Middle Street offers a special tourist and cultural atmosphere with its street
painters in summer, when the whole centre of the town turns into a huge gallery,
and the Rab Cultural Events in the "Knezev dvor" Gallery represent
another important event. The Rab Musical Evenings, organized in the church of
the Holy Cross (June to August), offer concerts performed by Croatian and international
musicians. The most attractive summer event in Rab is the Rab Tournament (reintroduced
in 1995), which used to take place as early as 1364, commemorating the defence
of the town by the knights in the past. A special attraction of this picturesque
mediaeval ceremony is the ancient crossbow, which is used at the tournaments
only by the arbalists from San Marino. The tournament takes place twice a year
(9th of May and 27th of July).
Rab ACI Marina has 150 berths in the sea for yachts drawing up to 6 m and up
to 18 m in length. The coast can accommodate only yachts in the need of repair.
RAB, a town and port on the western coast of the island bearing the same name;
population 592. Situated on an elongated peninsula between the Cove of St. Fumia
and the port of Rab, where a compact Mediterranean settlement was built. The
climate is extremely favourable; the average annual air temperature in January
is 6.7 °C, and in July 23.2 °C; the average relative air humidity is
68 %; the new part of the town developed opposite the port. The town port lies
in a protected bay; the outer and inner ports are divided by a breakwater. The
depth in the central part of the inner harbour attains between 3 and 5 m; 6-8
m along the eastern embankment of the peninsula, where a 70-m long pier for
larger vessels was constructed. The port for smaller vessels has a depth of
4 m. The islet of Tunera, connected by a bank with the coast, protects the outer
port from the influence of the open sea. The port is protected by a breakwater
to the south-west, along which, on the inner side, larger vessels of the coastal
shipping dock. The marina is in the north-eastern part of the town port. Chief
occupation is tourism, yachting tourism in particular. The tourist complex Padova
III with a campsite is located on the eastern coast of the town port. Situated
on the main road (M29) connecting Rab with the ferry ports in Lopar and Misnjak.
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