About Island of Rab
The island of Rab was protected by the gods who placed it in the lee of the Velebit range and in the shelter of Mt Kamenjak. This mountain, which might well arouse misgivings with its bare face turned towards the main highway and Velebit Channel is in fact a real blessing for the island, for it protects it from the icy blasts of the north-easterly or bura, and has a generally beneficial effect on the climatic conditions.
Rab is an island of sunshine, and this is no more phrase, for according to statistics it has 2417 hours of sunshine a year. The sun shines on the island in June, July and August ten hours a day. Rab is the southernmost of the islands in bay of Kvarner, with a mostly Mediterranean vegetation.
When you have left the bare, somewhat savage looking ferry harbour of Misnjak, the island begins to be seen in a completely different light. The vegetation is luxuriant, and, because of the Mediterranean climate, as well as with the indigenous holm of holly oak, Rab is coverd with evergreen forests.
Barbat
The first place to greet You after the incredibly denuded Misnjak is Barbat. The Barbat people have spontaneously mixed the modern with the traditional, and in private pensions you'll be able to relish meals featuring fish and other sea-food.
Many of the people in the village who are into catering haven't turned their backs on their land, raising sheeps, growing crops and grapes and keeping bees. Many of these organic products find their way onto the tables of the guests. And in addition, the proximity of the sea, the many gravel beaches and the safety of the Barbat Channel enclosed by the elongated Dolin Island, attract many visitors, especially windsurfers and sailors.
When you leave Barbat, you'll take with you memory of the etheric scents of the immortelle of Barbat, the blue of the sea, and that breath of past that shimmers in the atmosphere of the whole island.