Košljun is a tiny island in the south of the island of Krk in the bay of Punat and is a must for those who come to Krk. As wrote a Franciscan father Mavro Velnic "Visiting the island of Krk and not see the islet of Košljun, is like going to Rome and not see the Pope". I went there with my wife and the photos below and in the photo gallery I just took that day.

A welcome gave us the iconography of St. Francis with his brother wolf, a work set in 1961. During the summer the boats that take you from the port of Punat to Kosljun parts all the time. About ten minutes needs for 800 meters and to reach the port of Kosljun. In fact, the closest point that divides the island of Krk to isle of Kosljun is Prniba, that distance 190 meters, but from there doesn't part any boat. The climate is the same on the island of Krk with a little hot and rainy summers and mild winters, with temperatures rarely drops below 5 degrees.

Kosljun, photo gallery

On the island there is a Franciscan monastery where still live the friars who now as then hold many historical and cultural values that can be appreciated in the small Museum of Ethnography. This is of course units that tell the history of the island of Krk, its inhabitants and those who have visited it. You will see an ancient craft, scarfs, clothing, a collection of coins, a collection of pottery and porcelain, oil lamps, irons, musical instruments typical of the region, the first Croatian printed book in Glagolitic languages. Also interesting to note all the tools that they could not miss in a kitchen of a past not far away.

In addition to the museum and the surrounding nature is to visit the convent of Santa Maria and the Church of Mary. Inside the monastery there is a typical atrium surrounded by a arcade built in the Romanesque style. Here in the summer you can enjoy evening concerts. At the center of the cloister there is a tank in the past was used to collect rainwater and from 2000 the island Košljun use water of the aqueduct of island of Krk. The church was built on the ruins of the Benedictine church of the eleventh century, with the donations of family Frankopan.
Interestly, the ornate ceiling with beams holding the roof for 500 years.

Curiosity: The perimeter of isle is 1075 meters, the area comes to 69.7, the highest point is 6 meters above the sea level.