Kastav is situated on a hill 378 m high, in the immediate vicinity of the cities Rijeka and Opatija. The town has preserved an appearance of a typical medieval settlement on a hill: town loggia, the town gate Voltica and remains of walls and towers. Within a city centre there is the Holy Trinity Gothic Church, St. Jelena-Crusader Baroque Church and the ruins of the unfinished Jesuit Baroque Church (Crekvina), craft school, Ida's bakery, Viktor's Coopers Workshop, The museum collection of Kastav area, The reading room Kastav, Belica house, art studios, medieval stone streets, picturesque houses with elements of traditional architecture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The town has one of the most beautiful views of the Kvarner Bay (islands of Cres and Krk), Opatija and Mountain U\u010dka.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Visit Kastav and find out why the town was built on the hill and why loggia is located outside the city walls. Listen to the story about life and everyday life in medieval cities, about the Chakavian dialect, unique bell ringers of Halubje (cultural asset in UNESCO's list of intangible cultural heritage), Belica and Bela Nedeja, baker Ida, Vincent from Kastav and Blues Festival Kastav.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After the sightseeing, enjoy a charming ambience in one of the restaurants, rent an electric bike and explore Kastav\u2019s forest trails or relax in the shade of the wild chestnut trees in Fortica Park with a view of the Kvarner. <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
U neposrednoj blizini Rijeke i Opatije, na 378 m, smjestio se grad na brege \u2013 Kastav. Grad je sa\u010duvao izgled tipi\u010dnog srednjovjekovnog naselja na bre\u017euljku: gradska lo\u017ea, gradska vrata \u2013 Voltica i ostaci zidina i kula. Unutar gradske jezgre nalaze se goti\u010dka crkva sv. Trojstva, barokna crkva sv. Jelene Kri\u017earice te ru\u0161evine nedovr\u0161ene isusova\u010dke barokne crkve (Crekvina), Delavska \u0161kola, Idi\u010dina peknjica, Viktorova ba\u010dvarija, Muzejska zbirka […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":812,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[23],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n