Property in Opatija in the Mail on Sunday
The Mail on Sunday recently featured an article on purchasing property in Opatija. Although very popular as a holiday destination - the coastal town is a premier resort and was even a popular place for holidaymakers during the Austro-Hungarian Empire - Opatija is not often considered for real estate reasons.

The article states that Opatija is not immensely popular with Brit buyers who prefer the regions around Split and Dubrovnik in Dalmatia, and that it is much more popular with German and Austrian purchasers.

Opatija is in a great location for transport and infrastructure reasons, as Rijeka is only 40 minutes away by road. Rijeka Airport (in fact on the nearby island of Krk) has international flights once a week from Heathrow with Croatia Airlines, and from Hanover and Colgone/Bonn with low-cost German airline HLX (with connecting flights to Newcastle, Manchester and Shannon available). There are also international bus lines to Italy and Slovenia, and Zagreb is only 3 and a half hours away by motorway. Moreover, it is still within relatively easy reach of northwest Italy to which several low cost airlines (most notably Ryanair) fly to from the UK.

So what of the type of properties available? In this more upmarket resort, amongst the most common type of properties are charming and elegant villas; however, understandably, this means that property in Opatija doesn't come cheap! Nevertheless, prices are a fraction of those of comparable properties on French and Italian rivieras. In all, Opatija can be considered to have great investment potential.

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