The area of the island is 24.7 sq. kilometers, the coast is very inde­nted, and the highest point is Televrina (589 m) on Osorščica. It is se­parated from Cres by 11 meters wi­de artificial channel (with a bridge) called the Osor Defile. The island has gentle Mediterranean climate, rich evergreen vegetation and well sheltered coves. There are five larg­er settlements: Nerezine, Sv. Jakov, Čunski, Mali and Veli Lošinj. All settlements are mutually well con­nected by the road net.

The island of Lošinj used to be important in maritime affairs and ship building, and today it is developed tourist ce­nter. Mali and Veli Lošinj were already in 1892 proclaimed the he­alth resort. There is also an inter­national airport for smaller airpla­nes.
The island has been inhabited since prehistoric times (the hill forts on hills). The name Lošinj was for the first time mentioned in his­torical sources in 1384 (Isola di Lussin). In the 18th and 19th cen­tury, trade, ship building and mar­itime affairs intensively developed.

NEREZINE
The small town and port on the eastern coast of the northern part of the island, on the road that con­nects Lošinj, via Cres, with the mainland. For the first time, this settlement was mentioned in the 14th century. The Franciscan mo­nastery with the church and clois­ter from 1510 is the pious endowment of the Draža family from Osor. The renaissance belfry built in 1590. The altar painting is the work of Girolamo de Santacroce, and the painting »Our Lady with the Child« was done by the unknown Venetian master from 15th century.
Camps:
Lopari , Raspoća .

MALI LOŠINJ
The biggest town and port, it lies at the end of wide and well sheltered bay. Gentle climate with warm winters, rich Mediterranean vegetation and the coniferous forests are especially suitable for development of summer and winter tourism. There is a shipyard in town. It is well connected with mainland by the road (across the island of Cress and then by the ferryboat to the coast), and with Rijeka, Pula, Zadar and Italy ship lines.
The church of St. Martin on the graveyard is from the 15th century, and the baroque parish church with the belfry is of the Venetian type. At the end of the 19th century- when tourism started to rapidly develop, villas, summer residences and ho­tels in historical styles were built in the cove Čikat, a kilometer and a half from Lošinj.
The most attractive to the tou­rists are coves: Čikat, Sunčana uvala (the Sunny Cove), and Zlatna and Srebrna uvala (the Golden Co­ve and the Silver Cove).
Hotels: Alhambra ; Aurora ; Bellevue ; Čikat ; Helios ; Vespera ; Istra ; villas and annexes.
Camps: Čikat, Poljana.
Marina: MALI LOŠlNJ. In the very port, between the ship dock and the Privlaka passage, it has 150 places on the floating docks for the ships up to 30 meters long and 120 place's on the dry docks. It has sho­ps restaurant, toilets, washing machines, parking lot, gas station, cra­nes of 12 and 6.5 tons, the facilities for the transport of ships, slipway, services, and workshops. There is a number of the naturally sheltered coves suitable for navigation: Artaturi, Liski, etc. It is open through the whole year.

VELI LOŠINJ
It lies on the eastern coast of the southern part of the island. It is famous health resort situated on the hilly, forested area, between two coves, Veli Lošinj and Rovenska. The walking path along the coast leads to Mali Lošinj. The place is known of the houses of seamen with beautifully arranged gardens with abundance of exotic plants that they brought from their voy­ages and managed to grow there. The settlement was mentioned already in 1398 as Velo Selo. The whole town has typical elements of the baroque urban scheme, while the architecture of houses pre­served of the characteristics of the late baroque and the classicism. The oldest sacral building is the Romanesque church of St. Antun from the 15th century with paint­ings of the Italian masters.
Hotel: Punta.