This is a story about a land of a thousand
islands, her magical nature and rich
heritage, her great Men whose great
deeds have forever etched the name of
Croatia in large letters on the map of the
world. This is a story about a land whose
beauties have been celebrated since
ancient times. From Cassiodorus, who
wrote of the divine life led by Patricians on
her shores, to Dante, who wrote his
immortal verses, enthralled by the epic
scenes of the blue expanse, and all the
way to George Bernard Shaw, who found
his paradise on Earth right here. Croatia
has always been a place of true
inspiration.
Crikvenica is situated in the Kvarner bay of the Adriatic Sea, at a distance of 33 km from Rijeka, a major road and railway junction at the centre of the district of Primorje and Gorski kotar, also home to Crikvenica. The entire town of Crikvenica is in fact a Riviera with a row of almost connected small tourist resorts: Selce, Crikvenica, Dramalj and Jadranovo. The town spreads about 28 square kilometres in the coastal zone, which is about 15 km long and about 2 km wide, and is situated between the sea and the elongated littoral reef at an average height of about 300 m above sea level. The nearby airport on the island Krk, the passenger and the cargo sea ports in Rijeka, as well as a good road and railway connection with Central Europe have contributed to the early development of tourism which has in the region of the present Riviera of Crikvenica a tradition of more than one hundred years.
