KVARNER region is located in the northern Adriatic Sea between the peninsula Istria and the northern Croatian coastline. Its size is 3582 square km (6.3% of the Republic of Croatia) and has over 323.000 inhabitants. The largest city is Rijeka with the population of over 164 000. The average annual temperature is approximately 14°C. During August, the warmest month, the average temperature is 24° C, whereas 5° C in January. The difference throughout the year is more than 40° C (-6° to 37° C). The region has the longest tourist tradition in Croatia, the year-round range of varied programmmes and has developed unique forms of tourism, a variety of tourist attractions which meet the needs of present day tourists, with all their different requirements, throughout the year. The main islands are Krk, Cres, Losinj, Pag and Rab. The main portion of the Kvarner bay is that between the mainland, Cres and Krk. A smaller body of sea located between Cres, Krk, Rab and Pag is called Kvarneric (the little Kvarner). The greatest value of Kvarner as a tourist destination lays exactly in the beaches, in preserved environment and clean sea. You’ll find exactly the beach you prefer here: developed or natural, famous or undiscovered, big or small, stone, pebble or sand beach.... The European Blue Flag has been awarded to fifteen beaches in Kvarner Region: Baska, Crikvenica, Dramalj, Novi Vinodolski, Rab, Lopar, Njivice, Veli and Mali Losinj, two in Selce and four in Krk. Worth visiting is