06/07/2016
ENG ———Opatija - the pearl of Adriatic————
The town that has nested at the foot of the mountain Učka, with moderate Mediterranean climate, mild winters and pleasant summers, in the 19th century an unavoidable vacation spot of Austro-Hungarian Monarchy noblemen. The constant air circulationof the sea air pleased to health, and it makes even today. The average summer temperature is 21.9° C, whilst the winter one is 7°C.The sea temperature in summer goes up to 26°C whilst the annual insolation is about 2,000 hours.
Opatija, often called the Pearl of the Adriatic, is one of the most famous Croatian destinations with 170 years long tradition in tourism.In 1885, organized by the South Railways, Opatija hosted the first Congress of balneologists.On that occasion the decision was made to declare Opatija a health resort which it officially did in 1889.
The most eminent physicians of the Monarchy came to Opatija and open sanatoriums, walkways and bathing resorts were opened. So Opatija, together with Nice, Karlovy Vary, Cannes and Biarritz became one of the most important European fashionable spas of the nineteenth and the first half of the twentieth century.
Here stayed kings and emperors, writers, philosophers, writers, poets and musicians.Let's mention the emperor Franz Joseph, emperor William II, Romanian's queen Elisabeth, known as a poet who has published her poems under the pseudonym Carmen Sylva, then the empress Sissi, writers A.P. Chekhov and James Joyce, dancer Isadora Duncan, and composers Gustav Mahler and Giacomo Puccini. To see and be seen – Opatija should be visited for that.
Today that tradition continues through a rich offer of health tourism and wellness facilities of specially designed spa centers of many Opatija hotels, in Thalassotherapia, specialized clinic for treating, rehabilitation and prevention of diseases of heart and blood vessels, within which there is a modern Thalasso Wellness Centre, as well as in a number of specialized clinics for dentistry, cosmetic surgery and orthopedics.
HR ———Opatija - biser Jadrana——————
Grad koji se ugnjezdio podno Učke s umjerenom mediteranskom klimom, blagim zimama i podnošljivim ljetima, u 19.stoljeću obavezno mjesto za odmor plemićima Austrougarske Monarhije. Stalno strujanje zraka, morskog aerosola godilo je zdravlju, a to čini i danas. Prosječna ljetna temperatura zraka iznosi 21,9°C, a zimska 7°C. Temperatura mora ljeti se penje do 26°C dok je godišnja insolacija oko 2000 sati.
Opatija, često nazivana i biserom Jadrana, jedna je od najpoznatijih destinacija u Hrvatskoj sa 170-togodišnjom turističkom tradicijom. U organizaciji Južnih željeznica, u Opatiji se 1885. godine održava prvi kongres balneologa. Tom je prilikom odlučeno da će se Opatija proglasiti klimatskim lječilištem što i službeno postaje 1889. godine.
U Opatiju dolaze najpoznatiji liječnici Monarhije i otvaraju sanatorije, grade se šetališta i kupališta. Opatija je tako uz Nicu, Karlove Vare, Cannes i Biarritz postala jedno od najznačajnijih europskih mondenih lječilišta devetnaestog i prve polovice dvadesetog stoljeća.
Ovdje su boravili kraljevi i carevi, književnici, filozofi, pisci, pjesnici i glazbenici. Spomenimo cara Franju Josipa, cara Vilima II, rumunjsku kraljicu Elizabetu, poznatu kao pjesnikinju koja je svoje pjesme objavljivala pod pseudonimom Carmen Sylva, zatim caricu Sissi, pisce A. P. Čehova i Jamesa Joycea, plesačicu Isadoru Duncan, skladatelje Gustava Mahlera i Giacoma Puccinija. Vidjeti i biti viđen - za to je trebalo doći u Opatiju.
Danas se ta tradicija nastavlja kroz bogatu ponudu zdravstvenog turizma i wellness sadržaja u posebno uređenim wellness centrima mnogih opatijskih hotela, u Thalassotherapiji, specijaliziranoj klinici za liječenje, rehabilitaciju i prevenciju bolesti srca i krvnih žila u sklopu koje se nalazi i moderan Thalasso Wellness Centar, te u nizu specijaliziranih klinika za stomatologiju, estetsku kirurgiju i ortopediju.