Croatia Travel Blog

Book: Croatia – Aspects of Art, Architecture and Cultural Heritage

A new book on Croatia was launched by The International Trust for Croatian Monuments and Frances Lincoln Publishers on 4 November at Sotherans in London, UK. This volume is the first scholarly study in the English language of Croatia’s extraordinary artistic heritage. Leading specialists analyse the key cultural developments in …

Stranded Ferry Marco Polo heads for breaker’s yard

According to a report from this morning’s Rijecki Novi List newspapers, there is a serious possibility that ferry Marko Polo, which is still stranded in Kornati Archipelago, will head for breaker’s yard.

Privatisation of Hotels in Croatia

An article titled ‘ Hotels a hard sell in tourist magnet Croatia’ is about privatisation of some Croatian hotels. It was published today in International Business Times. Here is an excerpt:

Croatian wines the biggest discovery of this year’s competition

Croatian wines have thrilled the judges with their quality and they were proclaimed the hit of this year’s competition that was organized by the well-known UK magazine Decanter during which they won eight gold, five silver and 11 bronze medals, and also three wine varieties received recommendations. All the wine …

Cheap flights to Dubrovnik for 2010

Five low cost European airline companies have recently announced that they will introduce new direct flights to Dubrovnik in April and May next year.

Losinj – Island of Vitality – Film

At the 12th International TourFilm Festival, recently held in Split, the promotional film “Losinj – Island of vitality” , made by director Igor Modric of Irs Art Production, was announced as the best tourist film of the festival. The film was made in cooperation with Mali Losinj Tourist Board, and lasts just over 9 minutes. …

Dubrovnik featured in Evening Standard

A couple days ago, Dubrovnik was featured as vinatage port in London’s popular papers Evening Standard, where it

Boutique Croatia

In ‘In brief’ part of travel section of today’s Guardian.co.uk, among other brief news, there is also news about Holiday Options plans for 2010 – here is an excerpt:

Prize for Northern Velebit National Park

The Northern Velebit National Park has received the European Destination of Excellence 2009 award 🙂 Representatives of 22 European tourist towns and regions from as many countries have received the 2009 European Destination of Excellence (EDEN) awards. For this year’s awards, 20 EU Member States and Turkey and Croatia put several …

Ferry Marko Polo Stranded on the Island near Sibenik, Croatia

Ferry ‘Marko Polo’, which over the weekend, crashes into Croatian island of Sit is still stranded, despite the efforts of rescue team. The Jadrolinija’s ferry Marco Polo was on its regular route Rijeka – Split – Dubrovnik – Bari (Italy) when it ran aground on the island Sit (small island located …