All the guests and visitors of the town of Porec will once again be in for an unforgettable time during Valamar’s festivities this summer, for which we have prepared whole-day sports and entertainment programmes for both children and adults. The celebration has begun on 7 July with the Lanterna Campsite Day and Naturist Resort Solaris Day [...]
Thursday, June 30, 2011
The second annual Valamar Jazz Festival will be held in Porec from 6 to 9 July. Stars of the world jazz scene will begin with the first concert on 6 July in the stone monuments gallery of the Porestina regional museum and continue with concerts on several locations in Porec. Last year, the Valamar Jazz Festival [...]
Wednesday, June 8, 2011
In a beautiful ambience of the Valamar Diamant Hotel in Porec, the finalists of the Miss and Mister Croatia 2011 beauty pageant have started with their preparations. The participants of this most popular beauty pageant have been rehearsing the choreographies they will perform at the pageant finals, and they have also been taping individual and [...]
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
The 18th Vinistra, leading wine and wine production related equipment exhibition in the region, was organized by the Association of Winegrowers and Winemakers of Istria this weekend in Porec. Again this spring, for a period of several days, Zatika hall in Porec was transformed into a temple of first class wines. Vinistra gathered 130 participants and [...]
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Valamar’s hotels are currently the centre of sports events taking place in Porec. Croatian Women’s National Volleyball Team is using the Valamar Diamant hotel’s sports hall to prepare for the upcoming tournaments as we speak. Irina Kirilova, our best women’s national team’s coach as of recently, has gathered a part of the national representatives in the [...]
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
The underwater of the Sport Valeta bay was cleaned on Saturday, 30 April, as part of the joint action of Riviera Porec and the Zeus Faber diving centre. Measures regarding environmental protection have been actively carried out at Valamar Club Tamaris for two years and a significantly less amount of “sea waste” was found. Divers Omar [...]
Friday, April 29, 2011
The sunny spring weekend in April has attracted two famous Austrian cyclists to Pore?. Heinz Verbnjak, one of the best world mountain bike marathon athletes and winner of the Istria Valamar Terra Magica 2010 race and Rudolf Springer, an extremebiker, who have chosen the hotel Valamar Pinia not only to relax and enjoy the well-known [...]
Monday, April 18, 2011
For the first time in the history of Eurovision, the tour of the musical show „Muskantenstadl“ will give a guest performance in Croatia, Porec. One of the most popular musical shows on German television „Muskantenstadl“ will be broadcast live on 7 May from the Porec Žatika hall. The show moderator Andy Borg will greet the viewers [...]
Thursday, April 7, 2011
We proudly announce this year’s, first in a row, Villa Polesini Garden Party which will take place at Villa Polesini on Friday, 15 April, starting at noon. The Villa Polesini garden, a 17th century neo-Gothic jewel, proved to be the perfect stage for the summer garden parties last summer. This year we continue with the pleasant [...]
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
The third consecutive Motorshow Porec 2011 is drawing near. This year’s event is an introduction into the series of spring happenings which will be held in the Croatian pearl, the town of Porec, so at the beginning of April the three-day programme awaits, full of different things that have the slightest thing to do with [...]
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
The Flower Show will take place for the fourth consecutive time in Porec. All those who love flowers should definitely visit this colourful and scented manifestation which will be held at the Porec Veli Jože hall on 16 and 17 April. Flower fans and friends will surely find something for their balconies and gardens in [...]
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Dance to the Latin rhythms for the second year in a row in the Porec hotels of Valamar Club Tamaris, Valamar Diamant, Valamar Riviera Hotel & Residence and Valamar Bellevue Hotel & Residence in Rabac with the famous world champions Alice Guschelbauer and Balázs Ekker, stars of the Austrian TV show “Dancing with the stars”. Choose [...]
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
This spring Porec invites you to come to a professional international cycling race “Trofej grada Poreca” (Trophy of the town of Porec) which has a 9-year-long tradition and will be held on 13 March. It is a one-day race with the participation of 200 cyclists and 25 teams and it will be driven along the [...]
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
The Istrian Riviera tournament gathering young tennis players from all over the world will take place for the 39th time in Porec from 17 to 27 March. Many tennis players started their career right at the Istrian Riviera: Goran Ivaniševic, Goran Prpic, Boris Becker, Ivan Ljubicic, Dominik Hrbaty, Slobodan Živojinovic, Thomas Muster and many others. The [...]
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Riviera’s Painting Colony gathered artists from Slovenia and Croatia for the 28th time on the island of St. Nikola, from 13 to 19 September 2010. Artists present at the 28th Riviera’s Painting Colony were: Maja Markovic, Natalia Škalic, Vesna Kovacic, Mojca Zlokarnik, Majda Skrinar, Marina Banic and Mirko Zrinšcak. The grand opening of the exhibition of [...]
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
The oldest and among the largest ones in Croatia, the Riviera Porec tourist company, which has been operating within the Valamar group, changed its address after forty years of conducting business in the heart of Porec. Riviera’s Management Board and its accompanying departments currently counting 155 employees, moved to the new company headquarters in the [...]
Friday, February 11, 2011
The Antiques and Numismatics Fair takes place on the Porec Viale every Friday. Old arts and crafts fans will surely find something they like. There is plenty to choose from, from old photographs and paintings, telephones, decorative vases, mirrors decorated with ornaments, bracelets, table lamps and chandeliers, cutlery, magnifying glass, old postcards, army helmets, small [...]
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Valentine’s Day, Lovers’ Day or St. Valentine’s Day is traditionally celebrated on 14 February. The beginning of the celebration of Valentine’s Day dates way back into the past, to the ancient Roman times. Valentine’s Day reminds us of love and being in love, but also of respecting people we hold dear. Treat the person you love to [...]
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
The renovated Valamar Diamant Hotel awaits its guests. This winter, the Valamar Diamant Hotel’s staff was not hibernating, yet they actively worked on its refurbishment. The hotel’s facade has been refreshed, part of it being coloured in blue, Valamar’s recognizable colour. The hotel’s lifts have been replaced with two new and faster ones. A new carpet [...]
Tuesday, January 18, 2011
During the international CMT fair held in January in Stuttgart, the largest and the most significant European automobile club, the German ADAC (Allgemeiner Deutscher Automobil-Club) awarded the Porec Camping Lanterna with the prestigious Super-Platz 2011 award. Only two campsites in Croatia have won this acknowledgment. Camping Lanterna won this acknowledgement thanks to its quality which comprises arranged [...]
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…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?.
Friday, July 15, 2011