Pilchard road
Freshly caught, still hot, taken right off the grill, pilchard in Fažana is the fish with a special taste and smell of the Adriatic Sea. As the finest breakfast, main meal, any meal at all… Pilchard is included in nearly every catering offer of Fažana and Valbandon. Along the Pilchard road, which you can easily pass on foot, over hundred different ways of preparing pilchard in restaurants and inns will surely please every guest. The possibility of tasting pilchard, together with instructions explaining the preparation are all part of the tourist offer and local traditions, whereas the yearly program covers specific events.
RESTAURANTS and KONOBAS – Daily offer: salted pilchard, marinated pilchard, breaded pilchard, fried pilchard, grilled pilchard…
Small fishing academy Pilchard
Fažana’s challenge in the fishing net of tradition

„Šuri“-fishing net floats

Salting pilchard

School of salting pilchard
Competition in salting pilchard (Fažana’s waterfront)

Fishing tradition

Workshops

Sea on table
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