Beaches Croatia
Most of the visitors who come in Croatia visit at least some of Croatia's beaches. Most of Croatian beaches are not sandy, but gravel, pebble or rocky.
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Holiday in Hvar – Readers’ writing competition 2011
An article about holidaying on Hvar Island is winner of this year’s The Guardian’s Readers’ writing competition: summer holidays. Subtitled as “Dana Smith thought she had a cove on the island of Hvar, Croatia, to herself – until a naked woman emerged from a cave“, the article was published in travel supplement of last week’s Guardian. Read the whole article here + click to see large photo of the article
Beach Banj – the new beach in Sibenik
From next summer’s swimming season, Šibenik will get the brand new city beach – Beach Banj (aka gradska plaza Banj) – a modern beach covering the area of 12000 m2, located just few minutes walk from the Sibenik city centre. The proposal for new city beach also includes promenade, restaurants and bars, changing rooms, showers, a playground, a beach / sandy volleyball court, a basketball court, a skateboarding ground and a free climbling wall. The beach vistors will also enjoy [...]
Hvar Beach Club in 20 hottest European beaches for 2010
In last eddition of Sunday Times , listed under No 13 with subtitle ‘Croatia: Bonj ‘Les Bains’, Hvar ’, Beach Club from Hvar was featured among 20 hottest European beaches for 2010. The article is accompanied with seven photos, one of them features The Adriana Hotel in Hvar (left photo). Here is an excerpt from the article: This supercool beach club (sunbeds £24pp, cabanas from £31pp) on Croatia’s trendiest island is about scene, rather than [...]
The Blue flag award for Croatian Beaches and Marinas
The Blue Flag, an international label signifying a clean environment and a high level of development and facilities, has been awarded to 115 Croatian beaches and 20 marinas. Apart from seaside beaches, blue flags are fluttering on seven continental beaches this year: the Aquacity beach near Varaždin and beaches of the sports and recreational centre Jarun in Zagreb. The criteria for awarding the Blue Flag for beaches are high water [...]
Croatia recommended for sunshine, beaches and cheap prices
In yesterday’s article in The Mirror, titled ‘Go to Croatia for sunshine beaches and cheap prices’, the author writes about holidaying in Dalmatian coastal resort of Baska Voda and at Island of Brac. Here is an excerpt from the article: I’m standing at Vidova Gora, the highest point on the Croatian island of Brac, looking down on a world that seems to have turned Wedgwood blue. Distant horizons merge into [...]
Croatia in Europe’s Best Beach Cabins
In the travel section of Saturday’s The Guardian, in the article ‘Europe’s best beach cabins for less then £50 a night’ , two cottages from Croatia are featured, while the main photo of the article features pebble beach Pupnatska Luka located at the south shores of Korcula Island. This is an excerpt from the article: Vesna’s Cottage, Lapad, Dubrovnik: On the lush Lapad peninsula, 3km north-west of Dubrovnik, this enchanting [...]
Quality of the Sea at Croatian Beaches in 2008
The report on the quality of the sea at Croatian beaches in 2008 has been published by Croatian Ministry of Environmental Protection, Physical Planning and Construction . According to published report, the Adriatic Sea in Croatia meets the rigid criteria of the Provision on quality standards of the sea and is of high quality and suitable for swimming. The Programme that began 12 years ago was conducted by authorised laboratories and included 890 examination points. [...]
Varazdin Aquacity Beach
The baroque town of Varaždin, popular for its rich cultural facilities and a unique atmosphere, has supplemented its tourist assets with another one – the Varaždin Sea, a sport & recreation center including two lakes and the Aquacity Beach, which was awarded within the Croatian National Tourist Board’s campaign for the tidiest continental beach. The Sport & Recreation Center Aquacity has facilities for divers and yachtsmen on the big lake, [...]
Renovation of Medveja Beach – Opatija
Medveja Beach is located in bay of Medveja – a small fishermen’s village on Opatija Riviera, situated at the foot of Ucka Nature Park, in vicinity of Lovran and Opatija. The Opatija-based company Hemingway Bar has been granted a 10-year concession for this pebble beach, which should be transformed into the best-equipped beach in the Adriatic. The concession covers around 50 thousand square meters, the sea part accounting for 31 000, and [...]
Croatia among the greenest countries in the world
The Environmental Policy Centre of the Yale University released a report with a global list of 149 countries ranked by environmental performance, according to the Environmental Performance Index (EPI). On the list Croatia is ranked at the 20th place with index of 84.6 out of 100 points. The best ranked country is Switzerland (95.5 points), followed by Sweeden, Norway, Finland and Cosarica. The worst ranked countries are Mali (44.3), Mauritania [...]
Hvar among 53 Places to Go in 2008 of New York Times
Under the title ” The 53 Places to Go in 2008“, in its travel supplement , New York Times writes about where to go in 2008 and at 11th place (see above image) recommends Hvar as “the St. Tropez of Croatia“ ” What’s on your travel itinerary in the new year? From a new luxury hotel in Laos (where you can take in the view of ancient temples from a [...]
Adriatic Sea and a plague of invasive algae
In the recent article of BIRN, under the title “Greening of the Sea Gives Adriatic States the Blues” , there are some worrying details regarding the state of a plague of this invasive algae in waters of Croatia as well as surrounding countries. Under the statement “A plague of invasive algae is testing countries’ willingness to work together to save their marine heritage and tourist industries”, Bojana Stanišić writes : “The [...]
Improved Safety on Croatian Beaches
The Croatian interior ministry continues this year its special activities aimed at improving safety for tourists at beaches along the the Adriatic coast. This year Croatian police officers will again be joined by their colleagues from other European countries in maintaining safety. After the excellent results of last year’s cooperation with their Hungarian colleagues, whose joint safety improvement project on Croatian beaches won top marks, cooperation has this year been [...]
Croatian Legislation Changes – Night Clubs at Zrce Beach at Pag Island will work 24/7
According to recent changes to Croatian legislation, all night clubs at Beach ZRCE can now work non-stop , 24 hrs a day! The club community of popular night clubs Aquarius, Papaya and Kalypso, all located at Zrce Beach, Island of Pag are delighted with this news, as previous years there were some problems between autorities and party goers as local authorities wanted parties to switch off music at 3.30 am. According to the recent [...]
Sunday Times choose Baska Voda among The Top 20 Beach Holidays
In yesterday’s edition of Sunday Times magazine, in its travel supplement, Baska Voda Beach (Baska Voda is a small coastal place in Dalmatia) is chosen among Top 20 Beach Holidays. In its seductive introduction to the article about “your perfect stretch of sand” , Sunday Times says: … Close your eyes and think of your best ever summer holiday…Whatever your idea of the perfect beach, you’ll find it here. We’ve scoured [...]
The City of Split gets three Blue Flags: The city of Split has been awarded again, as in last eight years, three blue flags for quality and clean beaches and marinas. One of the blue flag is awarded for ACI marina in Split, second one for beach at Hotel "Split" and third blue flag has been awarded for beach " Bacvice" too...
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