Set on St Andrea Island amid lush greenery, the Hotel Istra modern property with an early 20th century castle- style annexe, located within 150 metres of the beach and sports facilities. The 326 guestrooms are decorated in light colours with patterned fabrics, wood furnishing and open onto balconies. In-room amenities include air conditioning, satellite televisions, direct-dial phones, hair dryers, minibars, desks and safes.
The hotel offers a number of dining options: the Restaurant Lanterna serves a range of international and local dishes including fish specialties in a castle-style setting with sea view, the Birikin is a snack bar by the sea offering a range of drinks and light refreshments and the Pool Bar Sole is a poolside bar offering sandwiches, cakes and ice cream. Guests can work up a sweat on the tennis courts or in the fitness room, try their hand at a range of water sports including diving and enjoy a refreshing dip in the hotel's outdoor and indoor swimming pools. The hotel houses a hair salon, massage room and sauna, and younger guests can head for the Kid's Club. Those on business will benefit from the hotel's meeting rooms and range of audio-visual equipment and the hotel offers complimentary parking nearby. Further practical amenities include a 24-hour front desk with safe-deposit box, laundry facilities and a multilingual concierge service on hand to offer sightseeing assistance. The Brijuni Islands national park and Porec Euphrasian basilica are both within 35 kilometres and the medieval city of Motovan is at a 50 kilometre distance. Pula Airport is 38 kilometres away and takes approximately 45 minutes to reach by car and Kanfanar train station is 18 kilometres away.