ABOUT BAŠKA
Since those beginnings to date, a century has gone by. The
tourism history of baska has experienced extraordinary development.
The following data bear witness of this fact. In 1911, Baska
saw 1575 visitors. At the time, it was an impressive number
of guests who had swarmed the streets of the town, resulting
in the involvement of increasing numbers of local residents
in the tourism activity. However, this was merely the beginning
of the transformation of Baska into a touris destination.
As early 1912, the number of visitors grew to 1785 increasing
continuously until the present time with the exception of
the war years.
With its three and four star hotels and camping sites, state
of the art private accommodation, diverse restaurants, culture
and entertainment, Baska today accepts more than 10,000 visitors
in a single day. It has turned into one of the most sought
and attractive tourist destinations on the Croatian Adriatic.
Baška abounds in beaches, some thirty pebbled
beaches accessible to swimmers of all ages, while some of
them have to be reached on foot or by boat. Still, the biggest
and one of the most beautiful is Baška's Vela Plaža, the Great
Beach, right in the centre of town, surrounded by bars, restaurants,
pizzerias, cafes, hotels, private flats and other things all
of which are an integral part of the place's attractions.
The Great Beach is a natural pebble beach, 1800 m long, which
can take several thousand swimmers with ease.
Everyone can find something for him or herself in Baska: romantic
architecture, white pebbles and blue sea,a seabed fit for
the lovers of depth, history written in the stone of the unique
Tablet of Baska, tradition, customs and gourmet specialties
of the healthy Mediterranean cuisine.
The Blue Flag for Beaches is awarded by the Foundation for Environmental Education in Europe, and symbolises a well-preserved, safe and pleasant surrounding, purity of sea and coast, and a beach that is well laid out and maintained, with a well developed system for the management of the area.
On the beach you can hire pedal boats, windsurfers, parasols, deckchairs and other things to help you have a great holiday on the beach.
It was the beaches that spearheaded the development of holidaymaking in Baška, long ago in 1908, when the first bathing area on the island of Krk was officially opened.
Today, the purpose of the beach is just the same as it was a century ago, but now with features that ensure each visitor a safe and carefree stay.
The guarantee for the environment and for a high quality beach is the European Blue Flag, which has been fluttering over Vela Plaža uninterruptedly since 1999.
- Climate
The exceptional riches of the pure nature, and the mild and pleasant climate, will win you over for ever.
The exceptional riches of the pure nature, and the mild and pleasant climate, will win you over for ever.
Baška has all the characteristics of the Mediterranean climate - pleasant springs, warm summers with little rainfall, gentle autumns and windy winters.
In the summer, sea temperature can rise to 25 C, and the swimming season lasts from May to September.
Winds that mark the individual seasons blow in Baška - most often the bora, a wind that dominates in winter, the sirocco in spring and autumn, and the maestral, or north-westerly, in summer.
- Culture and Arts
Baška actually has one of the most impressive and most ancient cultures in Europe. Its cultural heritage makes it one of the most interesting and appealing places in the Croatian Adriatic, as well as in Europe in general.
Baška is known in history and literature for its famed Baška Tablet, but it is also proud of other valuable cultural features of interest that attract the attention. From the old nucleus of the town, the remains of the Roman settlement, to monuments of religious art.
We have picked out just some of the most important for you.
Baška has a great many cultural features of interest. From old buildings and palaces to religious monuments. We have picked out some of the more important of them for you.
- Gastronomy
The Baška cuisine is an exceptional sensory experience which can't leave anyone
indifferent. And it will captivate you too.
Sensory enjoyments can be crowned only with good food, is the word since the ancient Romans.
If you decide to try our cuisine and our specialities, you will see that this saying is extremely close to the truth.
At the end, it is a known fact that this saying of the Romans came into being precisely in this area.
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