Ičići

Ičići occupies the narrow coast between Opatija and Lovran beneath Mount Učka, with an identity built around the sea, marina and Lungomare promenade. ACI Marina Opatija is actually located here: open year-round, it provides 283 wet and 35 dry berths and accepts visiting yachts up to 40 metres. Beside it stretches Ičići’s large pebble beach, more than 400 metres long and equipped for sport and family outings. Four anchors placed on the beach and in the small harbour in 1996 and 1997 have become symbols of the village’s maritime past. Early tourism also left its mark above the shore: Villa Barth first appears in records from 1905, while Tivoli Park once formed the garden of a Viennese café-restaurant. Lungomare links Ičići directly with Opatija and Lovran away from the main road. Near Villa Florida, steps descend to a mapped snorkelling site presented in 2025, where rocky shallows fall towards a sandy bottom and a distinctive boulder at 12 metres. Marina, beach, harbour, historic park and underwater trail therefore fit into a remarkably compact stretch of coast.

Ičići developed from a fishing shoreline into a sports and sailing village dominated by its beach, small harbour and ACI Marina Opatija. The 283-berth marina is sheltered from the bora by Mount Učka, while Lungomare carries walkers directly towards Opatija and Lovran. Local maritime history is represented by Captain Igor Žiganto’s anchors: three were placed on the beach in 1997, while a fourth had been submerged the previous year to secure harbour chains. Tivoli Park and Villa Barth, first documented in 1905, reveal Ičići’s less obvious connection with the early development of tourism on the Opatija Riviera.