OMIŠALJ
It is the first settlement on the island after Krk Bridge, and Rijeka Airport is also in the vicinity.
The Parish Church of the Assumption, 1213, with bell tower and loggia of the 16th century.
The remains of an Early Christian basilica of the 5th century and the Roman municipium of Fulfinum in Sepen Bay in the Mirine area.
VRBNIK
It stands on a 48 metre high cliff over the sea. It is a wine-growing area and famed for the local wine called Vrbnička žlahtina. Parish Church of the Assumption, 1325, with Renaissance bell tower, 16th century, housing the Museum of the Vrbnik Artistic Identity.Chapel of St John, 15th century and
Vitezić Brothers Library.
KRK
A one-time Roman municipality and centre of the Frankopans, the dukes of Krk. The religious architecture complex of the Cathedral of the Assumption of the 5th century with the churches of St Margaret and St Quirinus, patron saint of the town (11th/12th centuries), in which there is an exhibition of religious items, and a bell tower from the 18th century. A well-preserved urban unit from the Roman period within the city walls, which obtained their current appearance between the 12th and the 15th century. o Kamplin Square (trg), with its Frankopan castle and the Square Tower (12th century). The main city square, called Vela placa, with the building of the town hall from the 15th century and a Renaissance fountain. The canons' house (Petar Franolić Street, no. 11) in which there is the Glagolitic Krk Inscription, from the 11th century.
GLAVOTOK
A forest of holm oak (1 hectare) is a forest vegetation reserve. By the Church of the Immaculate Conception (1277), a Third Order Franciscan monastery was built in the 15th century. The Church of St Krševan (Grisogogno) (5th and 6th centuries), close to the settlement of Milohnić.
PUNAT
It is the greatest century of sailing-oriented tourism in the Adriatic. It is known for the production of excellent quality oil from local olives. The Parish Church of the Holy Trinity, 1773, with a valuable Baroque altar. The Toš gallery, showing an olive press. The Islet of Košljun (6.5 ha) in Puntarska Draga is a forest reserve and monument of culture. In the Franciscan Monastery with the Church of the Assumption of 1480 there is also a valuable library, an ethnographic museum and a permanent display of religious art. Church of St Dunat, 11th century.
BAŠKA
A settlement of an interesting maritime architecture, it stretches along the almost 2 kilometre long strand, reckoned one of the world's finest beaches.
JURANDVOR
Early Romanesque Church of St Lucy, a holy place of Croatian national history and culture. In the church there is the Baška Tablet, the most important monument of the Croatian language and its literature.This is written in Glagolitic script incised on stone, and dates from about 1100. There is an exhibition area inside the church.
DOBRINJ
It is first mentioned in a Glagolitic script written deed of gift by the famous Dragoslav, dated 1 January 1100. Parish Church of St Stephen, the main church of the chapter of Dobrinj, first mentioned in 1100. St Anthony's Church and Gallery (14th century) and bell tower (18th century). In the immediate vicinity is the Collection of Religious Art and the Infeld Gallery.
Early Romanesque Chapel, foundation of the famed Dragoslav, 1100, in the settlement of Sveti Vid. Soline Bay, known for its pre-Roman salt pans and its medicinal mud for the treatment of bone ache. |