The 10 Best Things to do in Novi Vinodolski, Primorje-Gorski Kotar County

This is a birthplace and the home of Ban (Duke) Ivan Mazuranic, who also was a famous Croatian poet.

Diving Center DIVE SIDE is located on the coast of the beautiful beach in century city of Novi Vinodolski.Diving offer by top PSS standards covering all categories of courses for children and adults. Diving excursions to the beautiful underwater locations Kvarner, will walk you through the underwater reefs, underwater caves and walls, and memorable wrecks.

Sailing on a Corsair trimaran to the island of Krk, while swimming, snorkeling and SUP along the way while enjoying Croatia's beautiful weather, sea and landscape. Stay and travel program is available as well as additional actives such as biking, kayaking and Nordic walking. You can bring your experience from the trip to your home with pictures from the waterproof go pro hero 7 camera!

FRANKOPANSKI KASTEL, (castle of the Frankopans) belonged to the Frankopan family as early as 1288 and it preserved its original looks until 1761. Today we can see only the remains of the castle, which being devastated and having lost most of the value of the original building, close the main square of Novi from the west. On the newly-laid stone slabs of the square the the lay-out of the round tower or "rondel", as it was known among local people, was drawn in.

Only 205 m from Novi lies a small island of san Marino. In the past it was used as the fishing spot for tuna, but today there is only a Gothic church here, dedicated to St. marin, after which the island got its name. This church was most probably built on the foundations of a bigger old Croatian church, the remains of which were found during archeological excavations. A stone fragment from the 3rd or 4th c., discivered on the island, bears an inscriptions mentioning Roman empress Helena.

Built at the end of the 15th c., this is a Gothic chapel with vaultd ceiling. Quite recently, an effort has been launched to arrange a collection of sacral exhibits in this church. Among other exhibits, worth seing in that collection will be "The First Breviary of Novi" from 1495, "The Missal of Novi" from 1474 and "The Second Breviary of Novi" from 1494. Experts claim that this small church counts among town chapels, while the others count among suburban or country chapels.

The church of Blessed Virgin Mary on Osap is not far from harbour of Novi close to the remains of a Paulist monastery on the Glavica promontory. Church and the monastery were built at the time of the Frankopan princes, particulary Martin. He left his estate to the church of Blessed Virgin Mary in 1446. The monastery had its own port, populary known as "friars' port". On the sites of former monastery and church a cemetery grew, and it is still being used.