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Losinj
Island
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| Situated on the Adriatic See, in the Quarnaro Golf in Croatia about 200 km from Trieste(Italia). The island has a characteristically mild and salubrious climate and has a splendid coast line along which you can find enchanting bays shaded by pine trees. The island has two well equipped marinas for pleasure crafts. Losinj can be considered a paradise for sea lovers. Apart from unspoilt nature, there are two beautiful towns characteristic smaller villages. | |||
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Mali
Losinj
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The tradition of the name of Small Losinj even it is the bigger of the two Losinjs’. There is the small port of S. Martino, where you can find a church from the XV century around which the town was built. The town is surrounded by numerous bays, of which Cikat bay where you can admire magnificent villas of Austro Hungarian and Venitian construction, one of which princess Sissi of Austria stayed to recuperate from illness. Suncana Uvala (Sun Valley) with it’s pebbled beach is a great spot for families with small children. Krivica is a beautiful fiord about 150m. long, you can get there by boat or by land. |
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Veli
Losinj
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Veli Losinj is older than Mali Losinj and was the capital of the then only island of Cres-Losinj. Wanted and constructed by european monarchs, summer residence of Ferdinand of Austria who had built a royal palace with botanic garden in the heart of the town. The town has two small ports: Velj, where a strech of sea arrives into the main square, where you can find the bank, post office, public telephones, restaurants, bar, and a beautiful churc from the XII century; Rovenska, characteristic port for fishermen with the only natural sand beach that existes on the island, restaurant, and bars. Mali and Veli are joined by a coastal road like all of the bay along the island. From the two towns it is possible to go on day trips to the sand island of Susak, Ilovik -flower island- and Unije, for nature lovers. |
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