Get to know Istria through the typical architectural venetian buildings, churches, bell towers, its coast and beaches. With its inland, Istria makes an unavoidable tourist destination. The Istrian peninsula is located in the northern part of the Adriatic sea, between the gulf of Trieste and the gulf of Kvarner. There are three rivers flowing through Istria; Dragonja, Raša, and Mirna, and in the northern part is the mountain Učka.