The Italian Camping Association ‘Confedercampeggio’  has joined the Dutch camping guide ANWB, the British Alan Rogers guidebook and the ADAC automobile club in their recognition of Croatian campsites.

Constant investments aimed at raising the quality and standard of the facilities and services have not gone unnoticed by the Italian visitors.

Confedercampeggio has awarded several campsites:

The ‘Sympathy and Ecology’ award was awarded to Bor Campsite on the Island of Krk, Bijar Campsite in Osor and Nevio Campsite in Orebic.

Park Campsite in Umag, Park Campsite in Soline and Šimuni Campsite on the Island of Pag received the ‘Sympathy and Quality’ award.

A special award was given to the Zaton campsite for the third consecutive year. This large and completely renovated campsite is located in a pine tree forest, in close proximity to an apartment village that has a sports centre.  The campsite is located in Nin, near Zadar, and is, like most Croatian campsites, located right beside the sea (the beach is particularly suitable for children and non-swimmers). It covers an area of 30 hectares and has 1500 plots. The site features six modern sanitation areas, and is partly suited for the disabled visitors.

An attractive pool for children and adults, numerous facilities and a well-organized sports and entertainment program make this campsite a family paradise.

For more info about camping in croatia , check  the croatian camping union @ camping.hr

The camp is situated in Martinšćica on the island of Cres, and is known in both Croatian and international circles for its unique solutions, the most interesting among them being the Camping Cum Cane project.

The essence of it is in creation of coexistence between the guests arriving with their dogs and other guests staying in the same camp.

Mutual tolerance is based on creation of conditions for dogs in the camp without interfering with other guests. This is enabled by the rules – all registered dogs must wear id tags, there is a designated toilet area and the dog owners must comply with the rules of hygiene in the camp. The camp also
provides a dog shower area and a dog promenade.

Camp Slatina also applies other innovative environmental protection solutions, while the introduction of the ISO 9001 standard, determining and implementing quality standards, and the ISO 14001 environmental protection standard, played an important role in the presentation of the award.

The value added to this award is the fact that the camp award comes from the French travel market for the first time. As of this year, the rich facilities in the camp have been supplemented by additional ones such as bathroom facilities for children, changing area, family bathrooms for rent, ironing area and many other facilities.
Read more about Campsite Slatina at Cres Island

Such important convention in Croatia, the region of Istria and the tourist destination of Umag is an acknowledgement of the local camping offer providing the guests with holidays in a beautiful and ecologically preserved environment, keeping up with the growing camping services standards.

Croatia has a total of around 226 campingsites and 278 private estate campingsites having a total accommodation capcity of 224,000 persons. The private state campingsites account for around 10,000 units.

According to the Croatian Camping Union, campingsites account for 23.7 percent of the country’s accommodation capacities and they have an approximately equal share in tourist overnights.

Around fifteen campingsites having a total capacity of 22.5 thousand persons are classified as four stars, while 57 campingsites having a capacity of a little over 88 thousand persons are classified as three stars. High-category (4 and 3 stars) are mainly in

Istria, which also has the most numerous camping capacities, followed by Primorje-Gorski Kotar County and Zadar County in the third place. Dubrovnik-Neretva County, the southernpart of Croatia, is the second in the number of four-star campingsites.

The Croatian Camping Union evaluated this years camping season as successful.

According to their estimates, Croatian campingsites had 12.624 million overnights in the first eight months, or 3.2 percent over 2007. Istria, the most developed Croatian camping destination, had 6.825 million overnights, or 3.4 over last year.

The average annual campingsite occupancy is 59.1 days, the highest figures achieved in Primorje-Gorski Kotar County – 67.1 days.

The longest stays are achieved in four-star camps – as much as 87 day. The average duration of stay in campingsites is 6.7, with Istria as number one with an average duration of stay of eight days.

According to the Central Bureau of Statistics, Germans are the most numerous campingsite guests, followed by Slovenia, The Netherlands, Austria, Czech Republic and others.

The tour starts in London, Uk and visits 9 countries – France, Netherlands, Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia.

Places in Croatia to be visited include: Dubrovnik, Split, as well as Croatian Islands : Sipan, Mljet, Korcula, Hvar and Brac.

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The survey was made by the French touroperator Camping Cheque and included about 600 capsites from all around the Europe.

This is what Camp Slapic says about themselves: “On a sunny river bank, in the middle of an untouched nature, with many little islands and waterfalls, you can enjoy in complete relaxation and piece. You can experience warm summer nights with romantic walks on the river shore, listening a silent water flow, because life can be beautiful for everbody, but you have to know how to live it, and keep it in your memory“  – http://www.inet.hr/~autocamp/

Company Valamar includes nine camping sites, which represents currently one of the largest camping site portfolios: Poreč Camp Lanterna, Vrsar Camp Orsera , Pula Camp Puntižela , Rabac Camp Marina , Island Krk Camp Ježevac , Dubrovnik Camp Solitudo , Poreč Naturist Camping Solaris , Funtana Naturist Camping Istra , Island Krk Naturist Camping Politin .

Their online booking info is at http://www.camping-adriatic.com/

Their latest plans are to construct a camping ground in Osijek – the capital of Slavonia .

This is really welcoming news about additional camping facilities in Croatia, especially for continental part of the country where camping grounds are scarce commodity.

The location of the new Osijek campsite will be at left bank of River Drava behind so called Osijek’s “Katakombe”.

This attractive site at the very shore of Drava River  has been previously used on couple of occasions as camping site – during last year’s fishing competition, as well as during the last year’s Urban Fest music festival .

In cooperation with some other local and regional institution, Osijek Tourist Board is expecting to invest about 1 million Kuna in basic infrastructure and camping facilities at the site.

They believe the new campsite in Osijek will be fully functional by the end of this year.