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ONE
WEEK ITINERARY - ROUTE A
1st
DAY ROVINJ - VERUDA BAY ( UVALA
SOLINE , DROP ANCHOR ) - ( 18 NM )
Rovinj : With its fortified double walls and
three Town Gates from the early Middle Ages,
Rovinj presents an example of urban
architecture of the Mediterranean type. The
church of St. Euphemia, with the statue of the
patron saint of Rovinj standing on its 60m high
bell tower, dominates the town. All the Rovinj
coast and the surrounding 22 islands and islets
are a protected natural heritage. Besides all
the beauties of its hidden corners, this green
paradise provides everything a modern tourist
may wish for.
2nd
DAY VERUDA - SUSAK ( SANDY ISLAND ,
SMALL MARINA , WORTH SEEING CEMETERY ) - ( 27
NM )
The
island of Susak is such a place, just now
opening up to the European travel imagination.
Long lost in relative isolation from the rest
of the Croatian population, it has developed
its own rich culture, dialect and traditions.
About 40 miles southeast of the tip of the
Istrian peninsula, Susak is a little larger
than the average Croat island, and is one of
the relatively few to have supported a native
population for hundreds of years. It has the
only sand beach in all of the Croatian islands,
and its vineyards produce some of the best wine
in the region. It is sunny, lush and untouched.
2nd DAY SUSAK - ILOVIK ( VILLAGE AND RUINS )
Ilovik is the southernmost inhabited island of
the Cres - Losinj archipelago. The present day
settlement originated about 200 years ago when
farmers from Veli Losinj came to settle
permanently here. Ilovik is said to be the
island of flowers because almost every house
has oleanders, roses and other flowers growing
around it. The lovely beaches in the small
coves on the island are a true oasis of peace.
2nd DAY ILOVIK - MALI LOSINJ ( CAPITAL TOWN OF
ISLAND LOSINJ , TOURIST PLACE )
Mali Lošinj is known by its sea tradition, its
special climate that cured the first visitor of
the climatic medical centre in 1885. This
tourist tradition was started and supported by
many honourable men of this archipelago. The
bridge which is placed at the entering to Mali
Lošinj, above the channel which was ditched
through the narrowest part of the island, makes
two separated peace's of land that are
connected by the movable bridge. It makes
possible for smaller boats and yachts to enter
the port.
3rd DAY MALI LOSINJ - RAB ( MANY OBJECTS OF
INTEREST , BEAUTIFUL OLD TOWN ) - ( 18 NM )
The
island is one of the most densely wooded
islands in the Adriatic and is a veritable
botanical exhibition, with plants not native to
the island. The Komrcar Park, with its laurel,
poplar, cypress, Indian fig tree, and rosemary,
pine and hundred-year-old agaves is now the
pride of Rab. Its more than 300 freshwater
springs provide a valuable water supply to the
population of the island--which, in contrast to
most of the Adriatic islands, is increasing, in
part because of good communications with the
mainland. Because of these numerous springs,
Rab is considered to be the greenest island in
the Adriatic.
4th DAY RAB OSOR ( NARROW STRAITS BETWEEN
ISLANDS LLOSINJ & CRES ) - ( 23 NM )
Osor is the small town today but as such
completely itself as "a city museum". Its
length and straitens as a rampart between the
west Adriatic land and the East makes this town
the crossing of the roads that go from the West
to East part of the islands Cres and Lošinj. A
narrow band of few tenths of meter of land,
which used to link the two islands Cres and
Lošinj, was favourable to trading development
and was also creating a safe port. During antic
period and Romans ruling Galleys would come and
reload their cargoes so that the ships on the
other side could take it farther. A channel was
ditched through. It was the first movable
bridge, which today also serves modern
seafarers by making their route shorter.
5th DAY OSOR - POMER ( NICE LONG BAY WITH REEFS
AND SHOALS ) - ( 23 NM )
The
island is one of the most densely wooded
islands in the Adriatic and is a veritable
botanical exhibition, with plants not native to
the island. The Komrcar Park, with its laurel,
poplar, cypress, Indian fig tree, and rosemary,
pine and hundred-year-old agaves is now the
pride of Rab. Its more than 300 freshwater
springs provide a valuable water supply to the
population of the island--which, in contrast to
most of the Adriatic islands, is increasing, in
part because of good communications with the
mainland. Because of these numerous springs,
Rab is considered to be the greenest island in
the Adriatic.
6th DAY POMER - PULA MARINA (
BEAUTIFUL OLD TOWN , AMPHITHEATER ) - ( 10 NM )
Pula : On the southernmost part of the Istrian
peninsula, Jason and Medea founded the mythical
town Polai, the source of life. Later the
Romans changed it into a divine town for the
"pleasure of the rich". The Amphitheatre, the
Sergii Triumphal Arch, Augustus Temple, The
Double and Herculus Gates witness that glorious
time. Famous writers and composers (Dante,
Thomas Mann, James Joyce, Franz Lehar, and
others) were inspired by this town that has
existed for three millennia, and where the old
meets the new. The area of Pula is magnificent,
with country stone houses and modern buildings,
quiet huckleberry shade and the view to the
culture of mankind. Therefore Pula cannot be
6th day - 18nm - Pula - Rovinj (cruising end) |
