Croatian stand at World Travel Market 2011
Niko Bulic, Director of the Croatian National Tourist Board is giving a tour of Croatia stand at World Travel Market 2011. Have a look:
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Unconventional de-stress program in Hrvatsko Zagorje
Vuglec Breg , a little village in Hrvatsko Zagorje now offers unconvenional de-stress program that includes looking after flock of sheep. The program is aimed to people who wish to escape from the stresses of everyday life and spend few days on rural farm. The three day program includes two overnight stays with accommodation in one of Zagorje`s traditional houses including breakfast, lunch and dinner. Along with looking after and feeding 25 sheep on [...]
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Hvar among Lonely Planet’s Top 10 Regions for 2012
Chosen by a panel of travel experts, Lonely Planet has named Hvar in its top 10 regions to visit in 2012. The Lonely Planet Best in Travel 2012 book, available on sale, puts Hvar Island at number five on the list. Here is an extract from the article: 5. Hvar, Croatia – Come high summer, there’s no cooler place in Croatia to get your groove on than Hvar Town on its namesake [...]
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37th Split Art Salon – Splitski Salon – Contemporary Visual Arts Biennial
37th Split Salon: Friday, November 4 – December 2, 2011 Venue : Diocletian Palace, Split, Croatia Preview: Friday, November 4, 2011 at 8 p.m. Opening hours: Every day, 9 am to 8 pm – closed on Sundays The central topic of this year’s Split Salon, a biennial event in contemporary art, is the querying of the exhibition as site of ones own exposure and as potential site for the articulation [...]
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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 [...]
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New project for Varaždinske Toplice – the oldest thermal spa in Croatia
Varaždinske Toplice in near vicinity of Varaždin, the hospital for medical rehabilitation, is to become one of the leading centres of health tourism in the southeast Europe region with the reconstruction of the existing capacities and the construction of new hotel and medical facilities. The value of the project is estimated at around 200 million euros and with its realization, the accommodation capacity should go up from the current 1000 to around 1600 beds. The [...]
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Solana Nin – the new Salt Museum
A new salt museum was recently opened as addition to Nin salt evaporation pond . The museum offers a complete insight into the extraction of salt, which follows the same tradition as in Roman times. The sea water naturally falls through the pools of the ponds where it evaporates with the help of sun and wind and eventually crystallizes into pure natural sea salt. Nin’s Salt Evaporation Pond dates back from Roman times and covers [...]
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Zagreb Film Festival 2011
The 9th Zagreb Film Festival will be held from 16th-23rd of October 2011, on on several locations in Zagreb, showing about 90 films in seven sets of programmes including : new film debuts – 12 feature films, 10 short films, and 16 documentaries, competing for the festival’s award – the Golden Pram, Croatian short films, Bib for Kids, My First Film, The Great 5 (new European films from Spain, France, Italy, Germany, Britain [...]
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Vis Island among the Five Mediterranean islands you’ve (probably) never heard of
The Financial Times has included Vis Island among the five Mediterranean islands you’ve (probably) never heard of. The Dalmatian island of Vis is less visited and almost escapes the crowds of the tourist season, leaving guests of this beautiful place to enjoy its natural beauty. Even though Vis has more than enough to offer and abounds in numerous wonders, it does not have luxury hotels, marinas and restaurants, although it [...]
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Velebit Mountain Video Introduction
This morning’s Guardian has published a short video clip shot of Velebit mountain in which Croatian meteorologist Ante Vukušić, who works on Velebit for 37 years, introduces this Croatian National Park. The video features some lovely shots and wise comments – have a look:
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