Pula Amphitheatre

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Location

Pula
Croatia
44° 52' 23.6676" N, 13° 51' 1.8504" E
HR
General info: 

The Pula Arena is a Roman amphitheater, the only one that features its original characteristics and one of the sixth largest in the world. The construction of the amphitheater spanned over almost one hundred years, between two millennia and nowadays, it is one of the main attractions in Pula. If you have prepared kunas for your trip, you can see the Arena on the reverse of the 10 kuna banknote. Throughout its history, after the fall of the Roman Empire, the Arena was the host of medieval fairs and tournaments. Currently, it is still an entertainment center, as many concerts have been hosted here, Luciano Pavarotti, Elton John and Il Divo having appearances here. The Pula Arena is able to steat about 5,000 spectators.

Getting there: 

You can easily spot the amphitheater close to the harbor, in the northwestern area of the city

Costs: 

Tickets cost 40 kn.

Interesting places nearby

The skiing-area Fideris reaches up to 2340 metres and is besides skiing suitable for ski tours and tobogganing.

The snow eldorado Fieberbrunn is renowned for its great slopes and deep snow runs which you can access directly from the mountain station. Wide modern carving runs at an altitude of up to 2020 m.

BASE: 2214ft
SUMMIT: 2919ft
VERTICAL DROP: 705ft

NO. OF. LIFTS: 4
Gondolas: 0
Chairs: 1
Surface: 3

Filzmoos - for aficionados of all winter sports. At Filzmoos you will still have a lot of space to ski and there will be sufficient snow.

With the Hörnerschneespaß-Ticket (Hörner snow-fun ticket), you can go skiing on all five areas and thus enjoy pure diversion.

The ski area Flachau is a part of the Salzburger Sportwelt and is very well-known for it’s perfectly groomed and diverse pistes.