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Archive | July, 2009

Dubrovnik Summer Festival time machine

Friday, July 31, 2009

Within the additional Dubrovnik Summer Festival programme, an exhibition of paintings by Davor Lucianovic called “Vremeplov” (time machine) will be opened at midnight on 31 July. This Dubrovnik painter’s exhibition project will be at your disposal at the Sponza Palace Atrium until 9 August, and the main theme will be a walk through history of [...]

More young people in the Politin naturist camping

Thursday, July 30, 2009

Politin Naturist Camping is located on the Prniba Peninsula in the vicinity of the town of Krk and, according to many, it is the most beautiful campsite in Croatia. The campsite has been operating since 1986, and through constant investment it has acquired faithful visitors who enjoy the magic and wealth of the campsite, as [...]

Labin Art Republic 2009

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Time passes so quickly! It is already the end of July and it is time for me to announce the Labin Art Republic events which will take place in August. Just to remind you, an art and entertainment manifestation Labin Art Republic (LAR) has been annually held in Labin during the summer since 2003, and [...]

Street Art Festival in Porec

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

The ghosts will stir up, the passers-by will have fun and the local people and the tourists will have a good laugh from 5 to 8 August on the streets and squares of the old town of Porec. It is, namely, the time when STREET ART will take place! Street Art Festival is an international festival [...]

International jet set in Dubrovnik

Friday, July 24, 2009

Clear sea, beautiful coast, the Mediterranean as it used to be, that is how the foreigners, who like to visit the Adriatic Sea, see Croatia. More and more internationally known jet-setters, business people and stars searching for peace and an ideal holiday have been choosing our country over the past years. Some of the most [...]

Top 5 cultural events at the Adriatic Sea you cannot miss this summer

Thursday, July 23, 2009

1. Motovun Film Festival, from 27 to 31 July 2009 - Enjoy the 65 projections and 5 concerts in a unique atmosphere of this medieval small town. The MFF is this year’s recommendation by The Observer, the oldest weekly magazine in the world. 2. 5th Losinj Jazz festival, from 31 July to 2 August 2009 – [...]

Feel the summer in Rabac and Labin

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

We invite you to spend a summer of fun in Rabac and Labin. Here are some of the musical treats that will take place there. There is something for everyone. GIRANDELLA OPEN DISCO We have prepared a disco out in the open which will be at your disposal every Thursday during July and August on an attractive [...]

Solaris carnival in Porec

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

The keys to the Solaris Naturist Resort will be taken over by people wearing masks on 1 August and the campsite will be full of dancing and fun for a whole week. The carnival traditionally takes place on the first Saturday in August and this the time when a large number of guests decides to [...]

Valamar Announces “Summer of Sports and Entertainment with Famous Olympic Contenders”

Friday, July 17, 2009

(Media press release) The Croatian hotelier Valamar announces “Summer of sport and entertainment with famous Olympic contenders” (http://www.valamar.com/TopsportWeek). The programme is organised in collaboration with some of the greatest Croatian sports legends such as Sanja Jovanovic, Franjo Arapovic, Vlado Sola, Domagoj Duvnjak, Slavko Goluza, Petra and Dario Kliba, Sebastian Vollak and other great athletes which [...]

The Wild League start off at the Valamar Lacroma Resort

Friday, July 17, 2009

The popular Wild League, the town of Dubrovnik amateur waterpolo competition, the most popular Dubrovnik and the biggest amateur sports competition in the world, started off Saturday 11 July at the Valamar Lacroma Resort Hotel. A popular Dubrovnik host set out to the ‘open waters’ and ‘conducted’ the Dubrovnik Beaches Waterpolo Championship Draw. The balls [...]

Croatian Hotelier Valamar Presents its Guests With Free Tickets to the Histria Festival Performances

Thursday, July 16, 2009

(Media press release) Valamar (http://www.valamar.com), the largest Croatian hotelier, has decided to offer free admission tickets for the concert by Elton John as well as the “Carmen & Bolero” and “Swan Lake” performances by the legendary Imperial Russian Ballet and the European Master Orchestra from Vienna which will take place in the ancient Roman Amphitheatre [...]

Valamar Hotels recognized by the Zoover users

Thursday, July 16, 2009

Three Valamar hotels: Valamar Bellevue in Rabac, Valamar Crystal in Porec and Argosy in Dubrovnik have received valuable acknowledgments for their service quality in 2009 which were awarded by the Zoover International website (zoover.com), the largest independent website in Europe with comments by the guests related to travels, tourist facilities and destinations. There are more [...]

Feel the summer in Rabac

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

The beautiful town of Rabac will welcome all swimming and sunbathing fans who want to relax on beautiful beaches, and those with a more sensitive tan will equally enjoy the summer days relaxing under the parasols. After swimming and sunbathing, relax at some of the places and events we introduce below. All those who love [...]

Mobile houses village in the Lanterna campsite

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Istrian village, a mobile house village at the Lanterna Campsite, first of its kind in Croatia, was opened on Friday, 3 July. The Istrian village includes twenty mobile houses which are adapted to suit the Istrian ambiance and horticulture (pomegranate, jujube, common medlar, lavender, rosemary, sage, olives, grape vine and other aromatic plants); ten of [...]

Valamar Camping Video

Monday, July 13, 2009

Camping in Croatia.Enjoy the unique atmosphere of the Mediterranean in one of our campsites. (http://www.camping-adriatic.com/)

53rd summer events in Krk

Friday, July 10, 2009

A traditional summer musical and stage manifestation, one of the oldest in our country, has been held since 1957. The Krk Summer Events programme includes opera, drama, oratory, ballet, concert performances (from early to modern music) and folklore put on stage by distinguished artists. The events will take place both in the open and closed [...]

60th Dubrovnik Summer Festival

Thursday, July 9, 2009

This year, the Dubrovnik Summer Festival, traditionally held from 10 July to 25 August, will once again gather more than 2000 artists from around the world who will put more than seventy drama, music, dance, visual arts and film programmes on stage at a dozen different locations. The Dubrovnik Summer Festival is the most important [...]

Night tour of the old town of Labin

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

I’m sure you already know that five kilometres from Rabac, a medieval small town of Labin, a town with rich history and cultural heritage found its place. Today, Labin is a town of galleries and artists who stay here and produce throughout the whole year. As I have already announced, the artistic and entertainment manifestation [...]

Franco Palma received a lifetime achievement award in tourism

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Mr Franco Palma, President of the Chairmanship and the Executive Board of the Croatian Association of Hoteliers and Restaurateurs and a member of the Tourist Business Council at the Croatian Chamber of Commerce, received a lifetime achievement award by the Croatian Tourist Board. He was honoured by the award which is an acknowledgment for a [...]

Lopud among 20 undiscovered island havens

Friday, July 3, 2009

Two Croatian islands – Lopud and Sv.Klement – have found a place on the list of 20 undiscovered islands of the world compiled by British magazine “The Observer” and published on www.guardian.co.uk. After the city hustle and bustle, many people want to spend at least a part of their vacation in a peaceful and stress-free environment [...]

  • Nives Matic - 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…

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  • Morena Golja - 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…

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  • Nike Labas - 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…

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  • Lorena Blazevic - 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…