Rabac ( it, Porto Albona) is a

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, just southeast of

Labin Labin (Italian/Istriot: Albona) is a town in Istria, west Croatia, with a town population of 5,806 (2021) and 10,424 in the greater municipality (which also includes the small towns of Rabac and Vinež, as well as a number of smaller villages). Hi ...

, in

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. Long a small fishing port, Rabac has grown in the 1970s into a resort town with numerous villas and apartment buildings. The Rabac Festival is an annual electronic music festival that has been held there for many years; 3000 people attended in 2002.

History

Up until the end of the 19th century, Rabac was a small

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. British explorer

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visited the village in 1876 and mentioned it his book ''The Seaboard of Istria''. The first summer mansion was built at that time by the Prohaska family but got later destroyed during

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. The first hotel in Rabac, named Quarnaro, was opened on 11 June 1889.

Hotels

Three major hotels and a camping site are situated on the first beach. Along the 'Riva' apartments are available for rent. Along the second beach and Girandella countless hotels are situated, of particular note, the locally famous Albona hotel.

Tourist activity

Regular music concerts are held at Rabac beach and in the hotels. Magic shows at night are prevalent as are comedians. Tourist expeditions to Venice, Dubrovnik and Krka are common and operate daily at 1 and 3 pm. Fishing tours are also common and cost about 100 kuna. Rabac, Croatia - panoramio (6)

Education

Although Rabac is better known as a travel and tourism destination, the Matija Vlačić Primary School offers four grades of primary education for the local students. For the higher grades and secondary education students have to travel to the nearby city of

Climate

Notable people

Franka Batelić Franka Batelić (born 7 June 1992), also known as Franka, is a Croatian singer-songwriter. She rose to fame as the winner of the first season of ''Showtime''. She represented Croatia in the Eurovision Song Contest 2018 with the song "Crazy". Li ...

, musician, grew up in Rabac. *

Elis Lovrić Elis Lovrić is a Croatian contemporary folk singer-songwriter and actress. In early 2017 she released her third studio album, ''Merika''. Most of her songs are written in ''Labinjonska čakavica'', a subdialect of the Chakavian dialect, i.e. ...

, musician, grew up in Rabac.

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* {{Authority control Populated places in Istria County