Cuba’s most popular female singer, Omara Portuondo, brought the hot rhythms of Cuba and the unforgettable atmosphere of the Buena Vista Social Club to the Pula Arena on 13 July. The combination of the best Cuban and Latin American music with Omara’s unique voice and stage presence sounded truly magnificent. Even after a [...]
Monday, July 7, 2008
I don’t know about you, but I’m definitely not someone who enjoys watching pompous announcements about Hollywood hits, or listening to concerts by notorious stars in huge stadiums. They come, they do their hour like someone has forced them to, then they gather up their things and disappear using a form of transportation like a [...]
Tuesday, July 1, 2008
The ninth annual Histria International Music and Stage Festival will be held in Pula and on the island of Briuni from 2 July to 23 August. The formal opening of the Festival will be on 5 July at 21:30 at the Pula Arena. Outstanding world-class soloists will be accompanied by the European [...]
Monday, June 23, 2008
Rozenice, mih, surle … for generations these native musical instruments offered the principle and only possibility for creative expression for numerous generations of Istrian boys. These hand made, unique items of priceless cultural, traditional, and above all else emotional value, are powerful symbols of identity of these parts. They enabled musical expression to be a [...]
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Yesterday on Easter Monday, the sixth Wine Festival of Central Istria took place in Gracisce, where the most important wine producers from Istrian wine centres presented their wine to numerous visitors. 235 quality wine specimens were exhibited in eleven wine cellars, most of which being naturally the local Malvazija and Teran wine sorts. Even though the [...]
Friday, March 14, 2008
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 [...]
Monday, March 3, 2008
(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 [...]
Monday, February 4, 2008
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 [...]
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
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 [...]
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
We have already written about the gastronomy king, truffle, and today we present you a few notes about one traditional Istrian recepy, irresistible connection of simplicity and high-quality gastronomy. It is the combination of Istrian truffle and fuzi, home-made pasta. Almost every caterer will confirm that in this connection truffle (especially the white one) is [...]
Friday, November 16, 2007
“The smallest town in the world”. This is a very famous sentence that is often associated with Hum, a small and tame town in the heart of Green Istria. The town of Hum, in traffic terms from the direction of Western Istria “accessible” via roads from the direction of Pazin and Buzet, and from the [...]
Monday, October 29, 2007
What is it that is so mystic and attractive in an underground, at first sight awkward plant looking like potato, that the people are willing to spend a fortune and proclaim it „king of the gastronomy“? Which one is better – the white one or the black one? What exactly are truffles in the culinary [...]
Monday, October 15, 2007
In the last post we wrote that Istria is the most northern area where you can find olives growing. Due to its ideal geographic position and all other factors connected to processing olives and oil production that influence its quality, Istria is slowly, but safely establishing itself as the top “olive destination”. Olive-oil routes of [...]
Friday, October 12, 2007
(1) Did you know that, just as it was in case of Istrian Malvasia, and we have written about it in previous posts, olives too came to Istria in the ancient times, and it is presumed that it was brought by the old Greek and Phoenicians. Istrian olive oil has a long history, and when talking [...]
Friday, October 5, 2007
As usual, this week we bring you the Last minute offer for our three objects in Porec and Rabac. - First offer refers to the Valamar Rubin Hotel*** in Porec, incl. accomodation in single and double bedroom with half-board (breakfast and supper). The offer is valid from October 12th until October 20st, and the price starts [...]
Monday, October 1, 2007
In the last three months we have in our posts addressed mostly the coastal area/part of Istria, especially Porec, where most of our facilities are situated. The time has come to tell you more about the Istrian hinterland. Tame hills where picturesque castles are situated are the main visual characteristic of the “Green Istria”. Although in [...]
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
(1) Did you know that the wine sort Malvasia is at least two thousand years old? Istrian Malvasia is, beside the Malvasia del Lazio, delle Lipari, de Candia and di Sardegna one of the most famous of the 30 existing sorts of Malvasia. This sort has it roots in the Greek peninsula Peleponnese, to be exact, [...]
Friday, September 21, 2007
You may notice new and updated last minute offers of the Valamar objects, listed in the right column. For all those who wanted to avoid summer throng and who wish to enjoy autumn tranquility this is the ideal moment to book accommodation. In reference to prices, well, we should mention that they have sunken considerably [...]
Monday, September 10, 2007
Porec: “Adrijatik – crossroads of cultures” The Istrian Parliament Building (Istarska sabornica) in Porec will on the September 14th, at 8 p.m. , in organization of the Open University, host the opening of the exhibition ‘Adrijatik – crossroads of cultures’. The exhibition is organised as part of the international manifestation ‘Rassegna di pittura Marina di Ravenna’. [...]
Friday, September 7, 2007
Friday is the time for announcing new, special offers of Valamar, so let us waste no time: First offer refers to Valamar Club Tamaris **** in Porec, it includes stay in single or double bedroom, full-board (breakfast, lunch and dinner). The offer is valid for the period from September 18th until September 25th 2007. Prices start [...]
Marketing Communication Manager at Riviera Poreč d.d.. 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…
Marketing and Public Relations Coordinator at Rabac d.d.. On Valamar blog, she writes about subjects related to Rabac, town she has private and business relations to, town where she acquired her first experiences related to tourism as a high-school girl.
Sales officer at Zlatni otok d.d.. Believe it or not, Duška was born the same day the Krk Bridge was open. As the first baby to cross the Krk Bridge, she has had an unbroken bond with her “golden island” Krk, where she is going to keep us posted from.
Marketing officer at company Babin Kuk d.d. Nike is from Dubrovnik, she speaks three languages, and she started her carrier at hospitality desk in Dubrovnik President Hotel. Naturally, on Valamar blog, she writes about things related to her town Dubrovnik. 
External Marketing Associate at Valamar, and the only male member of Valamar blog :). Tomislav has the longest seniority in the quintet, and the number of texts at Valamar blog he is responsible for, is slowly reaching 150...
Tuesday, July 15, 2008