By Daniel Tomicic and staff
Dateline Istria
At Volosko, part of the tourist city of Opatija, the Stewart SS takes a break.
It’s hard to imagine a more exotic, multilayered, castellated and picturesque area than a small part of Croatia called Istria, which is actually a peninsula on the Adriatic Sea. Croatia itself is in southeast Europe and once part of the Roman Empire and later fought over by the Turks, Germans and Italians. In the early 20th century there was a large segment of Italians living in Istria, among them being the Andretti family, who lived in the mountain top town of Motovun (then Montona). Always sparsely populated, even today there are few cars but great roads.
All of which make the ingredients for an interesting car tour. On November 5-7th, the Scuderia Zagreb tossed up a small six car tour of the area. Significantly the entrants were all Alfas and three of them part of Scuderia Portello of Milan. [Read more…] about Alfas Tour Istria, November 5-7th 2010