All author texts: Tomislav Kovac
Blue Flag is an international exclusive voluntary eco-label for beaches and marinas, which was introduced in Europe in 1987.
This prestigious award is presented to beaches which fulfil the strict criteria dealing with water quality, preservation of the coast, facilities and level of service offered to bathers, and so forth.
We bring you here the list of [...]
The town of Dubrovnik and its patron, Saint Blaise, have been connected spiritually and historically for centuries, and here comes the story on why the citizens of Dubrovnik chose Saint Blaise to be their patron.
It all happened in 972, when Venetians tried to trick the citizens of Dubrovnik on their way to Levant, pretending to [...]
Within human resources development programme, to which big attention is paid in Valamar tourist group, numerous trainings for employees were held during the first few months of this year and they have still being held, ranging from various courses and seminars to practical workshops. More than 1000 employees have undergone training in Valamar in the [...]
1. Tour the Dubrovnik city ramparts and enjoy unmatched vistas of the old town and sorounding sea.
2. See the Rector´s Palace, from where the ruling oligarchy governed the republic for almost 500 years.
3. Dine on today´s catch, freshly grilled, with a view of the old port at Lokanda Peskarija.
4. Meet the mariners and see the [...]
1. Explore the interior of the Biserujka cavern in Rudine on the island of Krk.
2. Visit the islet of Kosljun on which Franciscan Monastery is situated, where monks have collected and protected many valuable objects for centuries.
3. Visit the tavern “Tri maruna” and taste home-made goulash with traditional pasta surlice and other local specialties of [...]
(1) Did you know that Istarski prsut (Istrian prosciutto ham) has protected status, that it is published in Croatian intellectual property and that the conditions of animal breeding procedure, choosing of meat and production procedures that have to be fulfilled so that this prosciutto ham can be named “Istarski”, “Istrian” are defined in a special [...]
At the http://www.youtube.com/ValamarHotelsCroatia website you can see promotional video clips of most of our hotels starting today, and at the same address we will continue releasing new videos. Stay tuned:)
One of the videos put on Youtube is Valamar Club Tamaris video:
The 16th century was Dubrovnik’s (Ragusa’s) maritime golden age. She owned more ships than ever before: ocean-going carracks and galleons and smaller coastal vessels for navigation within the Adriatic, in all employing some 5000 sailors, about a seventh of the Republic’s total population.
In the first part of the 16th century, Dubrovniks fleet of ocean-going vessels [...]
´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 [...]
If you regularly read our blog, you will remember that we mentioned four months ago Michael Palin’s stay in Croatia and the beginning of showing his travel documentary ‘Michael Palin’s New Europe’ on BBC. Take a look at what this famous Monty Phyton comedy group member, actor, journalist and travel writer has recorded on his [...]
The 25th art colony of Riviera Porec will take place on Wednesday, February 13, at 6 pm.
The academic painters from Italy and Croatia have joined this year’s colony. They are: academic Ivan Kozaric, Giuseppe Nicoletti, Duje Juric, Nelio Sonego and Danino Bozic.
We invite you to join us on Wednesday in Zuccato palace of Pucko otvoreno [...]
Easter in Porec
Experience Easter in the relaxed atmosphere of Hotel Pical in Porec, with an extensive Easter gastronomic offer.
Package includes accommodation in double rooms for a 3 nights stay, daily rich buffet breakfast and dinner, early check in (10 am), Upgrade to a suite (subject to availability), welcome wine, rich Easter breakfast and dinner, 1.5 [...]
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 [...]
2008 is not proclaimed the year of Marin Drzic in vain and the events that took place in Dubrovnik in its very beginning prove it. According to the announcements, numerous events dedicated to remembrance of the person and work of this great Renaissance writer from Dubrovnik and Croatia are foreseen.
From the last week we singled [...]
The camps Lanterna and Solaris in Porec, under the management of the company Valamar Hotels & Resorts, are the holders of the highest grade (8.6) among all the camps in Croatia in a new camping guide of the Dutch auto-club ANWB for 2008, presented at the recently held camping fair in Dutch Utrecht. Besides [...]
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 [...]
The second part of the promotional tourist film which presents parts of Istria, Dalmatia and inland of Croatia. The film was made in the production of “4 Film” studio for Croatian National Tourist Board.
The town of artists. That is the name this small, tame town erected on one of the picturesque hills of the north-east Istria carries with good reason. To illustrate the fact that Grožnjan is beloved among artists, and as if made for cultural events, it suffices to say that in that small area as much [...]
We have already written about wine varieties from our destinations, especially of Istrian Malvasia, and our presentation agenda for today is a variety from the island of Krk, where there are two of our camps (Ježevac and Politin) and a hotel (Koralj).
It is a well-known variety from the island of Krk, zlahtina, of course. This [...]
Friday, March 14, 2008