Welcome to Opatija - Pearl of Adriatic!
Situated below the mountain and Nature Park Učka, Opatija (old names: Sankt Jakobi, Abbazia) is a great choice for a vacation in summer and winter season. Beautiful nature, climate, parks, hotels & old Austrian villas, seaside promenade and beaches attract tourists from Europe and all over the world for more then 160 years. Opatija is the leading tourist destination in the Republic of Croatia for the organization of conventions. Along with festivals, concerts, exhibits, and other cultural and sport events Opatija offers attractions worth visiting during the whole year!
UPCOMING EVENTS
Mask dance with Dule&Bonaca at Caffe Imperial, Opatija.
Ivan "the Terrible" Stanic will fight for the title of world champion in the discipline of Muay Thai against Leonard Sitpholek from Thailand. Stipe Bekavac will fight for the Kings of the ring belt and the opponent will come from the Golden Glory's or Fedorov's Red Devil team. Besides the two, star of the evening will be Zelg "Benkei" Galešić!
Southern Comfort Party & Happy Hour, Saturday night @ Opatija
The main goal of the Symposium is to present to the agronomists and the general public
Opatija Friday, 19.2.2010 - 21.2.2010 Carnival Cup 2010 - Traditional International Sailing Cup organized by Sailing Club Opatija this time will be held from 19 to 21 February 2010.
Opatija Monday, 1.3.2010 - 31.3.2010 Special events, free services and treatments, fantastic discounts – only in March – the wellness month.
For the 18th time in a row Croatia will choose it's entry for Eurovision Song Contest.
Opatija Saturday, 20.3.2010 - 21.3.2010 Hairstyle News 2010, traditional, 7th festival of hairdressers&hairstylists at Opatija.
Opatija Thursday, 25.3.2010 - 27.3.2010 Opatija will be the host of the 3nd Coffee Break Festival and gather everybody who is relevant in cofee business in Croatia and in the region: The art of preparing espresso coffee and cocktails based on coffee, desserts designed on the basis of coffee...
„Kvarner Expo 2010“, Souvenirs makers of Croatia will exhibit products and services in Opatija.
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: Temperature: 3.3°C Humidity: 65% Barometer: 1006.5 hPa Wind: ENE 0.0 m/s
Data updated on 9.2.2010. 11:20 from our new weather station located in center of Opatija.
Did You Know? DR LEO STERNBACH
touRIst bus
See the sights of Rijeka and Opatija with commentary in ten languages. Tickets can be bought at the Rijeka and OpatijaTourist Information Centres, in hotels in Rijeka and Opatija or on the touRIst bus.
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Dr Leo Henryk Sternbach (May 7, 1908 – September 28, 2005) was born&raised in Opatija where his father had pharmacy. Sternbach is credited with the discovery of chlordiazepoxide (Librium), diazepam (Valium), flurazepam (Dalmane), nitrazepam (Mogadon), clonazepam (Klonopin), and trimethaphan (Arfonad). Leo Sternbach also discovered the first commercially feasible synthesis of the vitamin biotin, the synthesis of the antispasmodics Quarzan and Librax (Librium + clidinium bromide) used to treat peptic ulcers as well as the benzodiazepines Dalmane and Klonopin (1976). He holds 241 patents, and was inducted National Inventors Hall of Fame (USA) in 2003. 
