Cape Kamenjak, Coves South of Premantura

What it is

Kamenjak is the southern tip of Istria, the peninsula that leaves from Premantura, about 10 km from Pula. It is protected as a landscape of special value, Donji Kamenjak and the Medulin archipelago, and is run by the public body Kamenjak. It is a low cape of dirt tracks, meadows, scrub and wild orchids, surrounded by coves of rock and stone with very clear water. There are no villages or hotels inside: you come to spend the day, swim, cycle and look at the sea.

How you enter

From Premantura you arrive by car, by bike or by boat. On foot and by bike entry is free all year. With a motor vehicle you pay in summer: in 2026, from 16 June to 30 September, a day's entry cost €10 for a car, €5 for a motorbike and €40 for a motorhome, with a 10% discount buying online on the park website. There are also three-day and weekly tickets.

If you can, enter by bike: the park has a cycle lane separate from the tracks used by cars and expressly recommends it. The Arena Stupice campsite is at the gates of the cape.

What to do

• Swim. The coves are rock and stone, with no sand, with very clean seabeds. In summer beach bars operate in several of them: Pinižule, Polje, Njive, Mala Kolombarica, Debeljak, Mali Portić, Školjić and Dražice.
• Cycle. The Orhideja cycle route, 12 km and of medium difficulty, runs along the whole coast among meadows, forest and sea. You can also go along the main track.
• Dinosaur footprints. At Cape Grakalovac a path leads to one of the few sites with fossilised dinosaur footprints, about 98 million years old.
• Kayak, SUP and windsurfing. In Školjić bay kayaks are hired to tour the islets of the Medulin archipelago, and there is a windsurfing school.
• Others. An educational trail on the cape's nature, the Boškarin ox farm and, at Gornji Kamenjak, a sensory walk at Gradina adapted for blind people. In Premantura, the Kamenjak nature house visitor centre.

Rules

• Drive only on the signposted tracks, respect the speed limit and do not park on the grass; the same goes for motorbikes.
• Do not pick protected plants or animals.
• Camping is prohibited.
• Fires only at the public barbecue pits and when there is no risk; in June 2026 the park banned lighting open fires because of fire danger. Check the notice in force on entry.
• Dogs on a lead, and better in a secluded cove or at dusk than among bathers.
• If you go by boat, do not anchor on the posidonia.

In summer the park installs chemical toilets. Take your litter away.

When to go

The park recommends late spring and early autumn: there are flowers, fewer people and the car entry fee is not charged. In July and August, arrive early: it is hot, there is little shade and the most accessible coves fill up.

With children

With children, choose a cove with a beach bar and easy entry into the water, and bring water shoes: everything is rock. The dinosaur-footprint walk usually appeals to them. By bike, watch out for dust and cars on the main track.

Nearby

For lunch on the way, Konoba Batelina is in Banjole, ten minutes from Pula.