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Croatia is an Adriatic and central European country, placed between the Danube on the Northeast, Istria on the west and Boka Kotorska on the Southeast. Its land covers 56.538 square kilometers, and its sea 31.900 square kilometers. According to the 2001 census it counts 4,5 million inhabitants. Zagreb, the capital city, is populated by approximately a million people. Istria, the largest peninsula (3.160 square kilometers) of the Adriatic, which is a part of the Mediterranean, penetrates deep into central Europe, between the Alps and the Dinaric Mountains, and its position makes of it a natural gate to the Adriatic. Due to the Mediterranean climate, it never snows during winters, the summers are long, sunny and warm. Istria is one of the sunniest oases in Europe. It is cut by the 45th parallel and by the 14th meridian. Three types of soil differ three parts of the peninsula -White, Red and Grey Istria. Numberless natural bays and islands, richness of shapes, the evergreen vegetation, cultivated fields and the harmony of the urbanized land offer the specific picturesque countryside. Funtana is located in the heavenly created seaside area which is lapped by the blue waters of the Adriatic Sea. This is the closest warm sea to the continental Europe yearning for flavours and colours of the Mediterranean. And the clearest part of the Mediterranean is exactly the Croatian sea. In Funtana the holiday makers can enjoy the beautiful indented shore with countless coves, cliffs and a string of islets that embraces the village. The sea is exceptionally rich of flora and fauna. And what about the climate? The climate is gentle, Mediterranean, with an average temperature of +5 Celsius degrees in the coldest period, January, and +28 Celsius degrees in the warmest, August. The sleep is therefore relaxing both in winter and in summer; there is no freezing cold or suffocating heat. The bathing season lasts from May till October. The West coast of Istria has an average of 2 000 sunny hours a year. The most frequent winds are bora, sirocco and mistral. Bora mainly blows in the winter from the continent to the sea and it brings colder weather, sirocco blows from the sea to the continent and it brings cloudy weather and rain, while mistral, which blows from the sea in the summer, is a breeze that brings nice refreshment.
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Hrvatska je jadranska i srednjoeuropska zemlja što se pruža od Dunava na sjeveroistoku do Istre na zapadu i Boke Kotorske na jugoistoku. Površina je kopna 56.538 km2 a pripadajućeg obalnoga mora oko 31.900 km2. Prema popisu iz 2001. godine ima oko 4,5 milijuna stanovnika. Glavni je grad Zagreb s oko milijun stanovnika. Istra, najveći poluotok na Jadranskom moru (3160 km2), koji je dio toplog Sredozemnog mora, najdublje je uvučen u srednju Europu između Alpi i Dinara pa čini prirodna vrata srednje Europe za ulazak/dolazak na Jadran. Utjecajem Sredozemnoga mora zime su bez snijega, a ljeta duga, sunčana i topla. Istra se ubraja među najsunčanije oaze u Europi. Presijeca je 45. paralela i 14. meridijan. S obzirom na konfiguraciju krase je tri forme – Bijela, Crvena i Siva Istra. Razvedenost, bogatstvo obličja, zimzelena vegetacija, kultivirana polja i sklad urbanih aglomeracija daju joj specifičan pitoreskni pejzaž. Funtana se smjestila na bogomdanom prostoru uz obalu koju oplakuje modro more Jadrana. To je najbliže toplo more kontinentalne Europe željne svih okusa i boja Mediterana. Konačno, upravo je hrvatski dio Jadrana najčišće more na Mediteranu. U Funtani će namjernik susresti predivnu razvedenu obalu s brojnim uvalama, otocima i hridima koji su u širokom vidokrugu obgrlili mjesto. Ovo je more izuzetno bogato florom i faunom. Klima je blaga, mediteranska s prosječnom temperaturom u najhladnijem siječnju od +5 C i u najtoplijem kolovozu od +28 C. Može se ugodno spavati i zimi i ljeti; ne trese hladnoća, ne guši zapara. Sezona kupanja ovdje traje od svibnja do listopada. Upravo ove prirodno-klimatske pogodnosti utjecale su na razvoj turizma i dolazak velikog broja gostiju. Zapadna obala Istre ima oko 2000 sunčanih sati godišnje. Osnovni su vjetrovi bura, jugo i maestral. Bura puše uglavnom zimi s kopna prema moru i donosi zahlađenje, jugo ili široko puše s pučine prema kopnu i donosi naoblaku i kišu, a maestral, koji ljeti puše s pučine, donosi blagotvorno osvježenje.