UK Mortgages for Croatia
Homesgofast.com, the overseas property portal are now working with international mortgage broker Frontiers Financial Services the only UK firm to offer overseas mortgages in Croatia and Montenegro. The company is also uniquely offering 100% LTV mortgages in Turkey. Many investors who wish to take advantage of low entry house prices in emerging property markets find it a daunting task to secure the right finance.
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Zagreb Airport Paralysed by Fog
As result of the thick fog, more than thirty flights have been cancelled at the Zagreb airport.
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Medieval monastery garden opened in Sibenik, Croatia
Sibenik , recently saw the first tourist visit to the attractive medieval gardens of the Sveti Lovro monastery, in the area of the monastery closed to the public. This has revived an important part of Sibenik’s history and given it a new dimension in both education and tourism.
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Croatia Tourism Statistics for 2007
According to Croatian Tourist Board (HTZ) , tourist year 2007 in Croatia closed with record figures. The first draft of 2007 figures are following: Croatia had a total of 10.8 million visits (6% increase compared to 2006), resulting in just over 57 million overnight stays.
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Nikola Tesla in Zagreb Technical Museum
Following last year’s celebration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of the genius Nikola Tesla – inventor, electro technician and physicist – his demonstration studio was recently reconstructed at the Zagreb Technical Museum, home of replicas of the best-known of Tesla’s inventions. The studio, part of the effort to make Nikola Tesla a recognizable brand in his native Croatia, is
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Dubrovnik Hotel Excelsior under renovation
December of last year saw the launch of a complete renovation and revamping of the existing facilities and accommodation at Dubrovnik’s Hotel Excelsior, operating within the Adriatic Luxury Hotels group (ALH). The 14 million euro reconstruction is the second one in a short period. Early last year, namely, an older part of the hotel was renovated, the Villa Odak, with six million euro going into the reconstruction that completely overhauled [...]
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Croatia tourist guide on your mobile phone
Ever since the Split-based IT company Gideon Multimedia presented its new version of the mobiEXPLORE cell phone based tourist guide in July last year (www.mobiexplore.com), over three hundred thousand tourists have accessed the guide to inform themselves of the tourist offer, local customs and points of interest, to reserve a table at a restaurant, a room in a hotel or any of the many other contents the guide offers. Although targeted above [...]
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Free Travel Day at Croatian Trains with Eurail Select Pass
Eurail Group announced that it is offering an extra day of rail travel on all six, eight and ten day Eurail Select Passes purchased up until the end of March 2008. Customers will then have up to six months in which to start traveling. This promotion is being offered to all customers worldwide, outside of Europe in order to encourage travelers to choose Eurail Pass and buy early.
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Sljeme Mountain – FIS World Ski Cup event
To inaugurate Sljeme as a desirable destination for ski competitions, the Croatian Ski Federation organized in 2005 the Golden Bear World Ski Cup women’s slalom race. The event was later renamed Snow Queen in honour of Janica Kostelic, the all time greatest Croatian women’s skier. This year the world’s top women skiers will be joined at the Audi World Cup Snow Queen Trophy event by the world’s top men’s skiers.
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Croatian Artist Vlatka Horvat exhibits in New York
Vlatka Horvat, Croatian photographer and video artist will exhibit during the winter in several New York’s galleries. Until February 16, 2008 @ ‘Cut Away’ Anna Kustera Gallery, 520 West 21st Street, NY
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