Croatia Travel Blog

The First Croatian Festival of Recreational Cyclists – Koprivnica

The city of Koprivnica, located in the northwest of Croatia, near the border with Hungary, will this mid June see the first Croatian Festival of Recreational Cyclists. During the two day festival, organized by the Croatian Association of Recreational Sports and the Koprivnica-based Biciklin Oldtimer Club, several thousand visitors are …

Green Travel Insurance – Saving the planet doesn’t have to cost the earth!

Major UK insurers and pioneering carbon reduction company Climate Care launch Climatesure – the UK’s first green personal travel insurance brand with no price premiums added for being eco-friendly. Despite recent publicity around climate change, a new report released today reveals that the British public is still unsure about how …

The wine resources of Croatia – the homeland of Zinfandel

The new multimedia flash CD ROM ” The Wine Resources of Croatia” has released. The aim of this multimedia CD presentation is to give information to wine enthusiasts, tourists and occasional passer-by’s and spread the knowledge about the ancient viticultural tradition of Croatia. Special emphasis has been placed on certain …

Dubrovnik Airline Purchases Five Jets

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) – Croatia’s new charter operator Dubrovnik Airline is completing its purchase of five MD-82/83 jets from an Indonesian leasing firm ahead of the main tourist season on the Adriatic coast, company officials said on Saturday. General Manager Zeno Singer said the company – which focuses on flying …

Croatia’s Tourism Has Great Potential – Austrian Minister

Croatia has great potential in tourism, Austrian Economy and Labour Minister Martin Bartenstein told a news briefing in Vienna on Tuesday at the end of a two-day conference on tourism. The conference, called “Tourism and Culture – A Key to Development and Employment in Europe”, pooled tourism ministers from European …

Gay Croatia: Same-sex partnership bill faces uphill battle in Croatia

19.03.06: Croatian ruling party lawmakers in Zagreb on Friday criticized an opposition draft bill proposing that gay couples be entitled to register their partnerships, insisting that same-sex relations are against God and nature. The heated debate, during which several lawmakers made hostile comments about gays, indicated that the bill, drafted …

Rijeka-Zagreb motorway upgrade

The European Investment Bank is lending EUR 210 million to Autocesta Rijeka-Zagreb d.d. (ARZ), to upgrade into full motorway standard a 44 km section of the highway, between Stara Susica and Kikovica. The 146km long motorway between the main port of Rijeka on the Adriatic coast and the capital Zagreb …

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Dubrovnik – The Third Most Romantic City in the World

Sherman’s Travel Lee, the leading American advertiser specialised in tourist travel, has named Dubrovnik the third most romantic city in the world. The Internet pages of this advertiser, visited every week by over 3 million web surfers, listed the top ten romantic destinations across the globe. Ahead of Dubrovnik on …

easyJet announces 10 new routes / five new cities – Split added from London Gatwick

10.03.06 easyJet, Europe’s leading low-fares airline, announced the introduction of 10 more routes for this summer, including the addition of five new cities. Following last week’s announcement of flights to Rijeka in Croatia, easyJet today announces the start of services to Split, Croatia’s second largest city, from London Gatwick. Bristol …

Easy Jet adds new route to Rijeka Croatia

05.03.06 Another first as new markets beckon for easyJet : easyJet, Europe’s leading low-fares airline, today announced an expansion into three new markets – all outside the EU. From this summer, easyJet will be taking its familiar brand and famously low-fares to new customers in the bustling cities of Marrakech, …