Things to do in Rabac
Things to do in Rabac
Rabac is a Croatian resort town on Kvarner Bay, just southeast of Labin, in Istria. 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.
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.
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