As it has already been announced, during March and April final negotiations took place on the inclusion of 10 best Istrian restaurants into the prestigious Italian gourmet guide - L'espresso (2011 edition) published in 110 copies. All the included Istrian restaurants will be reviewed and evaluated by the eminent Italian enogastronomic experts in order for them to be able to stand side by side with 3.000 exquisite restaurants from all the 20 region from the Apennine peninsula that will be included into the new edition of this guide.  

All the specialist guides bearing the L'espresso name are published by one of the biggest Italian publishers - RCS MediaGroup (resulted from the merger of publishers Rizzoli and Corriere Della Sera) which publishes daily newspapers, newsweeklies, periodicals and books, they are active in the field of broadcasting, new media as well as digital and satellite television.

RCS MediaGroup is one of the biggest European publishing groups and one of the most significant providers in the promotional and distribution media market in Italy, deriving over 40% of its revenue abroad, especially in Spain, Portugal, France, Great Britain, USA and China. 

Istrian County Administrative Department of Tourism