In 1887, Heinrich von Littrow established the "Union Yacht Club Quarnero" in Opatija (founded in June/July 1886); this was the first sailing club on the Adriatic coast. In 1889 the Cisleithanian government officially declared Abbazia (Opatija) the first climatic seaside resort ("Seebad") on the Austrian Riviera, rivalled by Brioni, Duino, Grado, and Portorož. After the hotels, the building of villas started, for the needs of more demanding noble guests. The first Villa Amalia, in the immediate vicinity of the Hotel Quarnero, was built in 1890 as the hotel's annex. Opatija's first guide was published in 1883 in Vienna with the title "Abbazia, Idylle von der Adria". The same year saw the publication of "Abbazia und seine Umgebung" ("Opatija and its Environs") by Heinrich Noe, who in 1884 published his "Tagebuch aus Abbazia (Diary from Opatija)". Joseph Rable printed "Curort und Seebad Abbazia (Spa and the bathing beach in Opatija)", and Peter von Radics wrote a guidebook simply titled " Abbazia".