Stella Maris beach

A long beach beside the sports centre, with pine shade along the shore.

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Photo: Adam Chamczyk / CC BY 3.0

Beach conditions

Facing	Open to the west
Sun	Keeps the sun into the evening
Wind	Bura comes from behind, the water stays flat Jugo comes from behind, the water stays flat Maestral blows onto the shore
From the centre	2.5 km north-northwest of the centre
Next beaches	Polynesia beach, Katoro Zambratija bay Pozioi town beach

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Why it is worth your time

Stella Maris Beach is Umag's longest arranged bathing stretch, laid along the sports and hotel complex of the same name south of the town: several hundred metres of concrete platforms and shingle, with a pine wood that descends almost to the water and gives shade rarely found on this part of the coast. By the beach are showers, cabins, bars, volleyball courts and sports equipment rental, and within the complex also the tennis centre where the Croatia Open is played. The sea is open to the west, clear and quickly deep, and the platforms ease the entry for those bothered by shingle.

This is a beach for a whole day: shade behind your back, facilities along the path and a promenade that leads back into town in twenty minutes. In tournament week this is the season's greatest crush; the rest of the summer the beach takes all who come without trouble. The sunsets are, as everywhere on Istria's western coast, direct.