CROATIA LOVRAN OPATIJA RIVIERA APARTMENT FROM OWNER ALAJBEG PETROVIC. IN THE MIDDLE AGES,LOVRAN WAS KNOWN AS A CITY OF SAILORS,FISHERMEN AND MERCHANTS.A GOOD CLIMATE,LUXURIANT MEDITERRANEAN VEGETATION AND A FAVORABLE GEOGRAPHIC LOCATION CONTRIBUTED TO THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM DURING THE LATE 19st AND EARLY 20 st CENTURIES.SINCE THAT TIME,LOVRAN,TOGETHER WITH OPATIJA,HAS BEEN THE MOUST IMPORTANT LOCALITY ON THE FAMED RIVIERA.SEVERAL VILLAS DESIGNED BY THE CELEBRATED VIENNESE ARCHITED CARL SEIDEL DATING FROM THAT PERIDO ARE PART OF THE WORLD ARCHITECTURAL HERITAGE.LOVRAN WAS NAMED FOR THE LAUREL TRES THAT GROW EVERYWHERE IN THE TOWN AND IN ITS SURROUNDING.IN THE HINTERLAND ARE ORCHARD WHERE FAMOUS LOVRAN CHERRIES AND CHESTNUTS ARE CULTIVATED. LUXURIOUS VILLAS,FORMER RESIDENCES AND SUMMER HOMES OF THE AUSTRO-HUNGARIAN ARISTOCRASY,OFFER TOURISTS ACCOMMODATIONS OF THE HIGEST CATEGORY.HOTELS IN LOVRAN SERVE GUESTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE MT.UČKA NATURE PARK STRETCHES INLAND FROM LOVRAN.THE NATURE PARK HAS AN AREA OF 146m2,AND IS PARTICULARY DISTINGUISHED BY A CENTURY-OLD FOREST OF CULTIVATED CHESTNUT,VARIOUS SPECIES OF MEDICINAL PLANTS AND SEVERAL ENDEMIC SPECIES OF FLOWERS.IT IS ALSO HAS MOUNTAINEERING AND MOUNTAIN BIKE PATHS.