Dubrovnik during wintertime is different than it is during summertimes, it is undiscovered and unknown. That is the real city of Dubrovnik, the city of history and science. Take a walk through Dubrovnik during wintertimes, with your city-guide in the group, or by yourself, or with someone special to you, and you will get to [...]
Friday, November 21, 2008
Dubrovnik President, the best hotel under the management of Valamar in Dubrovnik, participated once again in the Touristic Flower action – the Quality for Croatia for the year 2007, winning award for the second best four-star hotel in Croatia. In the same action one year earlier, it was also awarded with a special acknowledgement for [...]
Friday, November 14, 2008
Rome has the Colosseum, London has the Tower, and Dubrovnik, even though it is so much smaller, has something equally magnificent – the city walls of Dubrovnik… not only the trademark of Dubrovnik, but Croatia. The city walls of Dubrovnik are everyday attraction during the whole year, and are certainly worth admiring and walking. A distinguished [...]
Friday, November 7, 2008
On Friday, October 31, 2008 the Dubrovnik „Factory Club“ was festively opened, thus enriching Dubrovnik’s night life. On the occasion Dubrovnik hosted an electronic music star, whose performances have been delighting everyone present for many long years. His artistic name is Darren Emerson whom you might know as a former member of the duo „Underworld“. [...]
Friday, October 31, 2008
The Isle of Lokrum is certainly the most beautiful adornment in the vicinity of Dubrovnik. This perpetually green islet of total area of only 180 acres, was declared a special forest vegetation reserve in 1976. It is mostly covered with lush vegetation, and on a relatively small area there are numerous types of vegetation of [...]
Friday, October 24, 2008
The history of the sport of judo in Dubrovnik begins in the 1960s, when the Nacui Judo Club was founded. During its 40 years of activity, the club has changed its name several times. Nacui became Dubrovnik, after that Dubrovnik Bank, and for several years it was called Dubrovnik 1966. The club [...]
Friday, October 17, 2008
The Festival of Little Plavac (Plavac Mali), our best known and most recognized grape variety, will be held for the first time this year. It will bring together winemakers and viticulturists, the producers of this highly appreciated grape variety, from throughout Dubrovnik-Neretva and Split-Dalmatia Counties. The Festival will be held in the Revelin [...]
Friday, October 10, 2008
Dubrovnik is a well-known cultural centre. Its numerous churches, city walls, fortifications, and the museums, with their exceptional historical values, fascinate every visitor who comes to this ancient town. In the several following lines, please become familiar with the museums of the town of Dubrovnik. The Museum of History and Culture Located in the Prince’s Court (Knezev [...]
Friday, October 3, 2008
After having organized 25 professional tennis tournaments, including Fed Cup and Davis Cup, Tennis Club Dubrovnik decided to simultaneously organize two ITF tournaments for men and women. This means that there is more to prepare and organize, however, it also means more fun, excitement and tennis. Matches shall be played on eight external clay courts [...]
Friday, September 26, 2008
The second Festival of Preserves, Jams and Marmelades will be held on the Stradun in Dubrovnik between 3 and 5 October under the organization of the Desa Association and Dubrovacka naranca Dubrovnik Oranges). This will be a really “sweet” festival, where the exhibitors will be dressed in the national costumes of their home region. [...]
Friday, September 19, 2008
The 8th festival of chamber music Julian Rachlin & Friends was closed on September 14 by a special festival project “Sir Roger Moore Reads Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart”. This year’s festival took place from September 2- 14. Ten concert nights were held, during which Julian Rachlin and his friends Itamar Golan, Mischa Maisky, Janine [...]
Friday, September 12, 2008
The fourth Le Petit Festival du Theatre was held in Dubrovnik between 2 and 6 September 2008 under the organization of the Theaters “Marin Drzic and Vinko Prizmic. The festival opened at the Theater “Marin Drzic” with an exhibition by the artist Barbara Medo, who lives in Amsterdam. After the exhibition there was a [...]
Friday, September 5, 2008
Release yourself from stress, regenerate your body and mind in the unique setting of the Hotel Dubrovnik President wellness. There is Finnish and infrared sauna, Turkish bath, wooden immersion barrel, relax garden, relaxation rooms, activities in the indoor pool and fitness with an irresistible view of the sea and the Elaphite Islands. Massage, manicure or some [...]
Friday, August 29, 2008
The story of the festival begun back in year 2000, when violin virtuoso Julian Rachlin gave concert for the first time at Dubrovnik Summer Festival and created in his mind an idea of summer music festival. The first festival was held the very next year. Maestro invited all his friends- musicians, who were enchanted by [...]
Friday, August 22, 2008
After 30 years, opera in own production has returned to the repertory of Dubrovnik Summer Festival. Namely, after a long pause, Acis and Galatea by the German baroque composer George Friedrich Händel will be directed by one of the leading conductors of today, the British artist Philip Pickett. The Croatian director Dora Ruždjak Podolski, [...]
Friday, August 15, 2008
Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra has been active since 1925, first as Dubrovnik Philharmonics, then from 1946 as Dubrovnik City Orchestra, and from 1992 as Dubrovnik Festival Orchestra. In 1995, it got the name that it has today – Dubrovnik symphony Orchestra. The orchestra is made of academic musicians who were educated mostly at the Zagreb Music [...]
Friday, August 8, 2008
A „small summer festival“, as the locals call it – 5th Summer film school will be held from August 4th to 14th on the Island of Sipan near Dubrovnik, which will provide the young film lovers with the opportunity to learn how to make their own films from professionals. According to the school organizers, Sipan film [...]
Friday, August 1, 2008
On Saturday 2nd August 2008, in the area of Babin Kuk in Dubrovnik there will be the traditional summer manifestation called ”The Night of Dubrava”, featuring numerous Croatian musicians, followed by the preparation of delicious culinary specialties for all visitors and guests of Babin Kuk. The Night of Dubrava will be held on all external areas [...]
Monday, July 28, 2008
The lindjo is an old traditional dance of the Dubrovnik region. It is danced to the music of the instrument known as the ljerica. The lindjo was born in the villages northwest of Dubrovnik and got its name from a resident of the Dubrovnik parish named Niko Lale. Since there was no modern media [...]
Friday, July 18, 2008
The unofficial league, popular water polo championship of the Dubrovnik bathing areas, is entering its 25 edition. This biggest sports-amateur competition in the world gathers together hundreds of players who began meeting together back in long ago 1922. The competition was occasionally stopped and then restarted, but in 1983 it gained it continuity and since [...]
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Friday, November 28, 2008