Location: Southeastern Europe, bordering the Adriatic Sea, between Bosnia and Herzegovina and Slovenia. Area: Total: 56,542 sq km Land: 56,414 sq km Water: 128 sq km Land boundaries: Total: 2,028 km. Border countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina 932 km, Hungary 329 km, Yugoslavia 266 km, Slovenia 501 km. Coastline: 5,835 km (mainland 1,777 km, islands 4,058 km). Maritime claims: Continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation. Territorial sea: 12 NM. Climate: Mediterranean and continental; continental climate predominant with hot summers and cold winters; mild winters, dry summers along coast. Terrain: Geographically diverse; flat plains along Hungarian border, low mountains and highlands near Adriatic coastline and islands. Elevation extremes: Lowest point: Adriatic Sea 0 m. Highest point: Dinara 1,830 m. Natural resources: Oil, some coal, bauxite, low-grade iron ore, calcium, natural asphalt, silica, mica, clays, salt, hydropower. Opatija: In 1844, Scarpa- a rich aristocrat from Rijeka – built the Villa Angiolina with its beautiful park. This was the beginning of tourism in Opatija, a resort which soon became meeting point of European celebrities and was visited by Wilhelm II, Franz Josef, Gustav Mahler, and Isadora Duncan. Thanks to the nearby mountain Ucka, Opatija is protected from the cold northern winds and is famous for its lush vegetation. Today, Opatija is a holiday resort offering a charming contrast between nostalgic and elegant hotels. The town’s numerous specialized restaurants, garden cafés, and dance terraces offer many gastronomic specialties. Marinas, tennis courts and casinos complete Opatija’s diverse tourist offer. Porec: With its numerous beaches and bays, excellent wines, modern night clubs and dancing bars, hotels for all tastes and pockets, Porec is Istria’s and Croatia’s most attractive holiday resort. For the entire active guest Porec offers lots of sport: tennis, volleyball, basketball, mini golf, sailing, windsurfing, water skiing, para sailing and riding. The rich cultural monuments of the old town of Porec make it a must to visit: sit and admire them from one of the town’s many restaurants and cafés, beer houses and taverns. Porec is also an ideal outgoing point for excursions why not visit Venice by hydrofoil? Or take a bus trip through Istria? Or go to Lipica and Postojna? Or enjoy a fish picnic on a boat? Or visit the Limfjord oyster farm? Without a doubt, Porec’s hotel complexes Zelena Laguna and Plava Laguna (the green and the blue lagoon), Brulo, Pical and Lanterna guarantee you a very pleasant holiday indeed. Island of KRK: The island of Kirk is known as the “golden island” because of its wealth, Krk’s wealth, however, is not in metals or money, but in the fact that this island has always been able to take care of itself. Its sea is rich in fish and crabs. The sheep from the central part of the island give excellent cheese. Krk produces too its own olive oil. On the island’s mild slopes grow grapes, which give delicious wine. Among the island’s numerous wines, the heavy and golden colored Zlahtina from the region of Vrbnik is the most famous. And what is rare to any other island in the Adria – drinking water, right in the middle of Krk. The development of tourism in the fisherman villages of Njivice, Malinska and Baska gave Krk the name “Golden Island”. To meet the needs of tourists, Krk has been connected with the mainland by bridge. There is also an airport near Omisalj. Makarska Riviera and Dubrovnik: The 64 km long Makarska Riviera, stretching from Brela in the north, to Gradac in the south, is one of the most beautiful parts of the Croatian coast. At the foot of the mountain Biokovo there are pearls of numerous charming sandy beaches. Along the Riviera are small picturesque holiday resorts, the most famous of them is Brela. “With its head in the shadow, with belly in the sun and with feet in the water” said once one of the numerous tourists to the Riviera. This is quite true for the Makarska Riviera. Here, the nature is absolutely magnificent: a forest on the hills of Biokovo mountain and crystal water on the sandy beaches.