A historic town built around its harbour, a beautiful beach shrouded in legend, a traditional hinterland with a great culinary offer, and the unsurpassed natural beauty of Istria’s highest mountain are just some of the special features of a town that has attracted travellers for thousands of years, captivating them with the scenic beauty that makes it hard to leave this shore.

The oldest settlement on the Opatija Riviera dates back to the 1st century BC, when – according to tradition – the Roman patrician, statesman, general and cartographer Marcus Vipsanius Agrippa chose this place as his residence. Over time, at the spot where Mount Učka descends into the sea, a fortified harbour emerged in which the air is full of the scent of laurel and sea salt: a town on whose stone-paved streets history meets legends.