Crveni Vrh (ital. Monterosso or Monte Rosso) is a

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al resort village on

Savudrija Savudrija () is a coastal settlement in northwestern Istria, Croatia. It has developed from a fishing village into a pleasant holiday centre. Savudrija is also the name of the surrounding area in the peninsula. The 19th century Savudrija Light ...

peninsula in

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municipality in

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. It is located on

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with views towards

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n towns

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and

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. Crveni Vrh real estate is one of the highest priced in Istria. Srečko Katanec, the former football player and

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, owns a villa in Crveni Vrh. The western side of the Crveni Vrh is occupied exclusively by private houses and no hotels. The eastern side contains the Residence Skiper, one of the most luxurious and high priced apartment complexes in Istria, the

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hotel, and the "only attractive

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location in Istria". There are no known all-year-round residents in Crveni Vrh. In the early 1960s, a group of Slovenian families built first houses in the western Crveni Vrh, and most houses were built in the 1970s and 1980s. The two cojoined areas of the western Crveni Vrh are known as Laura and Riva. Over the past two decades, some houses were bought by

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n, and

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n owners, but according to

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, "99 percent of the owners are Slovenian citizens". The mayor of

argued that "Slovenian villa owners occupied two kilometers of the coast" and built "private beaches and stairways". In a series of articles published by Glas Istre and Jutarnji list in 2020 and 2021, media and local politicians expressed outrage with the coastal adaptations made by owners of houses in Crveni Vrh, and suggested that the coastal line needs to be replaced by a beachwalk. The residents are organized in a

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. The association's

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guard is on alert for unwanted or potentially dangerous visitors, and alerts owners in case of storms or weather issues. The association offers live webcams with the Crveni Vrh's Gulf of Piran views. The five-star Kempinski Hotel Adriatic hotel offers "unique luxury" and in 2018 the hotel opened its beach. The Residence Skiper is a resort of about a dozen apartment villas, several pools, tennis and basketball courts, and an 18-hole

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. The Residence Skiper, the beach, and the surrounding area is owned mostly by Miodrag Kostić, the wealthiest

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n person. The area is one of the fastest developing in Croatia. In 2021, in Crveni Vrh, Kostić started building Petram Resort which was named by daily

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"this year's largest Croatian tourism investment." Crveni Vrh is home to Monte Rosso, the largest private olive tree estate in Croatia, which is owned by two Slovenians. When Slovenia

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the house of bankruptcy manager Brane Gorše, it was the first out-of-country property that Slovenia had confiscated due to

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