Rest Areas
There are six rest areas along the A9 motorway. Legislation identifies four types of rest areas, designated as types A through D: A-type rest areas comprise a full range of amenities, including a filling station, a restaurant and a hotel or motel; B-type rest areas have no lodging; C-type rest areas are very common and include a filling station and a café, but no restaurants or accommodations; D-type rest areas offer parking spaces, restrooms, and possibly picnicking tables and benches. Even though rest areas found along the A9 motorway generally follow this ranking system, there are considerable variations, as some of them offer extra services. The filling stations regularly have small convenience stores, and some of them may offer LPG fuel.
The primary motorway operator, BINA Istra, leases A, B and C type rest areas to various operators through public tenders. Rest area operators are not permitted to sub-lease the fuel operations. As of September 2011 there is a single such rest area, one type C, and only one operator present on the A9 motorway: INA. The rest areas are accessible from both directions of the motorway and are open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
| List of A9 motorway rest areas | |||||
| County | km | Name | Operators | Type | Notes |
| Istria | 6.3 | Buje | D | There are parking areas and restrooms at the Buje rest area. | |
| 24.8 | Mirna | D | There are parking areas and restrooms at the Mirna rest area. | ||
| 35.6 | Bačva | INA | C | There are a filling station, selling petrol and diesel fuel, a café and restrooms at the Bačva rest area. | |
| 51.5 | Limski | D | There are parking areas and restrooms at the Limski rest area. | ||
| 61.6 | Bale | D | There are a café and restrooms at the Bale rest area. | ||
| 76.5 | Pula | D | There are parking areas only at the Pula rest area. | ||
| 1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi | |||||
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