Walking through Old Pula is an excursion into the city's thousand-year past. Pula's sightseeing scheme is marked:
The Amphitheater is the symbol of Pula, an iconic structure from which any tour in the heart of Istria begins and returns to. The arena was built of local limestone in the 1st century AD during the reign of Emperor Vespasian and was used for gladiatorial fights for many years.
The Triumphal Arch of the Sergians, or Golden Gate, is one of the most famous landmarks of Pula, erected in 29-27 BC by the noble family of the Sergians. The arch impresses with its exquisite Corinthian style and abundance of decorative elements. On the small square next to it today are held fairs, concerts, theatrical performances.
Museums of Pula: Archaeological Museum of Istria, covering the prehistoric and medieval periods of the city's development (temporarily closed for reconstruction), Historical Maritime Museum of Istria, which collected unique exhibits of seafaring behind the walls of the bastions.
The Temple of Augustus in the Forum, which on the map of Pula's sights is marked together with its "twin brother" in the glory of Diana, of which only the back wall remains today. It displays one of the richest collections of antique marble sculptures.
The Horty and Wolf villas, the new market, and other examples of Austrian architecture. Numerous sculptures, decorations, architectural details of the buildings give them a strong Western European character and give a special flavor to entire districts of the city.
The names of Pula's sights include the famous mosaics of the Abbey of St. Maria Formosa with antique subjects, geometric patterns, bird and animal images, the double gates and fortress walls under which fragments of an octagonal mausoleum from the 1st and 2nd centuries were discovered, the Small Roman Theater.
