Kako je šetalište nastalo: Priča o izgubljenom kralju i lukavom županu.
Rumunjski Kralj Karlo, gost vile Amalia, izgubio se jednom zgodom za svog svakodnevnog jahanja u šumi negdje pod Veprimncem (vjerojatno 1896., tijekom svog prvog boravka u Opatiji). Bijesan, drugog je jutra otišao ravno kotarskom glavaru, barunu Arturu von Schmidt-Zabierowu, po objašnjenje zašto putovi nisu uređeni i označeni. Kada se lukavi Zabierow diskretno potužio da za te stvari nema novaca, Karlo je galantno položio na stol popriličnu svotu koja bi imala poslužiti toj svrsi. Novac je dobro utrošen: Šetalište je dovršeno 1901. godine.
How the forest promenade was created: The story of a lost king and a wise district principal.
King Carol I of Romania, a quest at the Villa Amalia, once got lost during his day horse riding in the woods somewhere beneath Veprinac (probably in 1896, on his first stay in Opatija). That made him quite furious, so next morning he went straight to the district principal, Baron Arthur von Schmidt-Zabierow, and asked why the paths were not better maintained and marked. When Zabierow confidentially explained that there just wasn´t the money, Carol gallantly produced a rather large amount necessary to deal with the matter. The money was well spent, and the construction of the forest path was completed is 1901.