Island of Rab

Rab is one of the first oasis of tourism in the northern part of the Adriatic Sea. The Mediterranean vegetation, ancient culture and the long tradition made the island of Rab already for many years a tourist centre and a spa.
NATURAL BEAUTIES
The vegetation is luxuriant, and because of the Mediterranean climate, Rab is covered with evergreen forests. The flora typical of the island of Rab: the olive, the fig, the grapes, the sage, the caper, the rosemary. It seems that the name "Rab" developed from Illyrian or Liburnian name "Arba" what probably meant "dark", perhaps of its forests. The Kalifront forest of indigenous helm oak, situated at the Kalifront peninsula, is the largest forest area at the island that is protected by a conservation order. BEACHES
The crystal- clear Adriatic Sea laps the unspoilt and diverse shores of the island that make the whole island a unique seaside resort. The island offers a beach to everyone s taste: rocky beach, pebble beach and sand beaches like a famous "Paradise beach" at the Lopar holiday resort.
THE SEA
Owing to is ecological cleanness, the sea of the island is the habitat of numerous species of fish, shrimps, shells and corals - a real discovery for every well-meaning visitor of the sea world.
THE POSITION
ab is one of the islands of the Kvarner Bay archipelago in the north of the Croatian Adriatic Sea. In addition to the ancient town of the same name, there are seven other idyllic places scattered over the island. Some 9000 people live there, mostly by agriculture, fishing, shipbuilding and tourism.

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