"Piran, a small town at the Adriatic coast built in the Venetian style, is a fishing port with wonderful squares, churches, a maze of narrow streets and exquisite fish restaurants at the seashore," the JATA association substantiated their decision. It is their intention to promote smaller European destination among the Japanese. Does that mean that Piran can expect crowds of Japanese tourists? The list was made with the help of 300 Japanese tourist agents who investigated a number of hidden and less known gems of the old continent.
Besides Piran, Rovinj (Croatia), Kotor (Montenegro), Ohrid (Macedonia), Kilkenny (Ireland), Berat (Albania), Civita di Bagnoregio and Procida (Italy), Conwy (Wales), Lech (Austria), Hindeloopen (the Netherlands), Lefkara (Cyprus), Soglio (Switzerland), Visby (Sweden), Setenil de las Bodegas (Spain), Vlkolinec (Slovakia), Marianske-Lazne (the Czech Republic), Quedlinburg and Bernkastel-Kues (Germany), Golyazi (Turkey), Reine (Norway), Sopron (Hungary), Koprivščica (Bulgaria), Porvoo (Finland), Saint-Cirq-Lapopie and Riquewihr (France), Sint-Martens-Latem (Belgium), Zalipie (Poland), Monsanto (Portugal) and Gura Humorului (Romania) are also included in the list.
Gredič in Brda - the elite destination
Once again Goriška brda attracted the attention of the foreign media - the restaurant, the boutique hotel and the wine shop Gredič. The fans of Slovenian TV soap operas will recognize it as the set for Ena žlahtna štorija (One noble story). The list of the 11 elite destinations for wine lovers for the NBC Bravo channel was compiled by the world traveller and journalist Eric Rosen. He placed Brda next to the much larger and more famous wine-growing regions from California, Italy, France, and Australia.