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The city is very nice but not a typical touristic place. There are many restaurants with great food available in the city center. It's also worth to rent a car and have a trip to the cities or island nearby.

The city pleasantly suprised us. Even if there you can see a lot of port cranes from everywhere there, the Rijeka has many nice places. Town centre "Korzo" has an nice atmosphere, little shops and a lot of restaurants and cafés. The castle Trsat (only cca 1,5 km from city centre, free entrance) has amazing view to the town and the see. City beaches are also nice even if they are in the city. Some of them have also beach bar. You can take public bus for fast city transport for good price. Rijeka is also the best place for taking various islands boat trips around. It is ideal for 5 days stay there, depends on you are interested in.

Rijeka is a nice city, the city center is not so big, you can visit it in one day and other day you can spend on a beach (there is bus, but also by walk it is not far, you have to take stairs to go down to the beach). There is an old castle (Trsat) where is a view on city and you can have a drink there. To go there you can take bus or walk the stairs (In general there is lot of stairs in Rijeka). Around the harbor (city center) are are nice restaurants/bars (glass of wine for 20-25 kuna), or in Korzo street there are fast food McDonalds and Food city.

From my point of view, the Rijeka city is a good combination of the touristic and industrial city. Everything you can easily find there. Public transport and taxi drivers are easily available, destinations around the city are reachable. Don't wait for the visit.

A bounch of little charming pebble or rocky beaches around the coast. All of them with showers, drinking water, toilettes, changing rooms and inexpensive cafes or restaurants. Some of them shaded. Cheap shoes for swimming to be bought everywhere (like Tower mall). Main street under reconstruction causing some problems with traffic. Public transport frequency sufficient but not on time. Uber quite accessible and cheap. Historical downtown with port and farmers&fish market till early afternoon.

I did not know much about Rijeka before I came there and I was actually surpised at how nice it was. Situated on the hills, it sports some really steep streets. It offers a fanstasic view of the sea and the mountains. The city is very clean and has a certain atmosphere to it that I really enjoyed. I cannot say much about the public transport in the city, as I travelled by car. Probably not the best choice if you're looking for a beach holiday (there is a large port in the city which occupies a large portion of the seafront and as far as I could see, the beaches are few and far between), but it is a convenient spot if you're planning to do some sightseeing and explore the area. There are some must-sees in and around the Istria peninsula, like Pula, Opatia, Rovinj, Porec, Triest, and the fantastic Postojna cave is only a 90-minute drive away. I will come back there, definitely.