PapaJo

two weeks is plenty of time  in my opinion you can manage to see all of these places and islands

there are some nice bays and islets on hvar and korcula, mljet is national park, lastovo is nice too…

dubrovnik, split and trogir shoud be included too.

if you like waterfalls – include krka waterfalls (very romantic)

see here: https://www.find-croatia.com/krka/

The ferry Marco Polo that ran aground on Sit Island on 24 October has been trapped in the same place for the last two weeks, and its future is doubtful.

According to experts, the ship has suffered enormous damage.

The daily “Novi list” has reported that the only sail the ship will have is one to the scrap yard, to which “ships go to die.”

According to the daily, the 36-year old ferry is insured for four million US dollars and its low-budget re-floating will probably cost one million US dollars.

Even experts from Smit Salvage Company in Rotterdam have come to Croatia to help their Croatian colleagues analyse how best to re-float the ferry.

It seems the re-floating price, including the purchase of special equipment, is the main problem.

On the other hand, ferry owner Jadrolinija head Slavko Loncar said yesterday (Sun) the ship would not be scrapped and its final status would be known only on 17 November.

But, the grounded ferry is not the only problem. Eighteen private cars are also trapped in the ferry, and their owners do not know when they will get them back.

Meanwhile, Marco Polo is being publicised as a tourist attraction because it is rare to see a ship “parked” on the island.
Croatian Times http://www.croatiantimes.com

The re-floating of ferry Marco Polo should start on wednesday, all necessary preparations are done including the purchase of special equipment for ship re-floating. Experts from Rotterdam are making last analysis of how best to re-float ferry.

Crisis-hit Croatia steps up tourist promotion

ZAGREB (AFP) ? Croatia launched a drive Tuesday to promote itself as a summer tourist destination in the hope of minimising losses in the crucial sector caused by the global economic crisis.

“The Internet will be the main instrument to communicate the action which is starting today,” the head of the national tourist board, Niko Bulic, told journalists.

The campaign, presented on the website http://www.welcometocroatia.com.hr, is aimed at encouraging people to discuss the Adriatic country’s tourist destinations through social networking.

But data showed a decline in visitors to the former Yugoslav republic despite the government having tripled its promotion expenditure to 28 million euros (39 million dollars), Tourism Minister Damir Bajs said.

During the first five months of this year, a total of 1.8 million people visited Croatia, mainly its island-dotted coastline. This represented a fall of nine percent compared with 2008.

Over the same period, the country had 5.7 million overnight stays, an eight percent decrease compared with last year.

Bajs stressed that according to national statistics, Croatia’s main European competitors — Italy, Greece and Spain — registered even larger losses during the first four months of the year.

“Our main goal for this season is to be equal or better than our competition,” he said, stressing that so-called last-minute bookings would be decisive.

Last year, the country of 4.4 million inhabitants attracted more than 11 million tourists, representing a one percent gain on the year before. The tourism industry accounts for around 20 percent of Croatia’s gross domestic product.

More Croatia Tourism News : Istria satisfied, Dalmatia concerned

More attention is being paid this year to everything related to the tourist season than in the past.

Pentecost seems to be an important indicator for the coming tourist season and it looks like resorts in Istria and Kvarner will be filling up as for Easter and May 1, but not Dalamatia.

Istria has registered around 100,000 bookings for Whitsuntide, but the main season is still an uncertainty as many holiday makers are booking late and last minute.

Heat wave To Continue

Unseasonably hot weather is continuing across Croatia.

Some 28 degrees had been recorded in the coastal city of Dubrovnik at 8 a.m. on Tuesday.

Citizens are warned to take care and act in line with orders.

The emergency health services have been called 294 times in the Osijek and Baranja county over the past 24 hours and intervened on the sport some 81 times and 169 checks were made at emergency wards

Ancona to Split winter timetable is here:

https://www.find-croatia.com/ferries-croatia/

valid until end of may 2009

Current winter timetable from Bari to Dubrovnik is here:
https://www.find-croatia.com/ferries-croatia/

we are trying to travel from Dubrovnik Airport to Drvenik – where we are getting a ferry to Hvar. Does anyone know if there’s a direct bus? Or do we have to get a bus to Makarska and get a taxi from there?

Every bus tat goes to Makarska from Dubrovnik stops in Drvenik. Take bus from airport to town and take any bus towards Split/ Zadar / Rijeka and get off in Drvenik.

I am going with interrail this summer, and is wondering if it i possible to get from Split to Ploce by ferry or bus to continue with train from there?

