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ISTRIA

Istria is indeed a feast for te eyes. Its streams flow to the sea through deep valleys and gullies which bring to mind the ancient local myths about giants. Rolling hills overlook the fields and valleys with little towns perched on the peaks, recalling some old paintings. The view is splendid: white-topped mountains, lush wheat fields, plateaux, green valleys, vineyards and olive groves on hillsides, and, finally the blue sea.

As you get to know Istria you will notice more and more enchanting details: church fascades and portals, tiny village alleyways with their specific architectural touches, the babble of a stream, the blossoming cherries. Everything is warm-hearted and friendly here: nature, towns and people.

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KVARNER

Kvarner is an area that has been developing tourism for around 160 years and was very succesful in that due to its heterogenity of climate and vegetation; its combination of shores, islands and highlands; architecture and culture as well as great interest of European tourist-generating regions. 

The longest tourist tradition in Croatia, the year-round range of various programmmes and the development of unique forms of tourism along with quality accommodation and rich gastronomic offer constitute a variety of tourist attractions which meet the needs of present day tourists, throughout the four seasons.
Kvarner is also one of the leading conference destinations in Croatia, with excellent conditions for the organization of congresses, meetings and conferences.

To sojourn in the Kvarner region means to enjoy nature on the coast, the islands and in the mountains.

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CRES

The island of Cres, by size the first island in the Adriatic, is located in the northern part of the Bay of Kvarner. Its southern part, i.e. the town of Osor, is linked to the island of Lošinj by a trestle bridge. Cres is a hilly island, 66 km long and ranging in width from 2 to 12 km. The island's coastline , 248 km long, is indented; its western and southern part have a plenty of bays and pebbly beaches while the northern and eastern part are characterized with steep and rough rocks.

The highest tops of the island - Gorice (648m) and Sis (638) - offer a unique view of the Bay of Kvarner which will not leave anyone indifferent. The fresh water lake of Vrana, which covers the area of 5.75 sq. km, deserves attention as an unusual natural phenomenon. The landscape of Cres owes its attractivity to a sharp contrast between the northern submediterranean part covered with high and thick woods of oak Medunac (Quercus lanuginosa), hornbeam, elm, and chestnut trees, and the middle and southern parts which are covered with bare grazing lands and dense macchia. A great richness of the botanical and animal world, which boasts more than 1300 species and an exceptional number of edemic species, is a genuine challenge to all nature lovers.

  Cres is also one of the last habitats of a rare bird species - griffon vulture.
The island of Cres was first inhabited in the New Stone Age. The continuity of life on the island has created an exceptionally rich cultural and historical heritage: from a number of Liburnian ruins, the remains of Antique towns, early Catholic curches scattered around the island, monasteries and remains of towns from the period of the Republic of Venice to the monuments of the contemporary period.