For everyone who loves Latino rhythms a music festival, Krk Music Live, will be held in the city of Krk on 18 and 19 July. Appearing at the festival will be musicians for whom Latino music is not a constant presence, but who see themselves in other musical environments like rock and jazz, and [...]
That the Hotel Valamar Koralj is indeed a romantic hotel is demonstrated by the wedding that was held on the beach just below the hotel on 26 June. With a setting sun over the sea, our guests, a young Hungarian couple Krisztina and Krisztian, crowned their love with their marriage. For this occasion [...]
For 52 years in a row the city of Krk organizes summer events, and this year’s events last from 5th July till 21st August. The lovers of harmony singing are invited to the grand opening at the square Kamplin on Saturday, 5th July, beginning at 9:30 p.m., because there will be a performance by 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 [...]
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 [...]
(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“, [...]
In the last text of the category Krk we talked about the “Sommer manifestations in Krk”, a manifestation with almost the oldest tradition on the Adria. Within the scope of the Sommer manifestations many interesting events have already taken place on Krk this year, and parallel to this festival there are numerous cultural, entertaining and [...]
The programme of Summer manifestations is currently underway in the city of Krk, a performing arts and music manifestation with a long and rich tradition. In fact, what we are talking about is one of the oldest happenings of this kind on the whole Adriatic coast. Last year, the Krk Summer Manifestations celebrated it’s 50th [...]
In this post we bring to you a location that is definitely worth visiting during your stay on the island of Krk. It is an unusual combination of two apparently incompatible things, and we should also mention that the place we are presenting in this post located in the immediate vicinity of our facilities - [...]
In this video on Istria and Kvarner, courtesy of the Croatian Tourist Bord, our destinations Pore?, Rabac and Krk are mentioned. We have decided to freshen up our blog with multimedia contents and right now I am preparing a panoramic video of Pore? that I’ll put on the blog tomorrow as soon as I upload [...]
The texts on the gastronomic specialties of the Valamar destinations will be published on this blog on a regular basis. This is the initiatory post with Krk in the leading role. The island of Krk is in this sense famous for a number of specific dishes. At the beginning we should direct your attention to [...]
There are 1246 islands along the Croatian coast, and the island of Krk is with its surface of 406 km2, after Cres one of the biggest. Besides being one of the biggest, we can with certainty claim that it has the best connections with the land. The geographical position itself makes Krk assessible to [...]
Thursday, July 10, 2008