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The name Rab means something like: dark, green wooded and is a Croatien island in the northern Adriatic. It belongs to the management of Primorje-Gorski kotar in the bay of Kvarnar.
The patron saint of the island Rab is the St. Christophorus, whose skull as a sacred relict is kept on the island of Rab. Held every year to honor him on the Day of St. Christophorus ( 27. July ) the knight play, the Rapska Fjera on the island take place.


In the year 1936 with a explicit permission from the local authority the former british Royal and later Duke of Windsor Eduard VIII took a bath in agency bay with his mistress and later wife Wallis Simpson naked in the sea.
With the result that those reasons are subsequently dubbed the nudist culture in
Europe.
Rab is accessible by two ferry lines, which also transport cars: from the costal town Jablanac of which the ferry company Rapska-Plovidba to Misnjak, or from the port Valbiska to the island Krk to Lopar.
The arrival by boat from Rijeka by Katamaran is only possible without a car.
Rab is also the name of the pre-christian times since existing port city on the southwest coast of the island.
The town has 1592 inhabitants and is located on the narrow peninsula between the bay of Sv.Eufemija and the port Rab.
The island is 22,2 kilometers long, has a surface of 91,8 square kilometers and about 9521 inhabitants.
Rab is the southernmost of the Kvarnar-islands of the Kvarnar-Bay. neighboring islands are Krk, Pag and Dolin.
Rab prevails on a Mediterranean climate with mild winters and hot summermonths.
Rab is because of the Adriatic coast of the channel through the island is uninhabited protected Dolin, prever boat owners and watersports the island as an ideal prefer pier to buy food, to replace water and the picturesque village Barbat for example as a base to explore the use neighboring island.
The soil of the island is mainly electified. Over the whole island extending three ridges, the largest of them is the Kamenjak. He devides the peninsula in the north with the eponymous nearest Lopar from the rest of the island.
On a peninsula in the west is the forested Kalfront, one of the last oak forests of the Mediterranean.
The surface is about 52 percent covered by forests. So the island of Rab belongs to the most forsted island of Croatia. Rab has more than 312 natural springs,some of these are also used for drinking water supply.
Rab, there are seven communities: Barbat, Banjol, Kampor, Mundanije, Rab, Supetarska Draga and Lopar.
Our first presentation deals with Barbat and their native, registered guesthouses board owners with their accommadation.
Barbat is well protected by the uninhabited island of Dolin and has a very beautiful beach directly in the place of destination.
You can there, for different than in most coastal areas, about100 meters into the clear, warmed by the sun, go in the sea until the water is deeper then about chest height.
You reach Barbat just after the ferry docked,when you come from Jablanac
About a mile to the pier of the ship, right beside the main road directly in front of the place Barbat, at the information you meet also Elvis.
Elvis speaks very good German and English, for his time in Germany and England and there learned language skills- this like his patners too, in the service of his native community Barbat.
At the agency on this side of the road you can exchange money, buy postcards, stamps and refreshments.
And also, if you havn't booked before- you can ask for accommodation; because all the hostels and rooms to rent in the village Barbat report daily, where there is still room or appartment free.
This service is for you, our distinguished guests free of course.
So it pays for you, that you come for a short trip to the island and still get accommadation.
Elvis or one of the other employees of the agency guide you to your accommadation, where you then can leave the car safely.
One straight away:
Barbat is an ideal place to recharge your power.
You see yourself in all rest all our many pictures to dangling later the videos and let dreamily antipating the soul.Barbat is not just a place to dream and swim, you also eat very good.
The fisherman bring their catch directly and fresh on the table of the house.The native products of the small, but fine agricultural economy on the "red" soils from sheep farming for example give their way there.
Barbat is a culinary tip, where the prices are still moderate.
The waiters are all in the restaurants really very friendly, humorous and technically adept, usually speak serveral languages and are of your physical well-tried a lot.
That even the wine comes from the cultvation of the region there is almost self-evident.
Look at the pages of our unamnounced visit in june 2010 for example the family business ACO.
You see the most private landlords and private rooms with their pensions and apartments from Barbat in this presentation.
We show the pension and companies always on serveral sides, photograph for you all the details and report on specific activity of rental services and of course, about the rates.
We encourage you to come from only may 2011 at Barbat to see maybe on a long weekend and then in the high season to make your well-deserved vacation.