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The Kvarner Gulf
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 South of Krk and east of Cres, mainland-hugging RAB is the smallest but probably the most beautiful of the main Kvarner Gulf islands. Its eastern side is rocky and harsh, rising to a stony grey spine that supports little more than a few goats, |
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The Kvarner Gulf
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 The coast south from Karlobag is similarly sparse on attractions until you reach the village of STARIGRAD-PAKLENICA. A straggling line of modern seaside houses and apartments, it constitutes the handiest base for the PAKLENICA NATIONAL PARK |
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The Kvarner Gulf
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 Continuing south from Senj, the Magistrala picks its way beneath the rocky slopes of the Velebit, the mountain chain which follows the coast for some 100km. It's initially a forbidding sight, a stark, grey, unbroken wall, |
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The Kvarner Gulf
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 "May God preserve us from the hands of Senj." So ran a popular Venetian proverb, inspired by the warrior community known as the Uskoks who in 1537 made SENJ their home and used it as a base from which to attack Adriatic shipping. |
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The Kvarner Gulf
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 CRIKVENICA has been a tourist resort since the 1890s, when Archduke Josef, brother of Emperor Franz Josef, earmarked Crikvenica for development in a deliberate challenge to the pre-eminence of Opatija. |
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