Stroll the old town of Krk, surrounded by historic walls and feel the ancient spirit of the city firsthand. 

City walls of Krk are third biggest walls in Croatia after Ston and Dubrovnik. Dating from ilyric period (1st century BC), and completely surrounding the city on the mainland side, while only the fragments on the sea side survived. Within the walls of the historic core of the city are intertwined picturesque winding streets typical of coastal towns. 

The earliest and most valuable information on the walls of the city inscription is carved on a rough piece of limestone found in 1848 during the demolition of part of the walls with the former town hall on the shore.

The city walls were significantly restated in 1489 in part with the town square when the hall, pier, water tank, bell tower and some other buildings were built. On the basis of reports written by the Venetian Lauro Grisi in 1538, people learned that walls were in very poor condition and after his appeal thoroughly renovated. 

The structure of the walls is uneven because some parts formed at different times, but their gates are at the same place of their formation in pre period and, subsequent to the many alterations, determined the inner city layout. 

The walls of the city were determined by the internal layout of the village, which is until the end of the 19th century kept its medieval appearance and just the beginning of the 20th century began to spread outside of them.