Riviera Opatija is settled at the eastern coast of the Istrian peninsula in the Bay of Kvarner. It occupies a 25 km long narrow coastal zone underneath the slopes of Učka. Sheltered from the cold winds and sunk in lush Mediterranean evergreen vegetation of Laurel, Pinion and Cyprus trees.
  
In addition to Opatija, the Riviera encompasses a string of coastal townlets with tourist locations extending along the coast; Volosko,Opatija, Ičići, Ika, Lovran, Medveja and Moščenićka Draga. Almost the entire length of this scenic coastal stretch is connected with a pedestrian seaside promenade, passing through many beaches and gardens.
  
Next in the string is 160 yrs old town of Opatija, the queen of adriatic tourism. In the year 1844 the leading citizen of Rijeka, a merchant named Higin Scarpa, built villa Angiolina near the benedictine abbey of St. Jacob, in the idyllic setting of winter green vegetation. Since those days Opatija has become winter and health resort for the elite society of Europe's, royal families, and many notable people. Here stayed the emperors Wilhelm II and Franz Joseph, as well as famous artists like the composer Gustav Mahler and Isadora Duncan. Today, Opatija welcoms you with her beautiful gardens, scenic shores and sandy beaches. Along with its parks and romantic seaside pomenades, it offers top cultural events at one of the most beautiful open-air theatres in europe.
  
As we continue our walk toward Lovran, we arrive to Ičići. Only 2 km away from Lovran, having served as a port for charcoal and wood transport from Učka in the Middle Ages, and afterwards as a sanatorium (for respiratory diseases), now is one of the nicest ACI marinas in the Adriatic. It has more than 300 berths, and has been awarded the environmental award of "European Blue Flag", just as a beach which lays nearby. At the beach you can find many sport and recreational activities, like beach volleyball, renting pedal boats, boats, windsurfing, water- skiing, childrens playgrounds, and rich gastronomic offerings.
The promenade is taking us on to Ika, an old fishing village. Tourism here has been developing since 20th years of last century. This little town is decorated with lovely little port and natural beach.
  
Continuing from Lovran to the west, at only 800 m from our pansion we will come upon the town of Medveja. A large natural pebble beach, one of the most beautiful in the bay, has formed here on the delta of the creek which flows from Učka Mountain.
  
Finally, we arrive to Mo±čenička Draga, a little town with a 2 km long pebble beach, with a port, where fishing boats are docking daily. A hiking trail leads us to the 1396 m high Učka, passing through villages and hamlets full of vestiges of antiquity and Middle Ages. This entire zone abounds with trails and narrow roads leading from these villages to the shore.

One of them is taking us over 760 steps to Moščenice, the historical settlement of Illyrian tribe Liburnia, after which the entire region was named. Numerous groups of tourists visit Moščenice because of the unique views of the entire Bay of Kvarner.