In a sense, the names Mali Losinj and Veli Losinj aren’t assigned to the correct coastal towns. Mali, meaning small, and Veli, meaning large, don’t represent the size of each town. Regardless, they’re both gorgeous.

Veli Losinj

Veli Losignj is what you see on a postcard – a small coastal town filled with bright, colorful houses against an ombre blue sea, small cafes that serve coffee on the ready, and winding walking paths that of course, lead you to a church.

When you drive to Veli Losinj, have someone drop you off at Plaža Vale Škura and walk 20 minutes along the top of the sea cliff the rest of the way to the small town. It’s a flat, paved road with beautiful views of the sea, swimming lagoons, and the mountains and rocky hills on Cres and Krk.

You’ll end up on the most beautiful view of Veli Losinj. We stopped at Faro Caffe for some leisurely coffee, tea, and gelato… always gelato!

Time moves slower in Croatia. People, locals and tourists alike, aren’t running from one thing to the other, eating while they walk, or missing the scenery. This is Manfriends type of vacation – wandering around, finding hidden gems in the crevices that would normally be missed.

Lastly, we walked past the Crkvica Navjestenja Marije (a church on the cliffs), to Rovenska, 15 minutes in total, where we of course had more beer. Remember from my post on Zagreb, you can drink the local beers Ozujsko and Pan casually all day without feeling drunk or even buzzed. Plus, it was warm and sunny and a cool (not cold!) beer hit the spot.

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Mali Losinj

In comparison, Mali Losinj is huge compared to Veli Losinj, and the town hosts a museum, Moby Dick’s (not the classical literary novel, but instead easily the best gelato we had in Croatia), and a number if small, island shops with either typical tourist fare or cheeses and cured meats served with coffee.

This is where we ended our trip – our last few days were spent moseying around the village before we caught the catamaran to Pula on our way to Venice.