Welcome to Vila Palme
Hello dear visitor, these are our web pages and we hope that they will present city Opatija and country Croatia in best light. We at Villa Palme have created this pages so you can see what type of comfort can we offer for you and your family.
Villa Palme is positioned in quiet and calm part of Opatija where is not much traffic but you are still very close to center of Opatija and the Sea.
From every apartment there is view on the Kvarner sea and nature.
We hope you will enjoy your stay at Villa Palme!
About Croatia and Opatija
Situated below the mountain and Nature Park Učka, Opatija (old names: Sankt Jakobi, Abbazia) is a great choice for a vacation in summer and winter season. Beautiful nature, climate, parks, hotels & old Austrian villas, seaside promenade and beaches attract tourists from Europe and all over the world for more then 160 years. Opatija is the leading tourist destination in the Republic of Croatia for the organization of conventions. Along with festivals, concerts, exhibits, and other cultural and sport events Opatija offers attractions worth visiting during the whole year!
Climate at Opatija
Climate – a moderate Mediterranean climate with mild winters and pleasant summers. Continuous circulation of air and sea aerosol. The average air temperature in summer is 21.9 oC, and in winter 7 oC. The sea temperature in summer goes up to 26 oC. The area averages 2,000 hours of sunshine a year.
160 Years of toursim
Tourism first began in Opatija in 1844 when the leading citizen of Rijeka, a merchant called Higin Scarpa, built the Villa "Angiolina", and named it after his deceased wife. The Villa was soon being visited by many of the merchant’s family friends and business partners, and a number of other distinguished people came to stay there as well. Most notably, the Croatian Governor Josip Jelacic spent his holidays here with his wife in 1850, and the wife of Emperor Ferdinand I, Empress Mother Mary Ann, spent the entire bathing season here in 1860. Opatija, with its sheltered location, mild climate and green landscapes soon attracted the attention of the Vienna Southern Railway Company, which bought the Villa "Angiolina" from Count Chorinsky in 1882. In 1884, after only ten months of work on the property, the Railway Company opened the "Kvarner", the very first hotel on the eastern coast of the Adriatic. The event marked the beginning of a very dynamic period of building activity in the region.
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