Take bus from Split to Ploce, journey lasts just under 2 hrs. It is easy as there are lot of buses, you will have no problems. No ferry between Split and Ploce 

Lopar is supposed to be open by July 2008.

Can you please tell me if there is a passenger ferry between Dubrovnik and Vis?

No. You have to go to Split to go to Vis.

We heard the beaches were nicer down in the central and southern regions, but you can’t always believe everything people tell you. 

It is simply not true. Beaches are similar, rock and pebble, not lot of sandy ones. The only difference is that south of Adriatic is always warmer for few degrees than north Adriatic thats why I like south more but Krk, Rab, Losinj, Cres , Pag are all interesting islands.

Hello, Me and my girlfriend are planning a monthly vocation in Croatia.
We have booked a flight to Vienna in the end of June.
What would be the cheapest way to get from Vienna to Zagreb?
We are students, low-budget, so we are thinking about train or bus. We would be very thankful if anybody could help with information.

Take bus, that’s cheapest and goes often. Trains are only 2 times a day.

Rome to Split:
I would like to know departure times of ferry and arrivals in Split and cost per person it is for 2 adults Thank you

No ferries from Rome to Split. Take bus from Rome to Ancona and take ferry from Ancona to Split. Ferries from Ancona to Split are listed here:
https://www.find-croatia.com/ferries-croatia/

I’ve purchased flight tickets that I’m not going to use now.  I’m happy to transfer these flights to someone who might want to travel with German Wings Zagreb-Dortmund and / or Easy Jet Dortmund-Edinburgh on Wed 23rd April.  The cost is fairly minimal.

Drop me a note if you want them and I’ll do the rest.

This is good way to reach Zagreb cheaper. WizzAir is killing with prices from London.

We would like to travel from Venice to Porec.
Does anyone know the best way to get there?
We are also planning on going from there to Plitvice Lakes.
Does anyone know the best way to get there?

Take bus from Venice to Porec. Also, take bus from Porec to Rijeka and then change for Plitvice. It is not complicated..

Is there a bus from Orebic to Trpanj and from Orebic to Prapratno?

Yes, there are buses from Orebic to Trpanj – they run 3-4 times a day , depending of ferries arrival and departure to and from Ploce.

To reach  Prapatno by bus, take any bus that goes to Dubrovnik and get off on crossroads to Prapatno.

Or can you go straight from Orebic to Ploce?

No straight connection is available. You would need to change buses at Doli (Jadranska Magistrala)

The easiest way to go to Ploce from Orebic is to take bus and then take ferry.

I need advice on where to disembark if I travel by ferry from Split to (Zadar??) Rijeka. I wish to disembark at the best point in order to visit Plitvice.
Advice on ferries & busses if any?

Daan

Hello Daan – i would suggest you to take bus from Split to Plitvice.
You don’t need to travel towards Rijeka for that.

Try Rijeka bus terminal, they might have some overnight buses to Venice. Pula  – maybe.

Yes, Kuna or Euro – no problem…

Dear all, which are the best beaches in Istria?
How can I reach them? there is a site with beaches maps?

Check this site : croatia-beaches.com they listed various beaches around Istria.

Istria.hr is good site.

Of course people will let you stay, John!

Look here, what happened in my garden last summer :
https://www.korculainfo.com/blog/index.php/more-lodgers-at-our-house-scouts-from-belgium/

😮  😮  😮 WOW!

looks like wild camping to me  :

Amazon sells universal travel plugs, this is photo:

Croatian Tourist office runs database of forthcomming events in Croatia.
Check it here http://www.croatia.hr/English/Dogadjanja/DogadjanjaPretrazivanjeRezultati.aspx?idDestination=1&mode=upcoming

Ajmeeee he looks like tiger 

For clubbing try Carpe Diem at Island Hvar  http://www.carpe-diem-hvar.com/
Beaches are also good at Hvar

Thanks  Now I’m not sure where  to go  all places looks wonderful  :

Uuuuups, I was about to add Pula on the list to confuse you even more 

Is it possible to visit Krka Waterfalls and national park from Split on day trip? Is it too far? What is nearest place to waterfalls?

No, it’s not tooooo far from Split, but hard to do everything in one day. Skradin is nearest place to waterfalls see on map here: http://www.npkrka.hr/html_en/karta/karta_en.htm

The nearest largest town is Sibenik.

??? here is their site http://www.das-goldene-stadttor.de/ nothing there either
but found nice videos about houston here http://www.visithoustontexas.com/media/videos/interface.html
they also won award

If you like clubbing, check Mochvara club
http://www.mochvara.hr
Cool place