Eating Out

Piran's restaurants cluster around Tartini Square and along the waterfront. The cooking leans Italian — pasta, risotto, grilled fish — with Slovenian and Istrian inflections. Salt from the nearby Sečovlje saltpans appears in everything from fish to chocolate. The freshest seafood is at the smaller places tucked back from the main square; the waterfront terraces are harder to resist but price for the view.