Umag is a small town in Istria and is the first tourist resort you reach beyond the Slovenia/Croatia border. It is well-known for its history, its culture and its natural beauty, but most of all for its sporting amenities, which include: football and tennis (international tournaments are frequently held here), swimming, golf and many others. Umag is one of the most important centres in Istria for summer tourism. The central attraction for holiday-makers is the Punta promontory north of the town with its tourist port, its hotels, sporting facilities, supermarket and shops, restaurants, open-air dancing and much else. In the same part of town you can find the Stella Maris complex which houses water slides, water sports, 18 tennis courts and tennis school, mini-golf, beach volley, table-tennis, gymnasium, football pitch, go-kart, horse-riding, deltaplane centre and more. Of all the sports activities, tennis is the most apparent (Umago has a total of 64 courts). In fact, the town has developed after the 1970s into the most important tennis centre in the whole of Croatia. Since that time, a number of world championships have been held here featuring some of the world’s greatest players. Near the beaches – some of which are rocky, others shale and sand, but all are easy to reach – there are shady pine woods which reach right up to the beaches themselves. What is more, the numerous tourist amenities are connected by a local train service to the town centre of Umag.