Easiest Beaches to Reach in Istria and Kvarner

We rank the 20 easy-access beaches in Istria and Kvarner. Rajska Plaza (Croatia) comes first with 4.6 / 5, followed by Kamenjak Beach, Premantura, Cikat Bay, Losinj.

The sea reaches about 24 degrees C in season, and most of these beaches are at their best from June to September. 20 of the 20 have easy access, and 2 are hidden gems.

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1Rajska Plaza

Lopar, Rab, Croatia · 4.6 / 5 · Easy access · about 25 °C

Also called Paradise Beach, the best-known beach on Rab, a long stretch of brown sand where the warm, shallow water reaches far out.

2Kamenjak Beach, Premantura

Premantura, Istria · 4.5 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

Kamenjak is a protected peninsula at the southern tip of Istria, with rocky coves, small pebble beaches and low pine scrub.

3Cikat Bay, Losinj

Cikat, Mali Losinj, Losinj · 4.4 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

Cikat is a long, sheltered bay beside Mali Losinj, with pine and tamarisk trees casting shade along a shore of rock platforms and small pebble beaches.

4Lone Bay

Rovinj, Istria · 4.4 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

A pebble and rock bay with clear water, shaded by pines in the Zlatni Rt forest park just south of Rovinj, with paths along the coast.

5Stara Baska Beach

Stara Baska, Krk · 4.4 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

A long bay at the southern tip of Krk with fine gravel and pebbles and clear water, framed by bare limestone hills.

6Zlatni Rt, Rovinj

Zlatni Rt Forest Park, Rovinj, Istria · 4.4 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

Zlatni Rt, or Punta Corrente, is a forest park of pines and cypresses south of Rovinj old town, with pebble and rock beaches along its shore.

7Njivice Beach, Krk

Njivice, Krk · 4.3 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

Njivice is a pebble beach in a sheltered bay on the northern side of Krk island, with pine trees behind and a long seafront promenade.

8Suha Punta Beach, Rab

Suha Punta, Rab · 4.3 / 5 · Easy access · about 25 °C

Suha Punta is a pine-covered peninsula on the island of Rab, with rocky and pebbly coves, flat stone platforms and clear water.

9Valun Beach, Cres

Valun, Cres · 4.3 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

Valun is a small fishing village on the west coast of Cres, with a pebble beach in a sheltered bay, old stone houses and a quiet harbour.

10Ambrela Beach, Verudela

Verudela, Pula, Istria · 4.2 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

Ambrela is a beach on the Verudela peninsula, a pine-covered resort area south of Pula.

11Bijeca Beach, Medulin

Bijeca, Medulin, Istria · 4.2 / 5 · Easy access · about 25 °C

Bijeca is a gently sloping beach of sand and fine pebbles on the Medulin bay in southern Istria, shaded by pine trees.

12Crikvenica Beach

Crikvenica, Kvarner · 4.2 / 5 · Easy access · about 23 °C

Crikvenica has several kilometres of pebble and shingle beach along its seafront promenade on the Kvarner coast.

13Girandella Beach

Rabac, Istria · 4.2 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

A pebble beach in the resort of Rabac on the east coast of Istria, lined with pines and facing the Kvarner Bay.

14Lovran Beach

Lovran, Kvarner · 4.2 / 5 · Easy access · about 23 °C

Lovran is an old Habsburg seaside resort on the Kvarner coast, with a small pebble beach along a long stone promenade.

15Medulin Beach

Medulin, Istria · 4.2 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

A broad bay at the southern tip of Istria with shallow water, pebble and stone beaches and pine shade.

16Novi Vinodolski Beach, Kvarner

Novi Vinodolski, Kvarner · 4.2 / 5 · Easy access · about 23 °C

Novi Vinodolski sits on the Kvarner coast, with a long pebble beach running along a palm-lined promenade and a small fortress above the harbour.

17Opatija Beach

Opatija, Kvarner · 4.2 / 5 · Easy access · about 23 °C

Opatija is the grandest Habsburg resort on the Adriatic, with swimming from stone platforms, small pebble coves and bathing piers along the Lungomare promenade.

18Selce Beach, Crikvenica

Selce, Kvarner · 4.2 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

Selce is a small resort on the Kvarner coast between Crikvenica and Novi Vinodolski, with pebble beaches, calm water and green pine-covered hills behind.

19Umag Beach

Umag, Istria · 4.2 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

Umag sits on a small peninsula on the north-west coast of Istria, and its beaches are a mix of pebbles, rocks and concrete platforms.

20Porec Beach

Porec, Istria · 4.1 / 5 · Easy access · about 24 °C

Porec has stone platforms, pebbles and small concrete lidos around its old town, with clear and calm Adriatic water.

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Included when our access rating is Easy (a short, flat walk or direct road access), then ranked by editorial score. See how we rate beaches for the full method.

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