Cultural tourism Liznjan

Cultural tourism is defined as travel persons outside the residence with a view to the search for new experiences and experiences that meet their cultural needs. Cultural tourism also includes visits to cultural and historical sites in the distant and recent history of the tourist destinations, museums and galleries, churches, musical and theatrical events and performances, music and, more recently and visits to concerts of pop culture. That is considered to be cultural tourism motivated learning about cultural heritage, art and culture of life and work in the nation visited tourist area. Characteristics of demand for this type of culture is characterized by the fact that it is a broad spectrum of tourists covering different age groups and education, but with an indication that interest in culture increases with age. Cultural tourism is a younger branch of tourism that emerges from the needs of all educated tourists and their needs work on myself, learning and entertainment needs through introducing the history and tradition, and is motivated by the creative cultural activities related to the activities that have been preserved from the past such as learning traditional skills through cultural tourism product with religion, gastronomy and tourism literature or contemporary art production.

Liznjan is a village in the southern part of Istria, 12 km south-west of Pula, 2 km of Medulin. A picturesque fishermen`s village, a resort for all the tourists who want to avoid summer crowds, with a nice beach in the vicinity. Angling represents a possible pastime as well as hunting in the surroundings.
Chief occupations are farming and tourism - horsemanship. There is a ranch situated between Medulin and Liznjan, offering riding.
Although traditionally oriented towards agriculture and fishing, Liznjan is also known for its 28 km coastline dotted with many rocky beaches, while the place itself has a wonderful swimming beach. Marlera promontory and its beach are the most famous attractions of Liznjan. The beach is facing south, and just across there is a small island Levan with a beautiful sand beach. 6 km from Ližnjan, on the south-east coast of Marlera promontory we find Cape Grkova. From 1865 to 1880 lasted the construction of a lighthouse that the people from Ližnjan call Lanterna. Below the Svetica Hill, there are severals small coves with stone/gravel beaches.