About Kostrena(Croatia)
Kostrena is a Croatian municipality east of Rijeka on the Kvarner Bay. It is famous for its beaches and a long tradition of seafaring and seamanship. Because of its beautiful rocky beaches and a walkway that goes along the shoreline, it is very popular for recreation and sports. A scenic hill walk called Trim-staza is located on the northeast side of Kostrena. There have been some archeological excavations in Kostrena, discovering ruins from the Roman times. Lately, urban development has been increasing. Kostrena is also an industrialized suburb of Rijeka. An oil refinery and an oil power plant are located at Urinj and a shipyard Viktor Lenac is located in the bay of Martinšćica.
Kvarner represents one of the most beautiful and most visited tourist regions of Croatia sea coast. Beinig located in the nearest area of Croatian sea to the central and west European states, it is well visited destination, especially by the guests who at the holiday diced to come by car.
Main and the biggest city of this region is city of Rijeka, administrative and economic center of Kvarner region, large port and holiday resort.
Consisted by some of most beautiful Croatian islands such as Cres, Krk and Rab, which are as well the largest islands of Croatia and the most attractive ones.
Apart of Rijeka as center, this area is also very rich with small but extremely attractive villages and summer holiday resort, surrounded by beautiful Mediterranean vegetation, small and hidden bays, coves and beaches, very attractive ones, which during the summer are a real paradise for the tourists from all over the world.
We would like to offer you a warm welcome and invite you to visit our small town. These pages can help you choose your stopover destination on your way to the South, or a place to spend your entire vacation, leaving satisfied and ready to come back. You can find a lot of information on these pages. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.
If you are arriving from the west or north travelling toward your destination somewhere in the Southern Adriatic, make a stop in Kostrena – a place of stone and sea, and swim in the extraordinarily clean sea; dive and explore the magic Kostrena undersea world; sail along our several kilometer long shore and enjoy yourself.
In the morning admire the beautiful and unique Kvarner bay, listen to the bird’s singing in the cherry trees, walk along the shore or stop at one of the natural pebble beaches.
If you are keen on sport activities you can go sailing, diving, jogging, cycling, you can play tennis, visit our outdoor gym or well equipped sports hall.
If you prefer the city life - shopping, visiting museums, going to the cinema or the theatre - then you could visit Rijeka, a city situated only 5 kilometers away from Kostrena.
You would like to visit our beautiful islands or maybe go hiking, visit the national or nature parks? No problem. Everything is within reach.
To the charm of our town we could add the sound of waves, breezy evenings and good, tasty food in one of the town’s restaurants.
And, don’t forget the sunset in Kostrena – you only have to see it once … and you’ll want to see it again….and again…
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