If arriving from Trieste or Ljubljana
Descending from Matulja the city you can see the whole Kvarner Bay, with Učkom underneath the Opatija, the islands of Krk and Cres. Although it probably would not have said, driving is on the former racetrack, at which the vehicle is motorcycle racing Grand Prix of the Adriatic, before it is made Grobnik Track. Straight road that follows the coast you come to the pool Swimming Club "Primorje", and then to the stadium on Kantrida Football Club "Rijeka", which is interesting because it is built on the site of excavations which were carried out during the construction of the port. Going to see the shipyard industrial plants, "May 3" grew out of the shipyard, "Ganz-Danubius", a large oil refinery, the skyscraper "Novi list" of prominent local papers, and pass by the park in Mlaka, followed by a hospital complex, where the the central building of the former Naval Academy, where they educate all officers of the Navy of the Austro-Hungarian Empire of the 1866th until 1918. year. Then you get to the railway station and the time you reach the city center.
If arriving from Split
Fascination with the Bakar Bay replaced with a large oil refinery on Urinj. Then pass by the beach Kostrena kilometers long, to the very successful ship repair "Viktor Lenac, the largest in the Mediterranean, came to the cave. At the entrance to town is a small stone monument, a gift from the Japanese city of Kawasaki. In the residential area of the cave 'old town and beach villas, and hotel "Jadran". There are also gender studies writers Odo von Horvath and Janka Polića Kamov, one of which is the first Europe fascinated his plays, while others are only now gets a well deserved recognition as Kafka before Kafka and Joyce before Joyce. Passing the Pyramid, a former milestone, coming to the Croatian Cultural House, with which the hotel "Continental", once the tallest building in the country.
If you are coming from Zagreb
Driving through fields passing Grobničko lowlands which were passing in their ruthless attacks and Mongols and Turks, and today is the racing track that was taken into consideration for the Formula 1 race Through the Canyon River, and below the castle of Trsat, descend the route of the old Louisiana road, which is named after the daughter of the Austrian emperor and Napoleon's second wife, Mary Louise and arrive at Susak, the eastern part of town. Below you is a former paper factory, on the other hand Rječine Zvir source that never dries out, and who recently got the cover in the cupola.
If arriving by sea
Experience the river from the sea is at least fascinating, because it just so you can understand all of its elongation and soft položenost along the coast. Visiting almost two kilometers long breakwater, which was once Secession beach, coming up in the port basin, which was designed by Frenchman Pascal, the designer port in Marseilles and Trieste. After a series of ups and downs today looks almost idyllic port with a number of fishing boats and sailing ships to move from here to cruise the Adriatic. City facade to make the port Palace Adria (Jadrolinija) Zmaić Palace, the former hotel "Europe", and today the building of city services, the palace "Croatia Line, once the seat of one of the biggest liners in the world, mesh facade large department home "River" and art nouveau buildings "Transadria, once the largest freight forwarders in the country.
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