Rab Croatia

Geological history of the island of Rab

2009-09-29T16:36:00.000+02:00

On Wednesday, 30th of September in the gallery of Rector's Palace in Rab an exhibition "The Island of Rab - one hundred million years of geological history" starts jointly organized by the Museum of Natural History of Rijeka and the City of Rab.
The author of this interesting exhibition is Koraljka Klepac and the whole project is the result of her geological and paleontological studies on Rab. The exhibition consists of photographs of the island of Rab with rocks of different age, fossil remains of various organisms, limestone over 100 million years old, a variety of snails and shells over 35 million years.
The exhibition is extremely interesting and educational and financial support for the entire project comes from the town of Rab and the Croatian Ministry of Culture.

French tourists slept for free

2009-08-14T11:10:00.000+02:00

One narrow street in Rab hosted an arts exhibition in the open. A small group of French tourists was walking through the crowd and asking around for cheap accommodation, possibly a hostel. As we all unfortunately know, Rab has no hostel, but luckily mister Zvonko Bakota was around and helped them to get in touch with the mayor of Rab Zdenko Antesic. He wasted no time to arrange accommodation in the facilities of FC Rab. Tourists were more than delighted with this unique gesture, which made their stay in Croatia even more pleasant.

Charms of traditional fishing

2009-08-06T12:10:00.001+02:00

Josko Stokic is a Medieval fisherman used to the hard life and poverty. A long time ago he was a sailor on a ship that belonged to an old noble family from Rab and he sailed all over the Mediterranean. He was injured after a heavy storm and had to return to his island where he founded a fishing company. They sold most of their fish to Venice and they ate the rest themselves. This is of course only a story told by one of the members from "Dolin" fishing society, but there where many more stories about Medieval fishing and way of life similar to this one. Tourists were simply delighted and couldn't resist the smell of fresh fish and other traditional meals of Rab. This was all the result of cooperation between associations "Komin", "Dolin", "Tunera" and "Skraparica", who made sure that all guests enjoyed a unique manifestation full of traditional meals and numerous other scenes from the Medieval times. Rab wore the title of "Felix" a long time ago when it was called "Felix Arba", but although it does not wear this title today, Rab is still an island of happiness, satisfaction and prosperity.

Visit the Rab Summer festival!

2009-08-04T11:20:00.001+02:00

Rab Summer festival will be held on August 6th and 7th at the town stadium in Rab, and all visitors will be able to enjoy in performances by many music stars.
The biggest attraction of the festival is Teresa Garcia Catrurla, one of the stars from the original set-up of Buena Vista Social Club. First day of the festival is on Thursday, August 6th, and it will be especially appealing to fans of modern electronic music and dancing, with shows by DJ Paul Lomax, DJ Fresh Jay and DJ Luca Montecchi. The second day will be marked with a show by Croatian Latino band Cubismo and the above mentioned famous Cuban artist. Apart from them, there will also be concerts by Chico Castillo and famous Croatian singers Nina Badric and Martina Vrbos.
Organizer of the Rab Summer festival is rap musician Marko Lasic Nered, who also announced that on the opening day of the festival there will be a big Tequila Sunrise cocktail weighting over a ton! The price for the first day is 135 kunas, 170 kunas for the second day and 230 kunas for both days.

What guests want in Rab?

2009-07-21T13:16:00.000+02:00

Tourist information center of Rab is probably one of the most beautiful and best equipped in Croatia. Here you can find all possible maps, brochures and get all information you need to spend your vacation. And what are guests on the island of Rab looking for?
Usually they want to get information about various events, exhibitions, concerts, attractions for sightseeing, but also practical issues related to traffic. They also want to know about various excursions, trails for hiking or trekking and other forms of activities for a more active holiday. Since the island of Rab is in a good position, guests are also interested in visiting some of the nearby national parks and other islands of the Kvarner archipelago. In addition to seeking information, guests also indicate a number of commendations. Tourists among other things appreciate hospitality, kindness and the service of free internet, which was introduced this year.

Citizens of Vukovar coming to Rab

2009-07-20T12:48:00.002+02:00

Company Imperial from Rab, owner of a popular hotel of the same name, decided to make a great gesture for the city of Vukovar. They secured a seven day vacation for five families with children! Mayor of Vukovar Zeljko Sabo expressed great gratitude and stressed how much this means for his town in this period of crisis, although Vukovar, a city that has suffered terrible devastation during the war, has spent the past ten years in a difficult crisis. When the Government decided to take ten million from people of Vukovar this year, it is nice to know that someone is willing to give something too!

Popularity of Rab klapas

2009-07-13T13:33:00.001+02:00

The last few years there has been a great popularization of folk klapa music in our Kvarner region, including the island of Rab.
Rab has a long tradition of klapa singing of almost 50 years, but the last few years there has been a new popularization of this kind of music. This resulted in increasing popularity of many Rab klapas throughout Croatia and the numerous successes of Rab klapas at numerous festivals throughout the country. As a result of this klapas from the island of Rab open the annual "Rab Musical Evenings" festival and had recently been on a big tour in Croatia.

