Lucija is a small village near Portoroz. There are the shopping and business center, residential – business buildings, hotels, Church of Saint Lucia, Canal Fazan, Lucia Sports Park, where are tennis courts, a smaller park and other. Also nearby are Camping Lucia and Forma Viva. The Marita Hotel is surrounded by a botanical park. They have double rooms, junior or grande suite or presidential suite. You can pamper yourself in the outdoor or indoor pool, saunas or Marita Spa. They have an excellent culinary offer. The former kartodrome was built in 1980. It was managed by Ivan Celigo. The Church of Saint Lucia along the Fazan creek was built in the 16th century. It was made for the needs of the saltworkers. The painter Benedetto Carpaccio painted a picture of Maria with her child between Saint George and Saint Lucia, now located in the Town Hall in Piran. The church is today the only one of the seven churches in the valley of the Fazan River. The churches were very similar and modest in decoration and architecture.