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Rabac Travel Guide: Must try

Did you know that all of Rabac’s beaches have a Blue Flag? Rabac is a favourite summer destination because of its white pebble beaches and crystal clear sea. It got its Blue Flags in 2002.
Representatives of the international Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE), which aims to make beaches safe for swimmers, evaluated Rabac in a number of areas: the cleanliness of the sea and the beaches, the management of the beaches and the safety of swimmers, the conservation of the natural surroundings, and environmental awareness. Rabac was also the winner of the Croatian Tourist Association award “Blue flower with golden sign” for the best kept tourist settlement on the Adriatic in 2007.
You will find many things on the path that stretches the length of Rabac’s coastline. There is an entertainment centre, restaurants, inns, pizzerias, ice-cream shops and cafés, lounge terraces…You can also find souvenir stands that sell things for the summer and a variety of interesting handicrafts. In terms of the bars, we recommend the Tropic lounge bar, Movie bar, Exotic snack bar and the Plaza bistro.
Swimming, sunbathing, having fun and relaxing are not the only things you can do during your stay in Rabac. Champions of an active holiday, sports activities and adrenalin will come into their own with the excellent range of facilities and locations that are aimed directly at them.
Make a little room for culture in your timetable. Visit the town of Labin that is close to Rabac, look at its interesting sites, listen to the regular outdoor summer concerts, visit the museum, exhibitions and watch the performances.
You can also explore Rabac’s surroundings, and go on day trips to the islands of Krk and Cres, inland Istria, Brioni National Park and Učka Nature Park.
Rabac is extremely well connected in terms of transport, so irrespective of whether you come by road, air or sea transport you can get here very quickly.
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Loin and sausages

Loin and sausages

Loin and sausages are traditional products made of smoked pork meat grilled or cooked in wine, often served with sauerkraut. Explore the Istrian hinterland and its enchanting towns and taste these famous Istrian delicacies.
Wild asparagus

Wild asparagus

Wild asparagus are famous spring messengers and Istrian gastronomic speciality. They are appreciated for their taste but also for their nutritive and health-related properties. In Istria wild asparagus are most commonly served as so called fritaja (with eggs) or as salad and are also delicious with other dishes like risottos and pastas.
Meat dishes under “čripnja”

Meat dishes under “čripnja”

Meat (lamb, chicken or game) with potatoes and vegetables, seasoned with Mediterranean aromatic herbs, baked at fireplace and covered with čripnja (tin or cast iron bell-shaped covering)  is an Istrian speciality that will offer you new gastronomic pleasures.
Seafood

Seafood

Seafood guarantees a gastronomic offer that will satisfy everyone’s taste. Mussels, scallops, scamps, crabs, marinated pilchards and anchovies and Istrian brodetto, are some of the seafood specialities we recommend you to try during your vacation in Istria.
Kroštule

Kroštule

Kroštule are a traditional golden-yellow fried pastry prepared along the entire Adriatic coast and in Istria as well. This simple, sweet and crispy pastry often served with home made Istrian brandy is a speciality you will hardly resist to.
Krafi

Krafi

Labin style krafi, filled with mixture of cheese, eggs, walnuts and raisins are the Istrian speciality served salted with meat sauce or for dessert with a sweet sauce dressing.  We recommend you to try this original Istrian delicacy in one of restaurants and taverns in Rabac.
Pasutice with cod fish

Pasutice with cod fish

A traditional dish prepared during periods of fasting is called pasutice (square formed pasta), poured with hot olive oil and salt anchovies or served with cod fish “in bianco”. Try “pasutice” and you will find out why they are a traditional and inevitable dish consumed on Christmas day by the fireplace.
Istrian supa

Istrian supa

The main ingredient of this Istrian speciality served in a traditional earthenware jug, called bukaleta is red wine, most commonly Teran or Borgogna, with olive oil, pepper, sugar and toasted bread.  Try this tasty speciality that cannot be found anywhere else in the world.
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