Everything is ready for the Fair

2009-07-13T13:31:00.001+02:00

Rab City is ready for another Fair, the eight manifestation of this kind which will be held from 25th to 27th of July.
This year Rab Fair is extremely rich with hundreds of medieval crafts in different workshops and about a thousand people involved in the organization of the event itself. As always, the program includes a knight competition of Rab crosbowmen, fishing festival, big fireworks, a rich gastronomic offer with many indigenous meals, concerts and entertainment until the morning.
Apart from the organization of this year's Fair in Rab, it has also been discussed about the tenth Fair, which will be held in year 2011.
It is time to consider traveling to the island of Rab and enjoying the Rab Fair!

Something about Rab town

2009-06-12T13:17:00.002+02:00

Rab Town dates back to the 12th century when the ancient settlement from the age of Greeks and Romans was fortified. The town was sold to Venice in 1409 and much of the old architecture it now has was built under Venetian rule. The town is organized around three streets - Lower Street, Middle Street and Upper Street. One thing particularly striking in the town of Rab are it's four famous tall bell towers from the Romanesque age.
In addition to sightseeing the Old Town, Rab makes a good base for exploring the entire island. A number of agencies offer boat tours around the island or you can even rent a boat or a scooter and do it all on your own.
Main hotels in the town are Hotel Imperial, in the middle of a landscaped park, and the Hotel Padova which, offers a swimming pool and sauna.
The Rab tourist office has two offices - one at Donja Ulica 2 in the town centre and the other on around the corner from the bus station.

Sheep "baby-boom" on Rab

2009-06-12T13:16:00.001+02:00

Mr. Andelko Beg-Valovicic was a double winner of the exhibition "Rab sheep" last year, but he had more than enough reason for satisfaction this year too, even though he was not involved in the exhibition.
"Baby boom" that his flock experienced is the main issue among the many farmers on Rab island. Sheep named "Duda" form the indigenous Rab sheep sort called "skraparica", which belongs to Andelko's flock in Mundanije, has brought 5 "kids" to the world, which is a real rarity when we talk about this authentic Rab sort of sheep. Although not the main character of this story, the Aries "Becar" is probably very proud of this accomplishment.

Old "guc" regata

2009-05-26T11:36:00.001+02:00

The "guces" are old ships from the island of Rab. The port of Rab was a setting for the first sailing regatta with this old ships after a long, long time. Many tourists and people of Rab gathered in the port to watch this manifestation.
The goal of the regatta is to stimulate people to start valuing the old tradition of sailing with a "guc", but also to make the politicians of Rab realize the importance of starting a real professional sailing club, because a lot of children and young people on the island are interested in this sport, and the conditions are ideal too.
It is plan of the organizers to make this regatta a traditional event which could even be held more times during year.

120th anniversary of tourism on Rab island

2009-05-11T22:15:00.001+02:00

May 13th 2009
08:30 PM – Humanitarian concert - Dunja Vejzovic, Ðorde Stanetti

May 14th 2009
07:00 PM - “Tradition of hospitality on Rab” - Rab tourism high school

May 15th 2009
08:00 PM - Rab klapas in St. John the Evangelist’s church.
09:00 PM – "Rab Island Art Photography exhibition"

May 16th 2009
Grand celebration of 120 years of tourism on Rab!
12:00 PM – Rab Crossbowmen
03:30 PM - new beach as a symbol of Rab's history of beaches
06:30 PM – Festivities begin - St Christopher’s Square - folklore, brass band music, the Kayak Club, “the barkarijoli” of Rab - music by Vivak group - concert by Oliver Dragojevic, famous pop-star

Rab island accommodation

2009-04-27T11:52:00.002+02:00

There's a tremendous amount of different types of accommodation available on the island of Rab. To be in the center of things and in charge of everything, stay in the town of Rab, the "capital" of the entire island, but you will probably pay a higher price there for both hotels and private accommodation. Beach bums will want to head straight to Lopar, site of the famous Paradise beach. For a bit quieter holiday, ideal for romantic couples and family relaxation, you'll want to stay in Suha Punta, a pretty forested peninsula studded with many beautiful beaches and bordered by a shady seaside promenade.
If you have chosen to stay in Rab town we recommend you hotels Arbiana, Ros Maris, Imperial, Padova and Hotel Istra.
If you like what you heard about Suha Punta, than check out hotels Eva and Carolina.

About our island

2009-04-24T12:32:00.002+02:00

Island of Rab is one of many islands located in the Kvarner Bay archipelago in the north part of the Croatian Adriatic Sea, one of the cleanest seas in the world.
In addition to the old ancient town of the same name, there are seven other idyllic places scattered all over the island, and these are: Barbat, Banjol, Palit, Kampor, Mundanije, Supetarska Draga and Lopar.
Some 9000 permanently live on the island, mostly of agriculture, fishing, shipbuilding and, of course, tourism.
We are very proud to say that our tradition of organized tourism is today already almost 120 years old, and dates back to the times of the Hapsburg dynasty and the Austrian Empire.
We will give you more useful information about island of Rab in our next articles soon.

Welcome!

2009-04-22T17:43:00.004+02:00

Welcome dear travelers!
If you are planning a vacation on the island of Rab in Croatia, than there is probably no better place for you than this blog. Here you will find all information you need about your travel, holiday and accommodation on Rab.
Enjoy!