The beach in Izola

And how we went from Koper to Izola

Izola (Italian Isola) is a lovely seaside resort close to Koper. It's our second biggest coastal town by population, but the size is very small. It has a lovely small historic part and the name comes from Italian for "Island". The center used to be on an island in the past (same like Koper). More about the town in my next post. Let me show you how we discovered the beach in Izola, which locals call "Na Svetilniku" (Near the lighthouse):

Koper and Izola are very close, about 5-10min away by car, only a hill is between them.

We found a free parking space upon entering Izola (on the right from the main road).

The biggest hospital in the area on top of the hill between Koper and Izola.

This is the way to central Izola.

Narrow roads like this are common here.

Instead going straight to the center, we turned right, because we saw the sea.

It was so hot that day, we wanted to join them.

The water reminded me of Kenting, Taiwan's famous seaside resort, but the water near Izola is not as blue and not as clean, but still much cleaner than it's usually said here. Our small (47km) long coast doesn't have a good reputation, while everybody's praising Croatia's beaches. I can say that during our short visit of the Slovenian coast, the water was clean and clear.

This is Izola's small beach near the historic center.

You wont find sand here, it's a bit rocky.

My girlfriend was so excited to see the beach and thought it's awesome. She wanted to bath as well, but prior to her trip, she said she won't swim here, because she doesn't want to get tanned. You know, East Asian girls generally don't like to get tanned (that's why she carried an umbrella during most of our Slovenia trip).

My girl soaking her feet in the Mediterranean waters.

I bought this white umbrella for her to protect her from sun and rain, but guess what? We lost it, when I sent her back to the airport in Vienna when we switched trains. I was so reckless. And it's such a pity, it was a great umbrella and so hard to find a white one. Well, now we only have memories of "her" and a lot of photos. Looks like the fate of this umbrella was to protect my girl during her Eurotrip :)

Panoramic view of the beach in Izola.

Boys jumping in the water.

You can take a Taiwanese out of Taiwan, but you can't take Taiwan out of a Taiwanese!

你可以把一個台灣人帶出台灣，但你不能把台灣帶出台灣人的心裡！

The other side of the beach with public showers and a park.

The sky was so blue that day.

Can this photo be used on a greeting card?

How about this one? :-P

My rating of the beach of Izola:

Great place for photos ✰✰✰✰✰

Well preserved and clean ✰✰✰✰✰

Toilets, parking, souvenirs ✰✰✰✰✰

Friendly to tourists ✰✰✰✰✰

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