The third in a row Porec history festival Giostra will take place from 11 to 13 September. Porec noble women and men dressed in ceremonial clothes, knights, jugglers, falconers, percussion players, lepers and other street entertainers will stroll along the town. There will be plenty of fun and dancing and the restaurants will prepare gastronomical [...]
Friday, August 28, 2009
Baredine Cave – near Porec, next to Nova Vas. The cave has five halls and there are underground lakes with the depth of up to 33 m located underneath the fourth hall. The temperature of the cave is 14 degrees throughout the whole year. Festinsko kraljevstvo Cave – near the village of Festini in the vicinity [...]
Thursday, August 27, 2009
What happens when people find out that listening to poetry can be cool, even fun? Pontes, an international literary festival which is enrichening the summer cultural scene of the island of Krk for the 14th summer in a row. This year it will take place from 22 to 27 August on various locations in Krk. Pontes [...]
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
I can’t believe August is coming to its end. It seems as if only yesterday the summer started, as well as the concerts, festivities, swimming, sunbathing, going out in the evening… Indian summer, to me the most beautiful time of year, is slowly approaching. We have prepared various events and exhibitions in the weeks to [...]
Monday, August 24, 2009
The town of Porec will host, and Valamar will sponsor, the international Porec Handball Cup, which will be held from 28 to 30 August in the town’s Zatika sports hall. Croatian champion RK CO Zagreb handball club led by the world’s best handball player Ivano Balic will participate in the tournament, as well as the [...]
Monday, August 24, 2009
The island of Krk sits on the intersection of culture, history, tourism, fun and entertainment. The town of Krk is a center of happening,especially in the summer months.(http://www.valamar.com/)
Friday, August 21, 2009
The 10th jubilee beauty contest “The Best Model of Croatia” will be held on 27 August at Stradun in Dubrovnik under Zvonik (Bell Tower) at 9 pm. Final preparations for the contest sponsored by Valamar are underway. All candidates, both men and women, are staying at the Valamar Lacroma Resort Hotel where they are preparing for [...]
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
A genuine house music treat, the opA opA party, was organized for the first time on 17 July at the Girandella swimming pool. A thousand of dancing visitors and house music fans enjoyed the music played by Price Igor, Danny O’Cean, Mr. Marley and others. There were also people present who enjoyed not only the [...]
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
This year in July and August we have organized VALAMAR TOP SPORT WEEKS at the sports hotels in Porec. They are intended for children who are beginners and who will have the opportunity of learning the basic skills and elements of handball, basketball, volleyball, go-karting and sailing. Weeks of handball, basketball, go-karting and volleyball were [...]
Monday, August 17, 2009
Lanterna beach, Rabac - a stone and pebble beach, with plateaus which have been tended to and a wide range of water sports. Poljana beach, Mali Losinj – a combination of pebble, stone and concrete plateaus surrounded by pine trees makes it an ideal place for both children and adults. Livacina beach, Lopar, Rab – a sand [...]
Thursday, August 13, 2009
The people of Krk have the oldest sailing club on the Adriatic Sea, which was founded by a passionate sailor professor Caponi back in 1876 and named “Plav”. This club, thanks to its dedication and love towards the sea, is responsible for the organization of the old sailing boats regatta called “Kr?ka jedra” (Krk Sails). [...]
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Ferragosto party is now traditionally held on 15 August on the spacious Plaza bistro terrace (the popular Grill) at Girandella. The guests and visitors will have the opportunity to enjoy the whole-day animation programme from which we single out jogging, aqua aerobics, aqua fun, school of swimming, mini club and beach volleyball. There will be [...]
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
According to common belief, there is an adventurer in all of us, a person looking for something different. A camp is an ideal place for adventurers regardless of the gender or age! It is a unique experience to be a part of the camping community, on your parcel in the camp, completely free. It is [...]
Friday, August 7, 2009
After a success of the handball camp with a well-known Croatian national team player Domagoj Duvnjak, a swimming camp led by a top Croatian athlete Mihovil Spanja will be held in Dubrovnik from 16 to 23 August. Just like the previous one, this camp will also take place on the outer area of the Valamar Club [...]
Thursday, August 6, 2009
The Krk Fair is not just an attractive spectacle. It is not a distraction for the participants and the local people or only a segment of the tourist offer. It is a window into the dark Middle Ages in which the Frankopans, the last Krk counts, disappeared. This majestic event, which is nothing like a [...]
Wednesday, August 5, 2009
August (or according to the Istrian dialect “Angost”) has arrived. A gastronomic manifestation we have already mentioned is being held in August and September, so let me remind you. “What our grandmothers cooked” (“Ca su kuhale nase noni”) is a gastronomic manifestation during which you will be able to enjoy the traditional cooking and specialties of [...]
Tuesday, August 4, 2009
The Istrian tavern at the Valamara Club Tamaris, with 90 seats in its inner part and 120 seats on the terrace, is indented for Istrian cooking fans. The Istrian tavern offers Istrian wine, cheese and olive oil tasting. In addition to an excellent waiter who will tell you everything you want to know about a [...]
Monday, August 3, 2009
(Press release) A new website for naturism fans, “Naturism on the Adriatic” (Cro. “Naturizam na Jadranu”) was launched in Croatia. Local tourist destinations and facilities are presented at the www.naturism-adriatic.com website in Croatian, English, Italian, German and Slovenian languages. The project has so far been supported by the Valamar tourist group and “Camping on the [...]
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…
Monday, August 31, 2009