The camps Lanterna and Solaris in Porec, under the management of the company Valamar Hotels & Resorts, are the holders of the highest grade (8.6) among all the camps in Croatia in a new camping guide of the Dutch auto-club ANWB for 2008, presented at the recently held camping fair in Dutch Utrecht. Besides [...]
Friday, January 25, 2008
The second part of the promotional tourist film which presents parts of Istria, Dalmatia and inland of Croatia. The film was made in the production of “4 Film” studio for Croatian National Tourist Board.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
The town of artists. That is the name this small, tame town erected on one of the picturesque hills of the north-east Istria carries with good reason. To illustrate the fact that Grožnjan is beloved among artists, and as if made for cultural events, it suffices to say that in that small area as much [...]
Monday, January 21, 2008
We have already written about wine varieties from our destinations, especially of Istrian Malvasia, and our presentation agenda for today is a variety from the island of Krk, where there are two of our camps (Ježevac and Politin) and a hotel (Koralj). It is a well-known variety from the island of Krk, zlahtina, of course. This [...]
Saturday, January 19, 2008
For the next month we have chosen three special offers: 1. Valentine`s Day in Porec - This package includes: overnight in double rooms, daily rich buffet breakfast and dinner, early check in (10 am), late check out, 1 x breakfast served in your room, the amorous ball - romantic dinner in the lobby bar with candlelight [...]
Thursday, January 17, 2008
A short time timeline of a long and turbulent history of the city of Porec 2nd. century BC - Roman castrum was built in a small peninsula (400 m long, 200 m wide), on which the historic centre is still situated. 1st. century - Emperor Augustus’s Empire; castrum is officially proclaimed the city and it is included [...]
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
In travel guides to Dubrovnik, printed or online ones, it is very common to find one sentence said by the legendary Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw. He was so delighted by Dubrovnik that ones during his stay in Dubrovnik in 1929 he said: “Those who seek paradise on Earth should come to Dubrovnik and see [...]
Saturday, January 12, 2008
New Valamar videos on Youtube: Dubrovnik President Hotel**** Valamar Club Dubrovnik***
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
We have already written about the gastronomy king, truffle, and today we present you a few notes about one traditional Istrian recepy, irresistible connection of simplicity and high-quality gastronomy. It is the combination of Istrian truffle and fuzi, home-made pasta. Almost every caterer will confirm that in this connection truffle (especially the white one) is [...]
Monday, January 7, 2008
500 years have passed since Marin Drzic was born in Dubrovnik. He was one of the greatest Croatian Renaissance writers, a man who showed culmination of his artistic creation in two of his comedies: Dundo Maroje (Uncle Maroje) and Skup (Miser), the works that even today, after half of the millennium, are still increasingly important. Besides [...]
Friday, January 4, 2008
Christmas and New Year’s holiday are behinds us, it is time for a new start. If you are one of those who need recharging recovery and relaxation, you might be interested in some of these chosen offers. For this week we have chosen three: 1. “Wellness Relaxation”, Valamar Diamant Hotel - This package includes: Accommodation in air [...]
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
We have added 9 new photographs (Porec) on the Valamar channel on flickr.
Marketing Specialist in Riviera Poreč Inc. Poreč is Nives’s birthplace, and she has longtime experience in tourism. She has been working at Riviera since 1996, and she writes about events and curiosities of her home town on Valamar blog…
Associate in Marketing in Rabac Inc. On Valamar blog, she writes about subjects related to Rabac, the town she has private and business relations already 25 years. She graduated from the Faculty of Economics in Rijeka and fluently speaks three foreign languages…
Marketing officer at company Dubrovnik-Babin kuk Inc. Nike is from Dubrovnik, she speaks three languages, and she started her carrier at hospitality desk in Valamar Dubrovnik President Hotel. Naturally, on Valamar blog, she writes about things related to her town Dubrovnik…
Lorena, a sales and marketing officer at Zlatni otok Inc., was born in a small town of Smokvica near Novi Vinodolski and she is 27. With this blog, she will regularly inform us about interesting things and events on the “golden island” (zlatni otok) of Krk…
Tuesday, January 29, 2008