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Senj is a small town and port in the Velebit Channel.

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Senj is a town and port in the Velebit Channel. The town lies like an amphitheatre on the very edge of the forested cove called Senjska Draga, at the foot of predominantly bare karst slants of Velebit and Senjsko Bilo.

Chief occupations are farming in the immediate vicinity of the town, livestock breeding, fishing and tourism. Senj is located at the intersection of main roads (M2) and Karlovac - Brinje - Senj (M6.02) and Senj - Otočac - Gospić (M5).

Senj - Accommodation:

Hotels:

- Hotel Nehaj (2 star)

- Garni Hotel Art (2 star)

- Tourist Settlement Kalić

Visitors who are interested in antiquities may take a short walk to the Nehaj fortress. Easily accessible by car are the mountain village of Krivi Put, the mountain pass Vratnik (698 m), offering a magnificent view on the surroundings (the sea and the mountains), hunting grounds in the neighbouring woods - an ideal place for hiking and hunting, as well as Senjska Draga, where tourists may visit a classicst mausoleum from 1848.

For those who are keen on Velebit Mountain, the best destination is the mountain lodge Zavizan (with some 50 beds), which may be reached through Sveti Juraj and Oltari. From Zavizan one may take shorter or longer walks to numerous natural rarities (botanical garden, Hajducki i Rozanski Kukovi, Lukina Jama, etc.).

Senja - Events:

Many entertainment programs and events take place in Senj: winter carnival (in January and February), festival of harmony-singing groups (in July), Senj summer carnival (in August).

Senj - History and Cultural Heritage:

Senj was often mentioned by Greek and Roman geographers and historians, and at the Roman Tabula Peutingeriana marked as por(tus) Senia. In Roman times it belonged to the province of Illyricum (later Dalmatia) as one of the most important port towns of the northern Adriatic.