Rab Island

Map of island Rab

The island of Rab looks barren from the mainland but holds treasures of landscape on its southern beaches.
The island with its two faces! The grey, vegetation on the east and the west looks like naked area. The wind barrier of Kamenjak Mountains completes this division and there are two parts of the island with their striking appearance. On this beautiful island is a lot of operation, but also can be found quiet places and exploring places. There are about 9,000 residents, which live mostly from tourism, agriculture, fisheries and marine.

Here is Rab Island located

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How to get to Rab Island

Map of island Rab

The island has no fixed land link, but it is reachable with the ferry. There are two ferries to the island of Rab, which runs the ferry from the island of Krk only in the season. Regular access to the island from Jablanac exists at the foot of the Velebit Mountains.

You can go with the bus from Rijeka. There are daily bus lines runs the entire island route. You’ll find all timetables in travel agency.

In the summer months, you can go with the Jadrolinija ferry-Valbiska on the island Krk directly to the Lopar and from Baska to Lopar.

You can also get to the island by catamaran that goes from Rijeka and connects Rab and Pag.

On the island of Rab there are only two gas stations, both in Banjol.

Map of Rab Island

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Picture gallery for Rab Island

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  View to Rab

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  Beach in Lopar

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  Lopar

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  Delfins in Baska to Lopar

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  Jablanac

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  Ferry Rab

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  Ferry Sveti Marin

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  Ferry port Misnjak

Insight into history of Rab Island

The earliest traces of history of the island of Rab can be found in an ancient Greek travelogues and sea guides. First known inhabitants were the Liburnian which is written in the geographical writings of Skylax of Chariandon. Rab was mentioned as Arba, Arbia, Arbiana or Arbitana, but the origins of the name is unknown.

This ancient island was under a big influence of Venice, Austria-Hungary and the Italian and German occupation. Beginning of the 20th was the period of touristic development, on Rab was the first nudist beach in the world: Edward the VIII in 1934 asked permission for swimming for his wife Wallis.

Those historical facts have left their traces, in the numerous buildings which are still preserved, monuments, way of life and architecture as well.

The museum of the Franciscan monastery of St. Eufemija contains a Latin deed in the foundation of the monastery, from the mid-15th century; this is the oldest known document with the Croatian name of the island.
The Holy Marin founder of the small European country of San Marino was born here.

What to see in Rab Island

Rab Island has a green land and a hidden bays and a medieval old town which is traffic free and holds a Franciscan monastery and several churches as well as four beautiful campanile which visitors will see from the sea when approaching the harbor. You will find also some fine Venetian palaces. Rab can be explored in different ways.

The island landscape is mainly about three parallel mountain ranges. In the eastern part of the island extends mountains of the Kamenjak with the highest collection of 403 m at the end of the northeastern area of the foothills. On the west lies the ridge Kalifront, which behind the old town of Rab was sank into the Adriatic. In the middle of the ridges of Kamenjak and Kalifront lies The Vrsi, in the northern half of the island. Fertile levels connect the mountain chains of Kampor to Rab and Rab to Supetarska Draga and thus complete the closed island picture. There is no other island in Adriatic, where are so many sources on the island as it is on Rab.

Places of excursions near Rab Island

• Old Town Rab
• Eufemija monastery at the Bay St. Eufemija
• Mountain Kamenjak
• Supetarska Draga
• Lopar
• Baska on the island of Krk
• On the mainland, the Velebit nature park

The most attractive location on the island are especially the 1.5 km long beach Rajska / Paradise beach and many small sandy coves. There is a naturist beach in Lopar which is why this nice place became happy seaside resort in the first half of the 19th Century.

