The Diners Club Magazin, specialized in lifestyle tendencies, this year organized once more the international competition Diners Club Awards 2010, in which the readers elect the best of the best ''stuff'' in various categories: fancy cars, best hotels with spa and wellness centres, European golf courses, sailing ships e cruisers, the best romantic hotels in the German speaking areas, the most innovative chefs, luxury jewellery producers, as well as Europe's most beautiful and desired regions.

And right in this, last one category, Istria has been elected in the inner circle of nominated regions competing for the prestigious title ''Europe's most beautiful touristic region''. Let's se then who is Istria competing with:

• Algarve 
• Andalusia 
• Balearic islands
• Costa Smeralda (Sardinia)
• Côte d'Azur
• Styria
• the Greek islands
• Carinthia
• Sylt (island in the northern Germany) 
• Upper Bavaria
• Salzburg land
• South Tyrol 
• Ticino 
• Tuscany 
• Venice with its islands

The prize giving ceremony, on which will be announced the winners in each category, shall take place on November 18th in the Municher GOP Varieté-Theater.

Find out more at the Diners Club International official website www.journal-international.de, and the list of nominees at: www.destination-mag.com.

Tourism board of Istria