Beli

Beli is one of the oldest settlements on Cres which used to play a prominent role in the past. Beli is situated on a 130m high hill above the eastern coast of the northern part of the island, on the site of a prehistoric hill-fort.
Today it is a typical, closely- built, seaside village, rich in cultural and historical monuments.
Let us name just some of them: a parish church with a semicircular apse of an older Romanic church, in which several valuable Glagolitic inscriptions are to be found, the Romanic church of St. Maria with a museum collection, the Gothic one-nave church of St. Anthony situated at the town cemetery, prehistoric stables at the entrance to the town and a Roman bridge over the canyon. A stone head of King Abel should also be noted.
Today Beli, with its beautiful pebbly beach and well protected harbor, has grown into a tourist resort, whose economy is based on family and camping tourism.
Due to the fact that beautiful forests of Tramontane are in its neighborhood, Beli becomes increasingly popular as a starting point of long walks in the countryside.

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