Are you dreaming of travelling to far away countries or you’d like to get close to the amazing universe hidden in the sky and enjoy its beauty? You will get answers to those questions and many others at the Astronomy Centre in Rijeka. The centre is located on a hill above the town of Rijeka and [...]
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Although Valentine’s Day is officially over and I probably should have written about the following topic earlier, it really makes no difference, lovers should celebrate their love every day, not only on 14 February! Did you know that there is an island of love in Croatia and that it is in the shape of a [...]
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Mare Hadriaticum is the ancient Latin name for the Adriatic Sea, and it probably originates from the name of the former harbour in the Etruscan colony Adria (Hadria). Today, the Adriatic Sea covers the area between the Balkan and Apennine Peninsula. The furthest southern point is Prevlaka, while the furthest western point is Savudrija and [...]
Thursday, February 18, 2010
If you decide to spend a weekend in the beautiful town of Rijeka, don’t miss the opportunity and visit Trsat. Walking along the picturesque centre of Trsat towards the west, you will reach the Trsat Fort, which was once a Franciscan castle. You will discover a beautiful view of the Kvarner Bay spreading from the [...]
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
I recommend that you spend your time in the magical land of Istria by visiting the aquariums in Pula, Porec and Umag. The aquarium in Pula is located in the 123 year-old Austro-Hungarian fortress Verudela. The exhibition is held in 50 swimming pools on the ground floor, in a trench and on the first floor of [...]
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Istra Terra Magica – the magical land of Istria is a peninsula which was formed as a result of two mainland territories colliding way back in the ancient times. Nowadays, the western Istrian landscape consists of plains; the centre of the peninsula is covered with numerous hills and the eastern part of it is known [...]
Monday, February 15, 2010
The carnival festivities which had arrived to Dubrovnik from Italy were banned by the church for some time in the past because they were considered to be “distorted” and “obscene”, but they were held and the tradition was kept until today in spite of that. The Town of Dubrovnik Tourist Board and the town of Dubrovnik [...]
Friday, February 12, 2010
Glagolitic alphabet is a Slavic script made from medieval cursive Greek small alphabet in about mid 11th ct. The author of the Glagolitic alphabet is mostly considered to be St. Cyril, who used this script for his translation of church books into the Old Slavic language. The story of the Baška tablet begins during the [...]
Thursday, February 11, 2010
The centre of sports events in Porec these days is hotel Valamar Diamant. An indoor football team from Russia, the handball national team from Katar and handball players from Serbia and Croatia spent the last days of January training at the hotel sports hall, preparing for the matches ahead. Cyclists train in Valamar Diamant as well; [...]
Tuesday, February 9, 2010
The Valamar Sanfior Hotel in Rabac is the winner of the acknowledgment for first class service in 2009, awarded by the Czech tour operator Vitkovice tours. The award was presented at the Holiday World 2010 tourism fair held in Prague on 4 February 2010. The first class service awards for the best Adriatic hotels are [...]
Friday, February 5, 2010
The Dubrovnik Summer Festival traditionally concluded one festival season and announced another, starting with St. Vlaho’s Festivity. A multimedia monograph (DVD) dedicated to the 60th anniversary of the Summer Festival was presented on 31 January in the Revelin Fort. The framework which consisted of large orchestras at the beginning and the end of the Festival was [...]
Friday, February 5, 2010
The art cinema in Rijeka was established by the Town of Rijeka on 18 December 2008 in the hall of the cinema Croatia which was closed after the first multiplex cinemas sprung up in Rijeka. Although it is only one year old, this cinema is already a cultural institution which provided Rijeka and its citizens [...]
Friday, February 5, 2010
The celebration of Valentine’s Day dates way back into the past, to the ancient Roman times. Christianity was a young religion then and Claudius II was the emperor. The Emperor forbade the soldiers to get married or engaged to prevent them from staying at home rather than going off to war. However, Valentine, a priest [...]
Thursday, February 4, 2010
Dance with the well-known international Latin dance champions Alice Guschelbauer and Balázs Ekker, stars of the Austrian TV show “Dancing with the stars”. This summer, this attractive dance couple will dance with the guests of the Porec hotels Valamar Club Tamaris and Valamar Diamant, as well as Rabac Valamar Bellevue Hotel & Residence. Choose a four-day [...]
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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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…
Friday, February 26, 2010