a picturesque little town in the Northwest of Istria, lies on a hill 378 meters above the sea
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Oprtalj is a picturesque little town in the Northwest of Istria that lies on a hill 378 meters above the sea. Oprtalj, situated on the hill reachable from Motovun along the narrow southward plateau is according to many, one of the most picturesque towns of the northern Istria. Oprtalj or Portole, which is its Italian name, was formerly a fort surrounded by defensive walls on which houses were built among barely protruding former town gates. In front of the gates, there is a huge Venetian loggia with the collection of stone monuments and an immediate vicinity of a plateau situated on the high fortifications offering the view all the way to the sea.
The municipality of Oprtalj covers an area of 70 square kilometers.
With its 1100 inhabitants it is one of the most scarcely populated municipalities in the Istrian county.