Accommodations in Rab Island

Hotels in Rab Island

in Lopar

• Holiday Village San Marino in Lopar **
• Hotel Epario in Lopar ***

in Kampor

• Appartementhotel Suha Punta in Kampor *
• Tourist Settlement Suha Punta in Kampor *

in Rab

• Hotel Eva in Rab **
• Hotel Carolina in Rab ***
• Hotel Imperial in Rab ***
• Hotel Istra in Rab ***
• Hotel Padova in Rab ***
• Hotel Arbiana in Rab****
• Hotel Ros Maris in Rab ****

in Supetarska Draga

• Hotel Zlatni zalaz in Supetarska Draga ***

Camping in Rab Island

• Camping Padova III Banjol
• Camping San Marino Lopar

Small camps in the region of island Rab

• Camping Mel Rab
• Camping Planka Rab
• Camping Rajska Plaza Rab

Private accommodations in Rab Island

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Weather in Rab Island

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Current weather in Rab Island and a 7-day weather forecast for Rab Island

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Climate in Rab Island

Sports & leisure time in Rab Island

For all those who love an active vacation, there are many sporting and recreational activities like: Trade, water skiing, surfing, paddle boats, rental boats, parachutes, jet skiing, tennis, sand volleyball, mini golf, football, basketball, motocross, bike rides, walks, etc.

Mountain biking is very popular on the island. There are many small roads, paths and tracks where you can enjoy the seaside, Mediterranean vegetation and ambiance.

Rab offers ailing and water sports possibilities for almost all types of water sports. Motocross and off-road competitions started to take place on the island.

• ACI Marina Rab in Banjol
• ACI Marina Supetarska Draga in Gornja Supetarska Draga

Where to eat in Rab Island

Local food can be best tasted in some of the following restaurants, like for an example:

• Astoria,
• Buža,
• Konoba Kaldanac
• Konoba Rab,
• Labirint,
• Paradiso and
• Santa Maria

Here on Rab you can taste a traditional way of preparing food and dishes. In local cuisine prevails the seafood and the Mediterranean taste. The traditional Mediterranean plants are olive figs and wines, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, beans, and some specifics like lavender, rosemary… Those plants represents a great island’s treasure and enrich the life and spirit of the people on the island of Rab.

Beaches in Rab Island

Gulf of Crnika with the peninsula Lopar

• Favorite far and wide beach is the beach paradise (Croatian: Rajska beach), east of the town Lopar. It is a very flat and descending some 1500 meters long sandy beach – further sandy beaches are in close proximity to the north and ending in the Bay of Lopar on the ferry port.

• Mel sand beach in Kampor

• Countless bays in Suha Punta

Others nudist beaches, easily accessible by car in the direction of Suha Punta or a taxi boat from the port! As in a paradise!

Very nice beach Naturist beach with restaurant in the bay, showers and beach volleyball. To reach the Suha Punta by foot or by taxi you can hire a boat in Palit (about 15 Kuna).

Rab is in the so-called “Sahara” in a large number of these flat sloping into the sea beaches. However, you should know that these bays are only partly accessible by car. Therefore, the beaches are almost exclusively reachable by tourist boats. Only the great sandy beach in front of the campsite in Lopar is directly accessible by car. However, there are large summer crowds.

Nightlife and entertaining in Rab Island

Rab provides a lot of fun and pleasure mostly in small bars, pubs, nightclubs, and cocktails bars. Among the old town walls, squares and streets become a meeting places.

In the summer Rab has different offers and many entertaining programs like live music concerts, beach parties and some other facilities.

• Beach Club Santos-OPEN AIR DISCO PARTY CLUB: SANTOS ( Pudarica Beach)
• Disco Club VOX
• Tropical (San Marino/Lopar)
• Night Club San Antonio, Le Journal
• Caffee/Cocktail bar Forum,
• Sanda,
• Revelin…

Cultural arrangements in Rab Island

In the terms of cultural life there are two annual high-lights, which are worth visiting, like the Rab Knights Tournament, which has been celebrated for the last ten years, offering all kinds of medieval-type events.

• Feast of Little Marie at 8th September in Lopar
• Folklore performances
• Local competitions in the crossbow shooting

Videos of Rab Island

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