King of Učka is a cycling race that connects the sea and the mountain - the small coastal town Ičići and the nature park Učka. It represents the perfect cycling polygon and a challenge for all lovers of cycling and road climb. The length of the trail is 22 km and the total ascent is 1380 m.

During the King of Ucka sport event, the following sustainable solutions have been adopted:

• organizing and renting hybrid cars to follow cyclists along the route;
• education for children about recycling;
• organizing a mini-fair for local exhibitors to encourage the use of local products;
• use of biodegradable equipment;
• engaging volunteers.

You can find the report of the King of Ucka sport event results in the Library section, together with all the others Zero Waste Blue pilot events reports, or you can download it at the following link.

Number of Participants: 134

Town of Opatija, in collaboration with the Faculty of Tourism and Hospitality Management, organized a working group meeting with the stakeholders in order to sign the Memorandum of Understanding, which you can find at the following link.

In this second link, you can download the report of the working group meeting.

The project aims to promote sport events with the Zero Waste Blue brand which identifies sustainable tourist products to be offered to sport tourists and to their followers who can take advantage and enjoy the natural and cultural heritage of the destinations. According to this, Town of Opatija realized some sustainable tourist itineraries.

Link to the tourist itineraries for groups - English version - Croatian version

Link to the tourist itineraries for individual visitors - English version - Croatian version

Link to the official web site: http://www.kingofucka.com/