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Nature park
is a broad natural or partly cultivated area of land and/or
sea featuring ecological characteristics of international
and national importance, and pronounced landscape, educational,
cultural, historical, tourist and recreational values.Economic
and other activities and actions that do not endanger the
main features and functions of the nature park are permitted
within its territory.
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The
Učka Nature Park predominately symbolizes great variety
of features within the relatively small area. Thus, this
is the only place on Earth where you can enjoy taking pictures
of steno endemic Učka's Bellflower (Campanula tomassiniana),
and it is also one of the very last European sites where
your eyes will be awarded by impressive silhouettes that
belong to Griffon Vulture (Gyps fulvus) or Golden Eagle
(Aquila chrysaetos).
In only couple hours one of the numerous hiking trails will
take you from the heritage of picturesque Mediterranean
towns of North Adriatic coast through the forests of Učka's
slope right to it’s highest peak Vojak at 1401 meter elevation.
If weather is clear the old tower-like observatory on the
top of Vojak offers full 360 degrees of breath-taking panorama:
Croatian islands, Italian Alps, Istrian Peninsula, limestone
towers of Vranjska Draga Special Geomorphologic Reserve,
Bay of Trieste…
However, to get a complete impression of the Park one shouldn’t
skip it’s man-made heritage: feel the rural ambient of the
mountain villages, taste some of our traditional food or
just share your good vibrations at one the local festivals.
All we tried to brief here leads to the conclusion that
Učka evolved over the centuries as a blend of natural richness
and human history that deserves special care and protection.
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