You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Kids learn sports while you relax. During your family holiday, treat your children to a week of professional coaching at one of Valamar’s fun sports programs. Take your pick from a range of sports including sailing, basketball, mountain biking, handball, beach [...]
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Fort Revelin, Humanitarian concert, Dubrovnik symphony orchestra Rotary Club – Dubrovnik, 15 December, 8 pm. Marin Drzic Theatre, Ballet divertissement, Dance Studio Lazareti, 17 December 7.30 pm. Marin Drzic Theatre, Vanca Kljakovic The testament, Director: Ivan Leo Lemo, 18 - 19 December. Marin Drzic Theatre, Maestral vocal group & friends, 21 December 7.30 pm. Revelin Fort, Christmas gala concert, [...]
Monday, November 30, 2009
(1) Did you know that grape vine was brought to Istria by the old Greek and Phoenicians? As we have already mentioned in some posts on winery in Istria, favourable climate and soil have greatly contributed to cultivating grape vine, whereas the Histris started growing it and had with time perfected wine. We have also [...]
Thursday, November 26, 2009
First story: Until 1632, when four village parishes were founded, the area of Labin parish was considerably larger than today. The villages are: Skitaca, Sv. Lovrec, Sv. Martin and Sv. Nedjelja. Apart from the diminished area of jurisdiction, the Labin parish also had less income. Therefore, laments were directed towards the bishop and Venice mentioning [...]
Monday, November 16, 2009
Apart from the legends about the giants, there are also those about the fairies which are related to Istria. Such is the one about the building of the Arena in Pula. According to the legend, one night, the fairies had decided to build their own town, Divic town, and they carried the stones from U?ka [...]
Monday, November 9, 2009
(1) Did you know that there is a interesting connection between the tradition of the island of Krk and the number 7? For example, the 7th century, when Croats joined the Illyrian tribes of Liburnians and Japods, presents a real historical turning point. This is only one example for the significance of the number „seven“, [...]
Monday, November 2, 2009
´Argosies with portly sail, the pageants of the sea’. So Shakespeare describes them in The Merchant of Venice, those charasteristic chubby wooden freighter ships that plied the Mediterranean in their heyday of the 15th and 16th centuries. The word Argosy is derived directly from the word Ragusa. Used initially to describe the Ragusan carrack, the largest [...]
Monday, October 26, 2009
Romualdo from Ravena was an interesting persona. Sometime around the beginning of the last century, around 1000 A.D., he came to Istria and built a monastery of St. Mihovil near village Klostar in the vicinity of Lim bay. There were many tales about Romualdo among the people. When this former Benedictine arrived to Istria, he [...]
Monday, October 19, 2009
Today, the Rector’s Palace in Dubrovnik is the site of the Cultural - History Museum. However, as one of the most important public buildings in Dubrovnik, it used to be the administrative centre for the Republic of Dubrovnik and the Rector. The Rector had living quarters and an office in the Palace, and it was [...]
Monday, October 12, 2009
„The Dukes of Krk“, later known as the Frankopans, are one of the most prominent Croatian noble family in history, which played an important role from the 11th to 16th century in not only part of Croatia, but larger. One can certainly say about them that they were the only family from Croatian islands [...]
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
The Dubrovnik Stradun is the central street of the city of Dubrovnik and in itself a great tourist attraction. If you are to visit Dubrovnik and take a stroll down the famous Stradun, remember one thing – the surface you are walking on, the cobbled street surrounded by buildings’ façades on both sides was once [...]
Friday, October 2, 2009
Teran was once wide-spread and the most important variety of dark grapes in Istrian vineyards. The first description of teran was given by Istrian agronomist dean Petar Stankovic in 1825. There are various biotypes that differ according to the size and shape of grape and berry, compactness, stem colour, quality, ripening period… There are two [...]
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 [...]
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, 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 [...]
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/)
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, 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 – [...]
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 [...]
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…Kids learn sports while you relax. During your family holiday, treat your children to a week of professional coaching at one of Valamar’s fun sports programs. Take your pick from a range of sports including sailing, basketball, mountain biking, handball, beach volleyball, dancing and go-karting. While the kids enjoy learning new skills with professional players from the world of sport, parents can chill out with a host of special treats in Pore?.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012