Cres lies on the northeastern part of a well protected bay which abounds with large beautiful beaches. Cres remains within the walls to the end of the Venetian period and enlargen itself in the mid 19th century with the development of shipbuilding and shipping. The city is marked by the harbor "Mandrać", Gothic and Renaissance churches, monasteries, palaces of noble families and the remains of the town walls.But most likely You will be probably most impressed by dry stone walls, low walls built with stone wall technique, which Cres man built in many years of painstaking and patient work thus managed to protect his poor land which nature gave them.
Even at the turn of last century Cres was already receiving its first guests in two hotels. Today Cres offers good accommodation in hotels, camping sites and private accommodation.