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The island of Krk is situated in the Bay of Kvarner and
is is the biggest island in the Adriatic with area of 409,9 square
kilometers. The higest peak is Obzova at 569 meters. There are 68
settlements on the island. Krk has mild Mediterranean climate with
average summer air temperature 23 C. Sea water temperature is between
23-25 C. Island has almost 2,500 hours of sun a year.
Island Krk has seven administrative centers. Krk town - "capital"
of the island, Omisalj is first town when you cross Krk bridge,
Malinska and Njivice is nice typical tourist city, Punat has famous
boat marina, Baska has few chilometers long beach well known in
all region and Vrbnik is region famous in production of wines.
Clean beaches, Adriatic sea warm Mediterranean sun completes rich
gastronomic offer but there are also many cultural-historical contents
like Bascanska ploca. As part of gastronomic offer, wine needs to
get big mention. Rich vineyards are situated in place Vrbnik that
is place where some of top world quality wine vrbnicka zahtina is
being made. This wine is greatly valued in world everyone who enjoys
good wine often come here for a taste. Croatia is known for their
good quality wine vrbnicka zahtina takes one of top places in offer
of wines.
Bascanska ploca is oldest written monument of Croatian
culture, over 900 hundred years old. Bascanska ploca was found on
Island Krk in place Baska. Croatian culture history, very rich substantial
is unfortunately not known enough in world. The best possible way
to get to know it is to visit Croatia during which you shouldn’t
miss opportunity to see such exceptional value such as Bascanska
ploca also visit place Baska where it was found.
Baška tablet (Croatian: Baščanska ploča) is one of the first monuments containing an inscription in the Croatian language, dating from the year 1100.
The Krk Bridge
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