Discover the charm and treasures of the Golden Island – cruise through its beautiful and diverse places, and visit its millennial monuments, museums and galleries…
The traditional hospitality and kindness of your hosts and the islanders in general will make your choice of accommodation the easiest task in the world. The Golden Island will win you over and you’ll be back again in no time…
Take advantage of the vicinity and accessibility of the Golden Island of Krk to explore its impressive history and heritage through breath-taking stories and curiosities that make it miraculous and mysterious at the same time. Or simply search for your favourite beach bursting with sounds, scents and colours…
Krk’s tourism owes its success largely to the island’s incredible culinary offer and the hospitality of local people. Make a toast with a glass of Vrbnik Žlahtina, and be sure to take some homemade brandy and dried figs as a farewell souvenir to remind you of the Golden Island.
Embark on a lifetime adventure and explore the Golden Island through its diverse outdoor offer. Revive your body and soul with numerous wellness programmes, and choose some of the many excursions to round off your holiday…
Experience the Golden Island of Krk through its impressive offer of cultural and entertainment events, leaning on the local tradition and bringing the best of the past and the present. Enjoy numerous outdoor events, discover the island’s stunning nature and spoil your palate at amazing food festivals.
Download our brochures, take a peek at our photo or video galleries and use our apps to help you get away and find your piece of heaven on our welcoming Golden Island – let the stories and pictures speak for themselves!
Krk’s tourism owes its success largely to the island’s incredible culinary offer and the hospitality of local people. Make a toast with a glass of Vrbnik Žlahtina, and be sure to take some homemade brandy and dried figs as a farewell souvenir to remind you of the Golden Island.
The sea has always been a source of food. Clean sea water, a rocky coast and sea bottom, mild temperature and numerous fresh water sources provide the perfect habitat for various undersea life. The people of Krk’s connection with the sea and fishing can be seen in the City of Krk Statute of 1512:
“In the beginning, fishermen were holy people just like our Lord’s apostles…But as human weakness is more oriented to profit than to holiness, with this statute we have made the decision that fisherman may not sell fish to anyone and in no other place than in the selected square of the city’s fish market.”
You can find every species of fish from sardines to mackerels, from cuttle fish and squid to octopus, from billfish to swordfish, from mussels to oysters…there is plenty of white fish too: toothfish, gilthead, sea-bass, sar, sharp-snouted sparus, common two-banded seabream, John Dory, sea-bream, red fish, redfin perch, Italian Barbel, shade-fish, European flounder, large-scaled gurnard, hake, corvina (or white sea bass), European perch,breize, saddled seabream, striped red mullet and frogfish, sea catfish, ray…
We also offer crustaceans such as spiny lobster, lobster, common European crab and the world famous Kvarner scampi. Most people would agree with the claim that this is the tastiest scampi in the world, and is the one from the blue Kvarner bay mud. Regarding its origin the most frequent story is that it turned up by cross breeding domestic scampi with scampi which came to the port of Rijeka from the south China Sea on British war ships. However, the most probable story is that the scampi has been artificially settled in the Adriatic Sea, having been brought from Norway – a fact that was discovered back in the 1980s. The Kvarner scampi is a pale red colour; it a thinner shell than its fluorescent red Norwegian cousin. There are even noticeable differences in the taste, in fact, the Kvarner scampi has a particular structure which is both strong and flexible, it also has an associative sweetness, that is simply unique! It grows very slowly, and because of this changes its shell, and it takes 10 years in order for it to reach 200g. With the preparation of scampi”a la buzara” its natural aroma and smell figures most prominently, or you could simply try grilled scampi!
You can prepare all the seafood by yourself by using Krk’s olive oil and Vrnička žlahtina, or more simply why not visit one of the numerous taverns or restaurants!
Turistička zajednica otoka Krka
Trg sv. Kvirina 1, 51500 Krk
Tel. +385 51 221 359
Fax +385 51 222 336
visitisland@krk.hr