Dog-Friendly Attractions in Pula

The Pula Arena is a 1st-century Roman amphitheatre built under Vespasian, one of the six best-preserved in the world and the only surviving Roman amphitheatre with all four side towers and three architectural orders intact. The full exterior loop (about 450 m around) is open-air at street level and leashed dogs are welcome around the perimeter, where you can read every arch from outside. Summer concerts and the Pula Film Festival take over the interior; the interior visit follows the small-dog-in-carrier rule.

The Roman Forum of Pula is a rectangular paved square that has been the civic heart of the town for two thousand years, with the Temple of Augustus (built 2 BC-AD 14, restored after WWII bombing) standing on the short side and the medieval Communal Palace next to it. A 300 m walk south leads to the Arch of the Sergii (Slavoluk Sergijevaca), a triumphal arch built around 27 BC by the Sergii family on the old land gate. The whole spine is pedestrian and leashed-dog-friendly.

The Kaštel, a Venetian-built star fortress (17th century) crowning the central hill of Pula, houses the Historical and Maritime Museum of Istria and offers the best free 360° panorama over the Arena, the harbour and the Brioni Archipelago. Reached by stepped lanes from the Forum or a gentler ramp from Castropola. Outdoor walls, glacis and viewpoint terraces are leashed-dog-friendly; the small interior museum follows the small-dog-in-carrier rule.