Rabac

Rabac (Italian: Porto Albona) is a Croatian resort town on Kvarner Bay, just southeast of Labin, in Istria.[1]

Rabac
Village
The promenade in Rabac
Rabac
Location of Rabac in Croatia
Coordinates: 45°05′21″N 14°07′11″E
Country Croatia
County Istria
Municipality Labin
Elevation
0−200 m (0−656 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total1,393
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
52220 Labin
Area code(s)52

Long a small fishing port, Rabac has grown in the 1970s into a resort town with numerous villas and apartment buildings.

The Rabac Festival is an annual electronic music festival that has been held there for many years; 3000 people attended in 2002.

History
Historical population
YearPop.±%
2001 1,472—    
2011 1,393−5.4%
sources:[2]

Up until the end of the 19th century, Rabac was a small fishing village. British explorer Richard Francis Burton visited the village in 1876 and mentioned it his book The Seaboard of Istria. The first summer mansion was built at that time by the Prohaska family but got later destroyed during World War II. The first hotel in Rabac, named Quarnaro, was opened on 11 June 1889.

Hotels

Three major hotels and a camping site are situated on the first beach. Along the 'Riva' apartments are available for rent. Along the second beach and Girandella countless hotels are situated, of particular note, the locally famous Albona hotel.

Tourist activity

Regular music concerts are held at Rabac beach and in the hotels. Magic shows at night are prevalent as are comedians. Tourist expeditions to Venice, Dubrovnik and Krka are common and operate daily at 1 and 3 pm. Fishing tours are also common and cost about 100 kuna.

Education

Although Rabac is better known as a travel and tourism destination, the Matija Vlačić Primary School offers four grades of primary education for the local students.[3] For the higher grades and secondary education students have to travel to the nearby city of Labin.[4]

Notable people

References
  1. "Rabac - The pearl of the Kvarner bay". rabac-labin.com. City of Rabac-Labin tourist board. Retrieved 11 May 2014.
  2. "Popis stanovništva prema starosti i spolu po naseljima, popis 2011" (in Croatian). Državni zavod za statistiku. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
  3. "Grad Labin i Valamar Riviera osigurali besplatan školski prijevoz učenicima OŠ Matije Vlačića Rabac". 5Portal (in Croatian). September 5, 2017. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
  4. "Valamar Riviera i ove godine osigurala besplatan školski prijevoz učenika Osnovne škole Matije Vlačića iz Područne škole Rabac". Radio Labin (in Croatian). September 11, 2018. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
  5. "Nakon operacije Ćorluka uživa uz voljenu Franku". Dnevnik Nove TV (in Croatian). May 11, 2017. Retrieved February 9, 2018.
  6. Hribar, Svjetlana (19 July 2017). ""Pronašla sam svoj put": Bili smo kod glumice, pjevačice i pjesnikinje Elis Lovrić". Novi list (in Croatian). Retrieved 22 January 2019.

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