TORAĆ IN ĆUNSKI

The olive is one of the few agricultural crops capable of surviving without human intervention. As the local population was leaving, the old vineyards around Ćunski were abandoned for several decades before they were recently restored and replanted. The local olive varieties, “Lošinjska Oblica” and “Starovijerka”, were preserved, as well as “Torać”, the old olive mill in Ćunski, the last of its kind on the islands. Every autumn, the mill is brought back to life to cheerfully mill olives in the traditional way, operated by hands.

TOVAR (Monte Asino)

Tovar is a hill you won’t be climbing as it has been fenced off as a military “restricted area” for the past 160 years, ever since the Austro-Hungarian authorities built a large, and for the most part, buried fort at its top. The fort was built using rock brought up from the foot of the hill, as well as using the remains of the ancient hillfort which must have been constructed at such a strategically important location. For thousands of years Tovar has overlooked the south entrance to the town of Osor, as well as the only (natural) entrance to the wide port of Mali Lošinj, acting as a safe anchorage since ancient times.

PRIVLAKA

The people of Lošinj get frustrated to hear someone say “on Mali Lošinj”, instead of “in Mali Lošinj”, as if it were an island, instead of a town. This confusion is caused by the narrow (8 m) channel at the northern entrance to the town, which was dug in 1936 at this narrowest, just 80m wide, part of the island to allow smaller boats, especially fishing boats, access to the waters of Kvarnerić. The channel is linked by a small movable bridge used by both pedestrians and vehicles, and is moved every day at 9 a.m. and 6 p.m. to allow passage for boats, which is best to always keep in mind so as to avoid the inevitable waiting.