Mošćenička Draga, Val Santa Marina, Draga di Moschiena - one of these names takes you back to the epoch when you were young, the most beautiful days, your childhood, or if you are still young, understand Draga as you prefer, and write down the name you like the most. To someone Draga is hotel Sipar, to someone else it is the Church of St. Marina, to others just an extension of the old Mošćenice, to many it is the cradle of fishermen, to modern generations a tourism destination and potential for the future. However, more than anything, Mošćenička Draga is a poetic bay below the “city” of Mošćenice, a strand described in the lyrics of Rikard Katalinić Jeretov, the picturesque Croatian Portofino where movies were shot, wars were fought, hearts were stolen, sails were filled with breezes, nets were cast, vapor waved to, travelers from distant parts of the world were welcomed, the first tourists were hosted and flags changed. Today, on the eastern side of the noble Istria, Mošćenička Draga is the pearl of the Kvarner Bay, where geographically the Opatija Riviera begins, and at the same time it is perhaps the most beautiful corner for dreams, separated from the cities and the civilization, embedded into the sandy bay where once upon a time, a photographic eye of a passerby by accident triggered the first photo. And there it all began...
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