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ABOUT ISLAND RAB

Island Rab

Rab is an island in Croatia and a town of the same name located just off the northern Croatian coast in the Adriatic Sea.

The island is 22 km long, has an area of 93.6 km2. The highest peak is Kamenjak at 408 m. The northeastern side of the island is mostly barren, karst, while the southwestern side is covered by one of the last oak forests of the Mediterranean.

How to reach Rab from mainland?

Ferries connect the island of Rab with the mainland port of Stinica and with the neighbouring islands of Krk and Pag.

How to get to Rab from mainland:

- ferry Stinica – Mišnjak (Rab)

- ferry Valbiska (Krk) – Lopar (Rab)

- boat Novalja (Pag) – Rab

Old pictures of Rab

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CULTARAL HERITAGE & EVENTS

Name: from Arba to Rab

The island of Rab was first mentioned in a Greek source (360 BC) and then by other Greek and Roman geographists by the name Arba. That name belonged to the Liburnians, so far the oldest known inhabitants of the island. Arba was also the name of the Liburnian settlement in the modern city of Rab. It is not certain how old this name is; it may be as old as the settlement, which means from the beginning of the Iron Age, since the Liburnians did not build the city walls on the island. The Illyrian-Liburnian word Arb meant 'dark, obscure, green, forested'. Therefore, name Arba should be comprehended as a toponym meaning Black island, due to the rich pine forests that once grew on the island.

The first record of name Rab is preserved only in the middle of the 15th century (in a Latin document relating to the establishment of the Franciscan monastery of St. Euphemia), since the major establishment of Croatian inhabitants in the city did not occur before the 10th century.