Cities & Culture
Veli Lošinj — the Garden Village
Lošinj · Kvarner & Islands
QUICK INFORMATION
- CATEGORY
- Cities & Culture
- COUNTRY
- Croatia
- REGION
- Lošinj · Kvarner & Islands
- DURATION
- 1–2 days
ABOUT THIS ATTRACTION
Veli Lošinj sits in a deep, sheltered bay where Austrian aristocrats built their winter villas among imported palms and camellias. The village church keeps a 15th-century Venetian painting; the promenade walks to the fishing harbour and out along the wild south coast, and the village’s cafés face the quietest water in the archipelago.
HISTORY & BACKGROUND
The story behind it
Veli Lošinj is actually older than Mali — the medieval port of the island before the newer town outgrew it. Its spa fame began when the Austrian court doctor prescribed Lošinj’s microclimate in 1892; the villa quarter that followed brought electric light, a botanical park of imported subtropical species and a season of European high society that made the “healing island” famous from Vienna to Trieste.
WHAT TO SEE
What to see here
GOOD TO KNOW
Facts & Curiosities
The church of St Anthony keeps a 15th-century painting attributed to the school of Pisanello.
The villa quarter’s gardens grow palms, camellias and citrus planted in the Austrian Riviera era.
The Lošinj dolphin reserve — the Adriatic’s first — was declared in these waters in 2006.
The climb to Osorašćica above the village gives a sunset panorama of both islands and 200+ islets.
MAP & LOCATION
Veli Lošinj — the Garden Village
Veli Lošinj — the Garden Village, Lošinj, Kvarner & Islands, Croatia
44.4924, 14.5037
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FOOD & DRINK
Where to eat nearby
Restaurant Barbara — harbour dining in Mali Lošinj
Veli Lošinj’s seafront cafés
HOTELS & STAYS
Where to stay nearby
Hotel Bellevue — a wellness resort above the bay
Apartments in Mali and Veli Lošinj
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