Dolova
Location: Hinterland, N 45 06.758, E 14 36.612
The abandoned village of Dolova or the enchanted island forest, as concluded by an excursionist who turned from the main road between Kras and Dobrinj onto a forest path that led him to the died-out village of Dolova. In that village, the oral legend says, lived some of the most beautiful girls of the Dobrinj Region. Maybe the secret to their beauty lay in the waterfalls of Vretenica or Skakavica, the two water springs found not far from Dolova?! Or maybe it really is an enchanted forest, just like the one from the fairytales, hiding a sleeping beauty?! The doors to the abandoned houses are wide open and if you find a sleeping beauty inside, you will definitely find the secret to beauty, the beauty of living in an authentic natural environment, which disappeared in the second half of the 20th century with the last inhabitants of Dolova.
Shipwreck Peltastis
Location: Soline, N 45 09.014, E 14 35.973
The sea gives, the sea takes. In the night between 7 and 8 January 1968 not far from Šilo, the sea, with the help of the wind, pulled to its depths a Greek freight ship called Peltastis. From the twelve crewmembers, only four survived. The captain’s body was found in the shipwreck a few months later. Peltastis still stands in one piece in an upright position at the depth of 33 meters. This tragic ship later became one of the most popular diving sites in the Kvarner Region.
Slivanjska cove
Location: Soline, N 45 11.259, E 14 36.763
One of the most beautiful beaches on the island of Krk is found in the Slivanjaska Cove (Uvala Slivanjska or Slivonjska in the dialect of Dobrinj). Except for this beautiful sandy beach, the Cove also preserves the memory of an idea, which has unfortunately remained nothing more but an idea, an idea of building a ‘white hotel’ (‘bijeli hotel’). What was left from the idea of building a white hotel, which was developed at the beginning and in the middle of the past century, are only the stones representing the point where the idea was abandoned.
Rudine and Cave Biserujka
Location: Soline, N 45° 11.246', E 14° 36.587
It is impossible to resist the progress of civilisation, or maybe it is? A few (literally a few!) permanent inhabitants of one village on the eastern part of the island of Krk would replace the word ‘maybe’ with ‘certainly’. More precisely, although keeping pace with the times, the village of Rudine still walks the paths of old or even ancient times and preserves the original architecture. Not only that: the nearby Biserujka Cave (Špilja Biserujka) of 110 metres in length has for centuries been hiding a pirate treasure in its depths. No one has been able to find it yet. Maybe you will be so lucky as to find that treasure and the permanent inhabitant of the Biserujka Cave, the endemic and only 5 mm long crab of the Alpioniscus christiani species!
Islet Škojić
Location: Soline, N 45° 11.246', E 14° 36.587
Be it rain, sun, fog or clear weather, you cannot miss it. Even if you are not looking for it, it presents itself; it ‘offers’ itself to you. Although small in area, its ruins, relics of the past, attract attention. More precisely, the remnants of an old restaurant named Veli Škoj. Veli Školjić or simply Škoj is an islet in the Soline Bay (Uvala Soline) known to the locals also as Kirinčić, which is its fourth name and one of the oldest surnames in the Dobrinj Region.
Štrada
Location: Soline, N 45 09.016, E 14 35.971
Intended for the swimmers in the summer and promenaders during the rest of the year in more recent times, it was, until the second half of the 20th century, a place full of barrels in which the locals cooked salt day and night. They would later trade it for flour, sugar, and similar across the territory of Slavonia, Zagorje, etc. While strolling along the štrada (waterfront) in Meline near Soline, try to picture in your mind a roof tile factory in that landscape. It really existed there in the 19th century! The workers from the factory would spend their short breaks during the scorching months on the štrada.
