If you are interested in the historical origin of the term "Amber Islands" (originally "Electrides" in the geography book 'On Marvelous Things Heard' written by either Aristotle himself or one of his followers) for a group of islands situated, according to that book, in the 'corner of Adriatic', please see the section on Amber islands in the Island of Krk page of this website.

Suppose we tried to convince you using right away the standard arguments (presentation of videos, hard-to-check stories normally spread by word of mouth) that Stara Baska has the most astounding (i.e. fascinating, breath-taking) stretch of coastline in the entire Mediterranean, despite being so far to the north and so close to Central Europe. Then we would clearly face an insumountable  problem: credibility. This problem would remain insurmountable even if we add that in the above statement we imply that you, like Tom Cruise, find (in his words quoted in the London newspaper Sunday times in 2004) 'Croatian coastline ... spectacular' since you 'love its mixture of steep cliffs, sheltered bays and beautiful beaches'. In other words,  even if we added to the statement about Stara Baska a qualification of the eye of beholder type, it would still a priori sound pretentious or even ludicrous (i.e. hilarious) because of incongruity between the strength of the arguments and the claim. The qualification in question consists, of course, in the interpretation of the term "astounding" in accordance  with the criteria generally accepted among nautical tourists (as opposed to the tourists who prefer e.g. the very long Italian Adriatic beaches with fine sand and shallow sea often muddled by the sand).