RAB - Rab is the name of the island as well as of the ancient town after which the island was named. Rab experienced its greatest development during the regin of romans, when the emperor Oktavian Augustus, in the first century before Christ, gave the status of municipium. His successors gave the town the honourable name "felix". Today's town's appearance, numerus monuments and the romains of strong fortresses are witnesses to the long and interesting history of the town. In the town there are four bell-towers, monuments and numerous palaces of the rich Rab families.
One of the most beautiful parks in the Mediterranean, "Komrčar", is placed right behind the old town. Since Rab is a tipical Mediterranean town rich in historical monuments, it attracted the first tourists already towards the end of the 19th century, which also signifies the begining of tourisam on Rab.