Peroj is one of the more interesting and very little written about villages on the sout-western coast of the Istrian peninsula. Yesterday, August 6, 2016 a 2.5 km new beach with all infrastructure has been opened in the presence of the Mayor of Vodnjan and the Croatian Tourism Minister, who also hails from Vodnjan. The village of Peroj administratively belongs to Vodnjan.
The video below is over a year old, but the beach was already well on its way and it gives you an idea of Peroj’s coastline.
Peroj’s history is interesting because of the autochthonous Montenegrin Istrians living there from the 16th century on. After the plague that struck this area in 1561, Venetian district governors provveditori made persistent efforts in resettling this area between 1578 and 1657. This is when 13 Greek-Orthodox families from Montenegro settled here, from whom the present-day inhabitants originate. The historic centre of the town consists of a few simple stone houses. Today there is a centuries old Montenegrin Orthodox church in Peroj.
Peroj has 830 inhabitants, mostly farmers and fishermen. Experiencing a strong and continuous urbanization, focused on tourism, it offers accommodation in private houses and villas in the whole Barbariga area where a large tourist settlement with 1400 apartments has been built.
