Primorje-Gorski Kotar, Croatia · Europe
Cres is worth a stop: 30 minutes from Krk, 46km from Cape Kamenjak.
Cres is in Primorje-Gorski Kotar, Croatia, with about 2,200 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Krk, about 15 km away.
Cres is an Adriatic island in west Croatia. It is one of the northern islands in the Kvarner Gulf and can be reached via ferry from Rijeka, Krk island or from the Istrian peninsula (line Brestova-Porozina).
With an area of 405.78 square kilometres (156.67 mi2), Cres has the same size as the neighbouring Krk island. InRead more
2011, Cres had a population of 3,079 people.
In Earths earlier history, Cres and the neighbouring island of Lošinj used to be one island, but now they are divided by a channel and connected by a bridge that starts from the town of Osor. Cres's only freshwater source is Lake Vrana.
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Within an hour or so of Cres: Lubenice (10 km), Krk Bridge (34 km), Učka Tunnel (42 km), Pula Arena (45 km).
Cres is in Primorje-Gorski Kotar, Croatia, about 15 km from Krk.
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Essential numbers in Croatia
HAK roadside assistance: 1987.
Full driving guide for Croatia8 notable places within an hour's drive.
photogenic
A 4,000-year-old fortified hamlet perched 378 m directly above the sea on Cres island, its stone lanes ending at a cliff-edge view over Sv. Ivan cove. Summer evenings bring open-air concerts on the tiny square.
10 km · about 20 min drive
bridge
Twin reinforced-concrete arches leap from the mainland to Krk island; on opening in 1980 the 390 m main span was the longest concrete arch in the world, a dramatic gateway to the Kvarner islands.
34 km · about 40 min drive
tunnel
A 5 km motorway tunnel bored beneath Mount Učka in 1981, linking inland Istria with the Opatija Riviera and sparing drivers the old switchback climb over Poklon Pass.
42 km · about 50 min drive
ancient ruins
One of the best-preserved Roman amphitheatres in the world, a magnificent 1st-century arena still hosting concerts and festivals in Istria.
45 km · about 50 min drive
natural wonder
A wild rocky cape of hidden coves, cliff-jumps and crystal water at Istria's southern tip: drive the dirt tracks slowly.
46 km · about 55 min drive
restaurant
The Skoko fishing family's konoba in Banjole near Pula: the day's own catch turned into legendary fish offal dishes and Istrian seafood that drew Anthony Bourdain. Dinner only, book well ahead.
46 km · about 55 min drive
national park
Karst pinnacles and the Premužić trail thread Croatia's wildest mountain range with sweeping Adriatic views.
48 km · about 55 min drive
natural wonder
A narrow fjord-like inlet below the Velebit mountains near Jablanac, ringed by a stone promenade with a sunken WWII German freighter visible from the shore. Reached by a short path from Jablanac off the coastal Magistrala.
48 km · about 55 min drive
April to October
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