Ližnjan je općinsko središte smješteno na krajnjem jugoistoku istarskog poluotoka. Stanovništvo se tradicionalno bavi ribarstvom, poljeprivredom a posljednjih desetljeća sve više i turizmom čemu pogoduje čisto more s prirodnim kamenitim plažama duž obale.

              Općina Ližnjan se proteže obalnom linijom duž 28 km uz Kvarnerski zaljev.  Graniči  s Općinom Medulin sa zapadne strane do uvale Budava na sjeveru, gdje graniči s Općinom Marčana.

           Opatija is one of the most popular tourist resorts in Croatia and a place with the longest tourist tradition on the eastern coast of the Adriatic. Named after the Benedictine abbey of St. James first mentioned in 1449. The present chapel of St. Jameswas built in 1506 and extended in 1937.          

             In 1844 the powerful merchant Higinio von Scarpa erected Villa Angiolina, with beautiful green and a lavish park around it, visited by distinguished guests which soon made Opatija a popular excursion destination of the inhabitants from Rijeka, then of the Italians and Austrians.