During these warm autumn days the hotels in Porec will welcome more than three thousand Austrian pensioners. From 19 September to 17 October the hotels in Brulo – Valamar Rubin, Valamar Crystal and Valamar Diamant, as well as Valamar Luna Active Resort in Borik and Valamar Club Tamaris in Lanterna, will welcome the guests arriving [...]
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Rabac d.d. is a company which offers the possibility of organizing congresses, business meetings, gala lunches and dinners, weddings, proms, graduation celebrations, birthdays and other special events according to one’s wishes. Do you want the celebration you are sharing with your guests and friends to become a night to remember? The choice of food is one [...]
Monday, September 28, 2009
Orlando’s pole is placed in the centre of geometry of the city of Dubrovnik, and the fact that for four centuries there fluttered a state flag of the free Republic of Dubrovnik makes it the most important symbol of Dubrovnik’s independence and freedom. The flag of the free Republic of Dubrovnik was white with letters [...]
Friday, September 25, 2009
With the goal of promoting cultural events and giving a 50% discount at the same time, the town of Dubrovnik has introduced a new tourist product – a tourist card. Every major European town has a tourist card as a part of its offer which makes things easier for the tourists while they are staying [...]
Thursday, September 24, 2009
Wine has always had a special place in a man’s life and pleasure and medicine have often been related to it. In fact, there isn’t any other farming culture which has intrigued man more than vine. Wine is nowadays mostly admired by its creators who are “to be blamed” for the wine culture which [...]
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Its majesty the truffle has its own celebration on special days, and it definitely deserves it. This year it will be celebrated from 4 October to 8 November during the 16th Truffles Festival. Its particular taste presents a genuine fantasy for gourmets. It is said that a person either likes truffles or not, and I, [...]
Tuesday, September 22, 2009
Croatian Association of Opticians and Optometrists will be the host to the optician instruments and equipment fair at the Valamar Diamant Hotel sports hall from 24 to 27 September. A large number of exhibitors from Croatia, Slovenia, Poland and the Czech Republic is expected, as it was the case during over the past years. This [...]
Monday, September 21, 2009
Frankopan Castle is located on Kamplin Square in the town of Krk. Nowadays, it is a building that hosts cultural events, but throughout history it played an important role in the defense of the town. The Frankopans’ built it over a number of centuries and generations, who were a noble family from Krk. Frankopan Castle is [...]
Friday, September 18, 2009
The combination of favorable soil, climate and natural symbiosis with other plants in this area created ideal conditions for the growth of truffles. In Istria, fresh truffles can be eaten the whole year around. The white truffle (Tuber aestivum) season lasts from September to January after which the season of black truffle starts (Tuber borchii). The [...]
Friday, September 18, 2009
Although autumn still hasn’t arrived, the congressional season in the newly opened Valamar Lacroma Resort Hotel has already begun. The upcoming season was opened by a congress of dentists which attracted around three hundred participants from 42 countries. After the dentists, the largest Dubrovnik congress and spa hotel will host the 39th yearly congress of [...]
Thursday, September 17, 2009
In order to walk into autumn in as good physical shape as during the summer, we invite you to join our walking tour around the island of Krk on 19 September. Our goal is to welcome more people in the countryside on that day, to develop the awareness of the need of ecological environmental protection, but [...]
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
September days are like made for recreational bicycle rides along the arranged cycling paths. On the last September weekend, from 25 until 27 September, bicyclists will be able to ride their bikes organized, recreationally or to try their chances in a race “Istra MTB Tartufi Tour”. Host towns for the races are: Funtana, Tar and [...]
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
What can be better than the (un)planned holiday? I invite you to Rabac, the pearl of the Kvarner Bay, to see its beauties for yourself. We have prepared special autumn offers for you. In our offer “More than a vacation” a lunch is being included in the price of the half-board. Simply enjoy yourself while swimming in [...]
Friday, September 11, 2009
Dubrovnik once again had the opportunity to have the great British actor, Sir Roger Moore as its guest. The most famous of James Bonds and UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador, accompanied by his wife and daughter, arrived on 3 September to Valamar Lacroma Resort, his residence during his stay in Dubrovnik. They returned to Dubrovnik for the “Julian [...]
Thursday, September 10, 2009
In order to turn the newly initiated sporting event into a Krk tradition, this year again, on 13 September to be exact, the second “Bodul Bike” will be held, a cycling event which will take place on the promenades around the town of Krk. The cycling is recreational, intended for people who like being active, [...]
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Although August is behind us, summer in Rabac still isn’t over. Neither according to the calendar nor regarding the weather. It is nice and warm; you can still go for a swim and then for a walk, or ride a bicycle, play tennis or enjoy the numerous interesting manifestations out of which I single out [...]
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Every year at the same time, 27 years in a row, artists of the Riviera Painting Colony meet at St. Nikola Island. They do what they know best here - they paint and, by doing that, they join the artistic group which has been coming to Porec as a guest of the Riviera Painting Colony [...]
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Figs, alongside olives and vine, are part of the Mediterranean trinity and, in terms of symbolism, they are definitely the most interesting part. There are only a few plants with so many legends related to them. The old Greek prescribed the figs strength and power due which they were served as food, whether dried or [...]
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
(Press release) A grand opening of Valamar Lacroma Resort****, the biggest congress and spa hotel under Srd Mountain, took place last night in Dubrovnik. A symbolic opening of this modern hotel at Babin kuk was marked with the appearances of Luka Bebic, Croatian Parliament President and Jadranka Kosor, Prime Minister, accompanied by ministers Damir Bajs, Radovan [...]
Wednesday, September 2, 2009
Modern day dynamics, upspeed work tempo, small amount of time just for you, constantly staring at the computer and typing. If you recognize yourself in this description (and many probably have), we have the perfect solution for you. Resting and relaxing in the new Valamar Sanfior Hotel wellness centre will surely help you overcome this [...]
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…
Wednesday, September 30, 2009