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picek Says: From Cres there's bridge over narrow canal to Lošinj island by Osor. The largest town here is Mali Lošinj, which is somewhat centre of action and a port from where you can take several catamarans to nearby islands (Unije, Susak, Srakane, Ilovik) and to continent (Rijeka,...
town of music and sculptures - Osor
picek Says: A traveler who'll take a main road from north Cres 'till south into Lošinj, will eventually have to cross the narrow canal dividing two islands - yet they are connected nowsadays by a bridge at small and partially fortified town Osor. Historically, it's one of the oldest...
picek Says: On Cres there's no place like Lubenice, a small village placed on 380 m high rock from where your view ends towards meeting point of the sea and sky. Probably the most iconic place on the island, one can hardly compare it with any other type of settlement. It's ancient,...
Martin_S. Says: The island of Cres is full of small coves, inlets and hidden anchorages. This one is just outside the town of Mali Losijn near the southern part of the island. The water was perfectly calm and this is also part of the Mali Losijn Dolphin Preserve.
Martin_S. Says: Some of the small coves can anchor only a boat or two, but provide complete, or almost complete privacy from prying eyes. There are those nosey tourists who poke their noses in everywhere.
Martin_S. Says: The island of Cres is indented with coves, some large, like this one, open and wide and some small and well hidden.
The small harbour of Rovenska...
AndreasK Says: The small harbour of Rovenska is a 15 minute walk from Veli Losinj. Rovenska is a very quiet place, even smaller than Veli Losinj. It has a couple of good restaurants.
AndreasK Says: The nucleus of Mali Losinj dates from the 19th century when the citizens of Mali Losinj were very well off due to the peak of maritime navigation here. Many of Europe's crowned heads came here in search of health and vitality, among them the Austrian Emperor Franz Joseph and...
AndreasK Says: With 6500 inhabitants Mali Losinj is the largest insular town on the Adriatic Sea. A dozen Croatian families came to the island of Losinj from Hungary, fleeing from the Mongols. Since the primary economic activity of the Croat settlers was cattle-raising and agriculture,...
The nucleus of the town and...
AndreasK Says: The nucleus of the town and many stately villas date from the 19th century when the citizens of Cres were very well off due to the peak of maritime navigation here.
picek Says: It's middle sized campground here with some really good spots for tents and enough privacy to set your little area as you wish. We camped here a few nights, it was high season so it was the cheapest option. Nearest town is Osor and among camps we checked in the vicinity of...
camp in Valun: small camp on dynamic terrain
picek Says: This is small camp and it's just behind Valun village, accessible only on foot or bike. Cars have to be parked outside camping area on a parking site by hilly road in the village.At time of our late visit there was nobody at reception and everywhere was full, all places...
In Veli Losinj we stayed at a...
AndreasK Says: In Veli Losinj we stayed at a pension (bed&breakfast) just next to the water. Very nice and clean place. Rooms were 20 US$ per person.
picek Says: If you travel by car you need to take ferry to Cres and you can do so from those two places:1. In Istria at east coast from Brestova village to Porozina which is Northern Cres, the ride will be only about 20 minutes or so. Be careful when driving on narrow roads there (in...
Martin_S. Says: The only way to access the island is by ferry. The Jadrolinija ferry services between Cres/Optija and Cres/Krk.
Click the map to enlarge. We...
AndreasK Says: Click the map to enlarge. We took the ferry from the peninsula of Istra to Porozina. From there it's about an hour drive to Cres and another hour to Losinj. On our way back we took the ferry at Merag to the island of Krk; then, we drove via Rijeka to Italy.Cres is composed...
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One of greatest pleasures of Cres is to explore side roads winding among dry walls, in slavonic languages know as suhozid, on Cres as gromača. Nowsadays they are merged with environment as inseparable unit offering shelter to numerous wild species of both flora and fauna and yet they are among the most vital aspects of landscape aesthetic and identity. They're worth to preserve. Originally they were built to divide pastures on which sheeps were grazing, it was heavy work done by hands and there are literally hundreds of kilometers of suhozid accross Adriatic coasts laid like a huge lace as seen from the higher views. Now there aren't that many sheeps, the walls are getting overwhelmed by wilderness, at some spots broken and times are different yet suhozid excellently exhibits vital intelligence of the ancient men whose lives were closely connected with nature and they 'designed' with her help.
There is a great article on the web site below which explains much in detail but unfortunatelly not in English.
Written Oct 4, 2011
Website: http://www.dragodid.org/jadranski-suhozidi-cres/
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One of best things about Lošinj is that you can easily get away to outlying islands by public transport, boat or catamaran. Both are run by Jadrolinija and cost few euros per one way, which is cheap alternative to guided tours and beside everything, you're travelling with locals so it's not exclusive way to get around.
The only problem is that they aren't so frequent so best be at 6 am by the pier in Lošinj and head straight from there (or exit in Ilovik) to Susak if you want entire day somewhere away from crowds at Lošinj and Cres.
Another departure from Lošinj is by public boat at 1 pm and that one needs 2 and half hours before you get to Susak, but it stops a Srakane (tiny islands of Small and Great Srakane, only couple of houses there, a church and no shadow) and Unije (one bigger village there, few beaches and nice shade).
You can get back to Lošinj by catamaran arriving from Rijeka, it leaves Susak at 8 pm and Ilovik later, it needs almost 1 hr altogether.
Actually you can do round trip by 1 pm boat just seeing the islands and without touching their ground, but I nevertheless suggest you take a break somewhere to swim in some nice lonely beaches.
Updated Oct 21, 2011
Website: www.jadrolinija.hr/
AndreasK Says: The archipelago of Cres is composed of 36 islands, islets and reefs. The highest peaks of Cres are 650 m (Gorice) and 648 m (Sis), and of Losinj 588 m (Televrin) and 557 m (St. Nikola). A phenomenon of the archipelago is the island of Susak - a limestone reef covered with...
The islands of Cres and Losinj...
AndreasK Says: The islands of Cres and Losinj used to be one island, but very early, the Romans separated them by a channel in Osor (see map below).
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The island of Cres is full of many small harbors as you can see in the picture one of the larger coves where the are. The southern most town on the island is Mali Losijn.
We slept a night under full moon on a rock from which photo of Lubenice was taken. Next to our heads were herbs, below in a distance vast sea. Nevertheless, this is the most scenic village on the...
The islands of Cres and Losinj can be reached by ferry from Rijeka, Istra or Krk. We arrived at the island of Cres by ferry from Istra at around 9 pm. It was dark and we had to drive up the...
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