A long tradition

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OPATIJA RIVIERA
In 1844, the Rijeka patrician I. Scarpa built a summer resort for his beloved wife Angiolina which soon became the meeting point of numerous guests. The construction of many hotels followed.(Opatija, Lovran, Medveja, Mošćenička Draga, Ičići, Ika, Volosko, Matulji)

CRIKVENICA RIVIERA
In 1888, under the influence of the development of medical science and the proven curative properties of the sea coast, the progressive inhabitants of Crikvenica built their first public bathing resort.
(Crikvenica, Selce, Jadranovo, Dramalj, Drivenik, Grižane, Bribir)

RIVIERA NOVI VINODOLSKI
In 1878 the Merzljak family built the first wooden bathing resort in Novi Vinodolski.
(Novi Vinodolski, Povile, Klenovica)

ISLAND OF RAB
On 23rd April 1889 Prof. Schrroter and Prof. Froschauf (Austria) submitted a written proposal to the Head of the Rab Municipality suggesting a more intensive development of tourism on the island, the proposal was accepted that same year by the Municipal Council.
(Rab, Kampor, Lopar, Supetarska Draga, Barbat, Banjol)

ISLAND OF LOŠINJ
The first to arrive in Mali Lošinj as a tourist, in 1885, was Dr Conrad Clar (Austria) with his sick son. He found a comfortable room and good food, and his son’s condition improved quickly after the climatic treatment there.
(Nerezine, Mali Lošinj, Veli Lošinj)

ISLAND OF KRK
In February 1897 the first Statute of the tourist association then called "Societa' d' abbellimento di Veglia" (Society for Krk Embellishment) was officially approved .
(Omišalj, Njivice, Malinska, Krk, Punat, Stara Baška, Baška, Vrbnik, Dobrinj, Klimno)

ISLAND OF CRES
The first tourist visitors to town Cres were recorded in June 1845, when some two hundred excursionist arrived by steamship from Rijeka. The first Cres hotel, "Miramar", was opened by the end of the 19th century.
(Cres, Osor, Punta Križa, Valun, Lubenice, Martinšćica)

GORSKI KOTAR
In 1893 the Tourist Traffic Committee was established in Fužine.
(Čabar, Delnice, Fužine, Lokve, Ravna Gora, Skrad, Vrbovsko, Mrkopalj)

The first modern hotel on the eastern coast of the Adriatic (1884)
- Hotel Kvarner, Opatija

The guest Golden book

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