Saturday 17 June 2017

Croatia - day 1 - Lopar, Rab island

Since we came back from the Netherlands few days before planned, why not go to the sea? So after 2 days of rest we took the motorcycle and camping gear and went to another trip - Adriatic sea.

We drove on the "old road" - that is what we, natives, call the road from Karlovac to the sea; it was the only road from the middle part of Croatia to the sea before highway was built. It is a much nicer trip to the sea because of the nature and local delicacies.

Storks

Jezero Bajer (Bajer lake)

Jezero Bajer (Bajer lake)

It passes some places you can not see from the highway. For instance, Lokvarsko jezero (former Omladinsko jezero) near Lokve, artificial lake made in 1955 that also holds the record for the largest caught river trout in the world, weighting 25.40 kilograms.

Lokvarsko jezero

Lokvarsko jezero


In the afternoon we arrived to the south of Rab island (with ferry line Stinica-Rab), and then drove to the north to a place called Lopar. It is a tourist place with a huge camp that won the "Best camp in Croatia in 2017" award. We will be staying here for 2 nights.

this is how you park on Croatian ferries (hint: look at the last car and the gates that are not fully closed)

view from the road close to Lopar

Lopar

beach in the camp

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