Ø Kosljun nær Punat

If you rent an apartment in Krk and walk along the coast of Punat on the island Krk, a small island Košljun which is located a few hundred meters from the coast will certainly capture your attention. The island has only 6 hectares and is only a few meters above sea level high. It is covered with the thick vegetation of the black ash, laurel, holm oak, Estil, etc. The island can be reached by small boats from Punat sailing every fifteen minutes during tourist season. You'll be amazed by the richness of vegetation; Fr. Bernard Barcic managed to count as many as 540 species of plants, with even 151 mushroom species. You can walk down the whole island in an hour by nicely landscaped shady paths and get to know many various species of birds, mostly songbirds that will follow you all the way.
A small harbor which will welcome you at first was very carefully decorated by the Franciscans who live in the Franciscan monastery from 1477. They guarded closely many valuables for centuries that today can be seen in their ethnographic museum. Here you can find numerous items of fishermen and farmers of Krk, traditional costumes through the decades. There are more than 30,000 books in the Franciscans convent on Kosljun, with the Ptolemy atlas printed in Venice in 1511 among them, which is also one of the three left preserved in the world. The Kosljun monastery is a heritage site.
The Benedictines are known as a humble and hardworking Franciscan order, so it is no wonder that Kosljun represents the motto "pray and work". Franciscan greeting "peace and good" written in Glagolitic script will greet you and escort at the front door of their monastery, and if you want to take a little something as a reminder of a nice trip with you, for a little money you can buy here very beautiful souvenirs usually printed Glagolitic script.