The national British daily newspaper, The Telegraph, has published the list of the 30 most beautiful towns in Europe, and it includes a small coastal town in Croatia in a lofty ninth position.

The Japanese Association of Travel Agents (JATA) had to select thirty smaller destinations to promote to holidaymakers. They made a list of the 30 prettiest towns in Europe, which also features the small Croatian town of Rovinj located in the Istria region.

“The car-free old town is made up of Venetian-era pastel coloured houses built around a pretty fishing harbour and overlooked by a hilltop church,” writes the Croatia expert Jane Foster. “The food is pretty good too, with local cuisine influenced by the region’s affinity with Italy.”

Here is the list of the 30 most beautiful European towns:

1. Kilkenny, Ireland

2. Berat, Albania

3. Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy

4. Procida, Italy
5. Conwy, Wales
6. Lech, Austria
7. Hindeloopen, the Netherlands
8. Lefkara, Cyprus
                                                                                  9. Rovinj, Croatia

Picturesque Rovinj in ninth position

10. Soglio, Switzerland
11. Visby, Sweden
12. Setenil de las Bodegas, Spain
13. Piran, Slovenia
14. Vlkolinec, Slovakia
15. Marianske-Lazne, the Czech Republic
16. Quedlinburg, Germany
17. Bernkastel-Kues, Germany
18. Golyazi, Turkey
19. Reine, Norway
20. Sopron, Hungary
21. Koprivshtitsa, Bulgaria
22. Porvoo, Finland
23. Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, France
24. Riquewihr, France
25. Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium
26. Zalipie, Poland
27. Monsanto, Portugal
28. Ohrid, Macedonia
29. Kotor, Montenegro
30. Gura Humorului, Romania