-city-pula\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/walking-tour-istrian-city-pula\/\",\"name\":\"A walking tour of the Istrian city of Pula - Vintage Travel - Blog Blog\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/walking-tour-istrian-city-pula\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/walking-tour-istrian-city-pula\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AdobeStock_176910741.jpeg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-10-10T16:30:10+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/654639d4a319c5ff643b0ff920733bd3\"},\"description\":\"Embarking on a walking tour around Pula is one of the best ways to explore and discover the many fascinating sites this incredible Istrian city is home to.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/walking-tour-istrian-city-pula\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/walking-tour-istrian-city-pula\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/walking-tour-istrian-city-pula\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AdobeStock_176910741.jpeg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AdobeStock_176910741.jpeg\",\"width\":700,\"height\":479,\"caption\":\"Pula, Istria, Croatia\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/walking-tour-istrian-city-pula\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A walking tour of the Istrian city of Pula\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"Vintage Travel - Blog\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/654639d4a319c5ff643b0ff920733bd3\",\"name\":\"Simon Holyoake\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-GB\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f25f378bbf5e3be9f4582c185eb1445075cfa1ff1d344e0ff4121b7967768ddd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f25f378bbf5e3be9f4582c185eb1445075cfa1ff1d344e0ff4121b7967768ddd?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Simon Holyoake\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/author\/simon-holyoake\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A walking tour of the Istrian city of Pula - Vintage Travel - Blog Blog","description":"Embarking on a walking tour around Pula is one of the best ways to explore and discover the many fascinating sites this incredible Istrian city is home to.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/walking-tour-istrian-city-pula\/","og_locale":"en_GB","og_type":"article","og_title":"A walking tour of the Istrian city of Pula - Vintage Travel - Blog Blog","og_description":"Embarking on a walking tour around Pula is one of the best ways to explore and discover the many fascinating sites this incredible Istrian city is home to.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/walking-tour-istrian-city-pula\/","og_site_name":"Vintage Travel - Blog","article_published_time":"2018-10-10T16:30:10+00:00","og_image":[{"width":700,"height":479,"url":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AdobeStock_176910741.jpeg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Simon Holyoake","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/walking-tour-istrian-city-pula\/","url":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/walking-tour-istrian-city-pula\/","name":"A walking tour of the Istrian city of Pula - Vintage Travel - Blog Blog","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/walking-tour-istrian-city-pula\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/walking-tour-istrian-city-pula\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AdobeStock_176910741.jpeg","datePublished":"2018-10-10T16:30:10+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/654639d4a319c5ff643b0ff920733bd3"},"description":"Embarking on a walking tour around Pula is one of the best ways to explore and discover the many fascinating sites this incredible Istrian city is home to.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/walking-tour-istrian-city-pula\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-GB","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/walking-tour-istrian-city-pula\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/walking-tour-istrian-city-pula\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AdobeStock_176910741.jpeg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/AdobeStock_176910741.jpeg","width":700,"height":479,"caption":"Pula, Istria, Croatia"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/walking-tour-istrian-city-pula\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A walking tour of the Istrian city of Pula"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/","name":"Vintage Travel - Blog","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-GB"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/654639d4a319c5ff643b0ff920733bd3","name":"Simon Holyoake","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-GB","@id":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f25f378bbf5e3be9f4582c185eb1445075cfa1ff1d344e0ff4121b7967768ddd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f25f378bbf5e3be9f4582c185eb1445075cfa1ff1d344e0ff4121b7967768ddd?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Simon Holyoake"},"url":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/author\/simon-holyoake\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7622"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7624,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7622\/revisions\/7624"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vintagetravel.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}