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 [...]
Monday, October 6, 2008
(1) Did you know that the first hotel in Rabac was opened In June 1889? It was located in the house of the Viškovi? family near today’s atelier Orlando and was called Quarnero. A regular guest to the hotel, which then only had a few rooms and a bar on the ground floor, was the [...]
Monday, September 22, 2008
This year has rightly been voted the year of Marin Drzic, and we have already mentioned a few times the events that have been held in Dubrovnik as a part of these commemorations. The crown of the 500th anniversary of the birth of this great man from Dubrovnik occurred at the beginning of this month [...]
Monday, September 15, 2008
(1) Did you know that Romans, upon their arrival, found already developed town and implemented their buildings into the existing ones, keeping the old lay out. Today’s walls are mainly from the Middle Ages, and sections next to the Franciscan Monastery, castle and the coast date from the times of the times of Roman settlement. [...]
Monday, September 8, 2008
Valamar video channel has been on popular video service Youtube for more than half of a year, and there you can currently find 44 video clips. Most of the video materials relate to Valamar hotels, apartments and campsite, and we are presenting you today recent additions of destination videos of Porec, Dubrovnik, Rabac and Krk [...]
Monday, September 1, 2008
We have mentioned many Dubrovnik sites on this blog, and here are reminders to the link of some of them: The Rector’s Palace, Franciscan Monastery, Orlando’s pole, Sponza Palace, City walls, Fortress of Revelin, Stradun (Placa)…Today, it’s time to talk about the oldest monastery in Dubrovnik, the one of the Dominicans. This is an exceptionally [...]
Monday, August 25, 2008
We have written about Istrian food on several occasions. We mentioned some of the old good cuisine, Istrian soup with fuži (traditional pastry), and the king of gastronomy, his majesty white truffle, which is used in Istrian cooking in most various combinations. Today we will talk about fish. This post is dedicated to a simple [...]
Monday, August 18, 2008
A few words today about once frequent and important, but today nearly forgotten traffic route which was in function from 1902 to 1935. I am talking about Parenzana, one-rail railway connecting with Trieste over a series of stations, with Porec as a final station. The main purpose of this railway is to transfer agricultural goods [...]
Monday, August 11, 2008
Two weeks ago, we published a photo collage of Porec and Rabac, destinations in Istria where Valamar has the largest number of accommodation facilities. There are about 100 photos in Valamar photo gallery on popular flicr, and you can expect more refreshments soon. Today we are moving further south, to the always exciting Dubrovnik. We [...]
Monday, August 4, 2008
If you were asked a question on a game show “What tree is frequently mentioned in the Bible, works of ancient Egyptian civilization and Greek mythology?” the answer would be only one. It is olive of course, a tree celebrated in a title song of this post, a tree which has been a compulsory element [...]
Monday, July 28, 2008
New Porec and Rabac photo gallery on Valamar Flickr channel . Enjoy. Porec: Rabac:
Monday, July 21, 2008
Since 1953 till today, the amphitheatre in Pula turns each summer into and attractive film stage under the open sky. 55th Pula Film Festival opened this year on 19 July under the motto “Film under my skin”, and will last till 26 July. There used to be the times when cinema in the former state [...]
Monday, July 14, 2008
Light, simple, fresh, not too spicy, boiled, grilled, cooked under the embers – these are just a few of the first associations that go through a person’s mind when Dalmatian cooking is mentioned. Fresh fish, sea food, Swiss chard and cooked vegetables, tomatoes, prosciutto, olives – the series of associations goes on. It is very [...]
Monday, July 7, 2008
I don’t know about you, but I’m definitely not someone who enjoys watching pompous announcements about Hollywood hits, or listening to concerts by notorious stars in huge stadiums. They come, they do their hour like someone has forced them to, then they gather up their things and disappear using a form of transportation like a [...]
Monday, June 30, 2008
1. Enjoy the sounds of jazz, performed by top musicians from all over the world in an inspirational environment of Lapidarij in Porec. 2. Go inside the Baredine Cave near Porec, and experience the unusual world of subterranean animal species, and cool out hot summer days on pleasant 14 Cº. 3. Visit one of indigenous Istrian taverns [...]
Monday, June 23, 2008
Rozenice, mih, surle … for generations these native musical instruments offered the principle and only possibility for creative expression for numerous generations of Istrian boys. These hand made, unique items of priceless cultural, traditional, and above all else emotional value, are powerful symbols of identity of these parts. They enabled musical expression to be a [...]
Thursday, June 5, 2008
Valamar Hotels & Resorts, the leading Croatian tourist management company, is the first and currently only tourist company in Croatia who has made promotional films of all 38 facilities it manages along the Adriatic coast. The films of the Valamar facilities, which encompass 21 hotels, eight apartment settlements and nine camps in Porec, Rabac, Krk [...]
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
During weekend May 10-12 as many as 2.400 Austrian students (from Vienna and Graz) held a manifestation called „Spring Jam 2008“ for the second time in tourist settlement Laterna in Porec, this time under motto „Legendary at the seaside“. During that weekend it seemed if Laterna had turned into real party center in Porec- beautiful [...]
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
In order to mark the international holiday of May Day (03.04 – 03.05), the Hotel Rabac has organised a befitting sporting-recreational and fun-entertainment programme for all its guests. This will take place on Girandella beach. Visit us on Girandella beach! Not only will you be able to enjoy and unwind in these beautiful natural surroundings [...]
Thursday, April 17, 2008
Spring has arrived, and cyclists are slowly beginning to remove the cobwebs from their pedals. Here are three Porec trails that will definitely be of interest to those who love taking a ride on two wheels (via bike-istra). St. Mauro Trail (length 41 km). The start and finish point is Porec (Hospital). The height difference is [...]
Marketing Communication Manager at Riviera Poreč d.d.. 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…
Marketing and Public Relations Coordinator at Rabac d.d.. On Valamar blog, she writes about subjects related to Rabac, town she has private and business relations to, town where she acquired her first experiences related to tourism as a high-school girl.
Sales officer at Zlatni otok d.d.. Believe it or not, Duška was born the same day the Krk Bridge was open. As the first baby to cross the Krk Bridge, she has had an unbroken bond with her “golden island” Krk, where she is going to keep us posted from.
Marketing officer at company Babin Kuk d.d. Nike is from Dubrovnik, she speaks three languages, and she started her carrier at hospitality desk in Dubrovnik President Hotel. Naturally, on Valamar blog, she writes about things related to her town Dubrovnik. 
External Marketing Associate at Valamar, and the only male member of Valamar blog :). Tomislav has the longest seniority in the quintet, and the number of texts at Valamar blog he is responsible for, is slowly reaching 150...
Monday, October 13, 2008