In the first text about the famous citizens of Dubrovnik the main role was given to Ivan Gundulic, and in the today’s post we will refer to the person and work of the great scientist – mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, physicist, philosopher and Jesuit from Dubrovnik Ruder Boskovic. 1711 In the family of Pava Bettera and Nikola [...]
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
- Press release (Zagreb 26th November 2007) - Valamar handed out awards for excellence to its best employees and teams of employees who, through their efforts, have made an exceptional contribution to the results gained during this year’s season. In previous years, these awards have been handed out in Porec and Rabac, but this [...]
Monday, November 26, 2007
The list of competition prize winners of guests who participated by filling out questionnaires during their stay in 2007 in one of the Valamar facilities. We thank all our guests for their cooperation in filling out the questionnaires. The information provided is very valuable to us and we hope that even as soon as 2008, you will [...]
Friday, November 23, 2007
The acclaimed Dubrovnik writer Ivan Gundulic, author of the famous play Dubravka, epic Osman and long poem Suze sina razmetnoga (The tears of the prodigal son), was born in Dubrovnik in 1589. We bring here his biography in brief, from the book “Volite li Dubrovnik?” (“Dubrovnik revisited”) by the famous literature historian Slobodan Prosperov [...]
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
We have added 9 new photos of Dubrovnik on the Valamar channel on flickr. Popularity: 20% [?]
Monday, November 19, 2007
Valamar Diamant and Neptun have won the prestige awards that are, based on the guest satisfaction survey presented by the biggest British tour operator Thomson Holidays. On the recently held London Tourism Fair WTM (World Travel Market) the best hotel in Porec, Valamar Diamant was awarded the Thomson Golden medal 2007 as the „best summer [...]
Friday, November 16, 2007
“The smallest town in the world”. This is a very famous sentence that is often associated with Hum, a small and tame town in the heart of Green Istria. The town of Hum, in traffic terms from the direction of Western Istria “accessible” via roads from the direction of Pazin and Buzet, and from the [...]
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
We have added 9 new photographs (Rabac) on the Valamar channel on flickr photo sharing. Popularity: 29% [?]
Monday, November 12, 2007
The Dubrovnik Sponza Palace ist the oldest multimedia building in Dubrovnik. It was built in 1520, and since it had been mainly used as customs office, it was named Divona. Valuation office, storage house, and the mint were situated on the ground floor, and on the first floor conference room and literary academy. Before the [...]
Thursday, November 8, 2007
We’d like invite you to the New Year’s Eve celebration in Dubrovnik that will be held outdoors in the hotel complex Dubrovnik - Babin kuk. The main performers who will bid farewell to the Old Year and welcome the New 2008 Year are the band Raspashow and Luka Nizetic, who will perform on the central roofed [...]
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
(In this post we convey the press release related to HACCP certificates.) This autumn, five Valamar hotels have been awarded the HACCP certificates for quality and regular management for safety of food products, whereas three more, that had been awarded this certificate last year, have successfully fulfilled the criteria of this year’s inspection. This year’s laureates [...]
Friday, November 2, 2007
Collage of music-and-stage events with the best Dubrovnik cultural and artistic societies, vocal groups and ensembles taking part, at the exquisite Marin Držic Theatre, on Tuesdays at 6.00 pm. 06.11.2007. - LAPAD VOCAL GROUP, RAGVSEVM RENAISSANCE ASSOCIATION, Guitar: ANTUN TOTO RILOVIC, Mandolin: BORIS BLAŠKOVIC 13.11.2007. - DUBROVNIK CHAMBER TRIO, LINÐO FOLKLORE ENSEMBLE, FOLK SINGERS 20.11.2007. - RAGACA [...]
Friday, November 30, 2007