The entire trip to the Kvarner region, back in April 2024, was basically unplanned because I didn’t plan on going anywhere that weekend, but, fortunately – plans change.
At some point I realized there is a chance to make a one-day roadtrip, I made a list with Kraljevica, Crikvenica, Novi Vinodolski, and Senj.
After visiting those locations, I realized I had some free time left. Therefore, after a quick analysis and review of Google Maps, I discovered that on my return to Rijeka, which was my base, there was an interesting old town nearby.
It was actually the old town of Hreljin, located just above Kraljevica, where I had been earlier that day.
Let’s return to the story of visiting the old town of Hreljin. When I entered the location into the navigation, I thought I was in for a fairly straightforward journey. However, after a short drive from Senj, I realized I was mistaken. The navigation brought me quite close, but between me and the location of the old town, there was a twenty-meter elevation and a dense forest; in other words, the navigation had brought me to just an approximate location in the middle of the road. After realizing that the path to the old town might not be as straightforward as I thought, I quickly gave up and entered a new location into the navigation, which I also hadn’t planned to visit that day. As I headed towards the new location, the road took me through the narrow streets of the town of Hreljin, where at one point I saw a signpost for the old town of Hreljin.
I decided to be spontaneous for a moment and followed the signs. After about ten minutes of driving, I came to a sign marking the start of the trail through the forest to the old town. The sign indicated that the old town was 900 meters away, which initially did not seem like a problem to me. However, the lack of parking was a problem; since the streets were very narrow, it was not easy to find a place to park, so I gave up again. After driving another two hundred meters, I found marked parking spaces and made the final decision: I was definitely going to explore the old town of Hreljin.
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