Brijuni Islands, National Park

Brijuni Islands National Park Accessible from Pula is the Brijuni Islands National Park, a cluster of 14 islands off the Istrian west coast, with a host of archaeological and cultural sites, a safari park, a 1,700-year-old olive tree and Croatia’s first golf course. Archeological sites of interest include Roman villa rusticae, the Byzanzime castrum . The safari park is home to a number of exotic animals, such as an elephant, zebras, llamas, ostriches and a sacred Indian cow – many gifted to the Brijuni