Park forest Škaraba, Rovinj, Istrie

Skaraba Cape is located around 3 km from the town center. Its location within the park-forest “Golden Cape” (“Zlatni rt”) gives it a special charm.

Skaraba Cape can be reached by car, which can be left at the parking lot near the MONVI amusement center (see map). A nice, enjoyable ten-minute walk will take you from the parking lot to the beaches. You can also reach Skaraba Cape by bicycle, taking a ride from the town center via Lone Bay and then enjoying a pleasant ride through the beautiful landscape and rich vegetation surrounding the well-kept bicycle lanes of the Golden Cape. Along with the indigenous species such as the strawberry trees (Arbutus unedo), bay laurel (Laurus nobilis) and evergreen laurustinus shrubs (Viburnum tinus), the Aleppo pine (Pinus halepensis) and coastal oak-tree (Quercus ilex) forests are dominant in the area. The coast is mostly rocky with a few small bays covered with small round stones. In the western part there are several beaches with somewhat higher rocks suitable for diving. However, this part of Skaraba Cape doesn’t offer any kind of services, gastronomic or sanitary. To find service you will have to walk a little bit further west towards Kurent Cape and Kurent Bay, where you can enjoy your meals at a restaurant or a snack-bar. The restaurant is placed at the tip of Kurent Cape (in a stone building, which was used as a stable for Count Huetterott’s horses when he was traveling to and from the Red Island a hundred years ago). From the Cape you will enjoy a beautiful view of Kurent Bay and St. Andrew’s Island.