Opatija, the Pearl of Adriatic
Situated below the mountain and Nature Park Učka, Opatija (old names: Sankt Jakobi, Abbazia) is a great choice for a vacation in summer and winter season.Beautiful nature, climate, parks, hotels & old Austrian villas, seaside promenade and beaches attract tourists from Europe and all over the world for more then 160 years. Opatija is the leading tourist destination in the Republic of Croatia for the organization of conventions.
Along with festivals, concerts, exhibits, and other cultural and sport events Opatija offers attractions worth visiting during the whole year!
Opatija like many other spots in Europe has gone through difficult times due to war etc. After World War 2 however, tourism came to life once again. The old hotel buildings were updated and their interiors were accommodated to coordinate with the needs of the modern times. The top quality medical tourism opportunities that Thalassotherapia in coordination with other hotels offer foreign tourists has made Opatija a world known tourist and health centre, once again.
The building of luxurious hotels and tourist settlements has contributed to the alternative forms of tourism such as yachting and congress tourism offered to the tourists. The doors of hotels and camps have opened up to all categories of guests of Opatija’s Riviera, so that along with traditional lovers of this region, tourists from distant European and overseas countries started to arrive all year round.
Down below is the warm impression and feelings of a tourist who has visited this beautiful town.
“When you arrive in Opatija probably you will be possessed by a nostalgic feeling. Also you will think that you have traveled back in time.
You come across old but well kept buildings, all extraordinarily beautiful and the magnificent sea.
It has a very unique ambiance originating from by the perfect harmony between the landscape and the architecture of the town and it gives you the feeling you are in heaven, away from all troubles and worries.
Then you realize that you have peace of mind and soul”
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