Restaurants, hotels, bars and wineries in Motovun from the En Primeur Club guide.
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Motovun, Croatia
Mondo occupies a stone-walled address on Motovun's Barbican street, a few steps from the medieval ramparts that frame one of Istria's most historically layered hilltop towns. The kitchen works within a region where truffle country, Adriatic producers, and an old Italian agricultural inheritance converge, placing Mondo inside a dining tradition that is hard to replicate at lower altitudes. Check our full Motovun coverage for context before you visit.
Motovun, Croatia
Pod Napun sits on Ul. Gradizol in the walled hilltop town of Motovun, one of Istria's most geographically concentrated dining destinations. The address places it inside a medieval settlement where truffle country and Malvazija vineyards define the local table. For visitors tracing Croatian fine dining beyond the coast, Motovun's compact dining scene rewards the detour.
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Motovun, Croatia
A Michelin Selected property in the medieval hilltop town of Motovun, Roxanich Winery & Design Hotel combines a working winery with considered design-led accommodation. In Istria's increasingly competitive wine-hotel category, it occupies a specific niche: guests sleep inside the production operation, not adjacent to it. For those whose itinerary is built around Istrian wine and architecture rather than coastal access, it functions as a base of genuine substance.
Motovun, Croatia
Hotel Kastel occupies a medieval stone building at the heart of Motovun's hilltop old town, one of Istria's most architecturally intact villages. Staying here places you inside the walled settlement itself, rather than below it, with the Mirna Valley spread across the horizon. It is a small property that earns its position through location and the weight of the stone around it.
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Motovun, Croatia
Benvenuti is a family-owned Istrian winery near Motovun, shaped around Malvasia Istriana, Teran and Muscat rather than international-variety polish. The appeal is the hill-country format: guided tastings, vineyard and cellar elements, local pairings and a small-scale estate rhythm that makes the land feel central to the glass.
Motovun, Croatia
Fakin Winery gives Motovun a sharp, terroir-led reference point: estate-grown Teran and Malvazija Istarska from vineyards below the hill town, shaped into classic, single-vineyard and limited-edition ranges. The experience is family-run and wine-focused rather than formal, with tastings, vineyard experiences and food pairings framing Istria through its local grapes.
Motovun, Croatia
Roxanich folds a natural-wine cellar, design hotel, restaurant, and tasting program into one hillside address in Motovun. The draw is Istria read through long-aged organic wines, local bistronomy, and a cellar built into the slope above the Mirna River valley, rather than a conventional tasting-room stop.
Motovun, Croatia
Roxanich Winery & Restaurant sits in Motovun’s hillside wine-country orbit, combining a natural-wine estate, design hotel, restored historic cellar and Istrian restaurant in one hospitality-led address. The draw is the full setting: Malvazija Istarska, Refošk and skin-contact styles framed by vineyard and valley views, with food playing a central role rather than acting as an afterthought.
Motovun, Croatia
Tomaz Wines brings Motovun’s vineyard-and-truffle country into a contemporary tasting-room format, with panoramic views over the town, family vineyards, and the Mirna valley. The estate’s strongest editorial interest is terroir: heavy loamy and marly soils, Istrian varieties such as Malvasia and Teran, and a cellar built to move between sparkling, fresh, aged, and premium styles.
Motovun, Croatia
Valenta Family Wines belongs to the quieter side of Motovun’s wine culture: small-scale, family-led, and shaped by hillside vineyards above the town. Its range moves from Malvazija Istarska, Sauvignon Blanc and Muškat Bijeli into structured Teran-led reds, with a clear emphasis on Istrian place rather than cellar theatrics.
Motovun, Croatia
Vina Bertoša is a small Motovun winery shaped by Istria’s hill-country setting rather than trophy-page theatre. Expect guided tasting, local food pairing, Malvasia, Teran and Pinot Gris, and a quiet cellar-room rhythm with views across vineyard slopes and the Mirna River valley.
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