KAVUADA

Originally, Cres and Lošinj formed a particularly long island, which is why the first seafarers transported their boats over the low stretch of land near Osor instead of making the arduous journey of going around the island. Was it the Liburnians who first dug the channel here, or was it the Romans, this we can’t tell. But one thing is for sure – allowing boats to pass represented a generous source of income for Osor for centuries, for as long as the boats traveled “the old way”, more by rowing than sailing. By the 15th century, the channel had been silted up several times due to neglect, and the islands once again become one.

ST. NIKOLA

Although standing at a height of only 588 m (highest peak of Televrin), Osoršćica is in many ways a remarkable island mountain. Its caves were inhabited by humans from the Stone Age (Vela Jama site) and medieval hermits (cave of St. Gaudentius). The highest peak takes its name from their long gone hermitage of St. Nicholas (or Mikula), offering a view of the whole of Kvarner, its exquisite beauty attracting even the heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne Rudolf in 1887. Even today, the picturesque beauty and rich flora of Osoršćica fascinates all nature lovers.

POLANŽA

At the hilltop (212 m above sea level), north-west of the village of Ćunski, still stands the remains of a great ancient hillfort. The dominant position over the fertile field of Ćunski, the vicinity of a source of drinking water in Studenčić Bay at the foot of the hill, as well as numerous fragments of pottery, all bear witness to the centuries- or even millennia-old history of Polanža. Today, looking out over the vast plain in the southwest, it is difficult to imagine that this area was once covered by lush vineyards and fields of grain rippling in the wind.