As a result od longlasting negotiations and collaboration with the RCS MediaGroup, 10 amongst the best Istrian restaurants have been included into the prestigious Italian guide Le guide L'espresso - I ristoranti d'Italia 2011 published in 110.000 copies. All the included Istrian restaurants were reviewed and evaluated by eminent Italian enogastronomic experts in order to stand side by side with 3.000 exquisite restaurants from all the 20 region of the Apennine peninsula, that will be included into the new edition of this guide. The promotion of the new guide, attended by Denis Ivošević, the director of the Tourism board of Istria, will take place in Florence (Italy) within the historical Marketplace of St. Lawrence (Mercato di San Lorenzo) on october the 7th 2010.

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