Croatian heart-shaped island becomes hit with lovers

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The heart-shaped island of Galesnjak, located in near vicinity of Zadar , was featured in yesterday’s Telegraph.

This is an excerpt from the article:

The 130,000 square yard islet of Galesnjak came to prominence after its unusual shape was highlighted on Google Earth.  Even the owner of the uninhabited island – now known as Lovers’ Island – didn’t realise how perfectly heart-shaped the island off the Croatian coast was until he was swamped with requests from couples to stay there. It seems many lovers from around the world consider it the ideal spot for a romantic Valentine’s Day break…

Read the whole article here


Posted on February 12th, 2009 and is filed under Croatian Islands, Press on Croatia, Zadar.

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