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Despite the name (veli means "big", mali "little"), VELI  LOŠINJ is actually a smaller, quieter version of Mali Lošinj, a warren of pastel-coloured houses strung tightly around a tiny natural harbour. It's a forty-minute walk from the centre of Mali Lošinj

Straggling along either side of a deep sheltered bay, MALI LOŠINJ is a fast-growing resort whose outer layers of apartment and bungalow developments have failed to destroy the charm of its elegant core

Set beside the narrow strait which divides Cres from Lošinj, OSOR is an erstwhile cathedral town which has shrunk to the size of a hamlet. It's the oldest settlement on either island, a prosperous Roman city which some historians believe once had a population of fifteen thousand,

About eight buses a day leave Cres Town for Mali Lošinj, a spectacular journey at times as the road hugs the island's central ridge before descending towards the sea at Osor.