Pilchard road

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Freshly caught, still hot, taken right off the grill, pilchard in Fažana is the fish with a special taste and smell of the Adriatic Sea. As the finest breakfast, main meal, any meal at all… Pilchard is included in nearly every catering offer of Fažana and Valbandon. Along the Pilchard road, which you can easily pass on foot, over hundred different ways of preparing pilchard in restaurants and inns will surely please every guest. The possibility of tasting pilchard, together with instructions explaining the preparation are all part of the tourist offer and local traditions, whereas the yearly program covers specific events.

RESTAURANTS and KONOBAS – Daily offer: salted pilchard, marinated pilchard, breaded pilchard, fried pilchard, grilled pilchard…

Small fishing academy Pilchard

Fažana’s challenge in the fishing net of tradition

Topical Guide

Magic of a small fishing town

Famed for its crystal-clear sea the Fažana Channel connects Fažana and Brijuni. Here on the terra firma the fishing tradition was mentioned as early as the Middle Ages and has remained a well-known theme up to the present day. Fishing boats, dinghies and batane rocking gently along the two wharfs in Fažana; boats leaving port \[…\]

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Salting pilchard

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Small fishing academy Pilchard

Small fishing academy Pilchard – Fažana’s challenge in the fishing net of tradition

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