The combination of favorable soil, climate and natural symbiosis with other plants in this area created ideal conditions for the growth of truffles. In Istria, fresh truffles can be eaten the whole year around. The white truffle (Tuber aestivum) season lasts from September to January after which the season of black truffle starts (Tuber borchii). The [...]
Friday, August 28, 2009
Baredine Cave – near Porec, next to Nova Vas. The cave has five halls and there are underground lakes with the depth of up to 33 m located underneath the fourth hall. The temperature of the cave is 14 degrees throughout the whole year. Festinsko kraljevstvo Cave – near the village of Festini in the vicinity [...]
Thursday, July 23, 2009
1. Motovun Film Festival, from 27 to 31 July 2009 - Enjoy the 65 projections and 5 concerts in a unique atmosphere of this medieval small town. The MFF is this year’s recommendation by The Observer, the oldest weekly magazine in the world. 2. 5th Losinj Jazz festival, from 31 July to 2 August 2009 – [...]
Thursday, July 16, 2009
(Media press release) Valamar (http://www.valamar.com), the largest Croatian hotelier, has decided to offer free admission tickets for the concert by Elton John as well as the “Carmen & Bolero” and “Swan Lake” performances by the legendary Imperial Russian Ballet and the European Master Orchestra from Vienna which will take place in the ancient Roman Amphitheatre [...]
Monday, July 13, 2009
Camping in Croatia.Enjoy the unique atmosphere of the Mediterranean in one of our campsites. (http://www.camping-adriatic.com/)
Thursday, July 2, 2009
The Valamar Club Tamaris family resort is located next to the beautiful beaches of the Lanterna peninsula. Unforgettable entertainment all day every day for the whole family enables everyone to indulge their creativity and sense of adventure whilst on holiday.(http://www.valamar.com/club-tamaris-porec/)
Wednesday, May 27, 2009
According to an old and wise saying, ”The story of wine starts in the vineyard”. So let us introduce the most significant wine sorts in Istria. The typical and the most significant wine sort is the Istrian Malvasia. Since it grows only in Istria, it is the synonym for the Istrian white wine. Besides Malvasia, [...]
Tuesday, May 12, 2009
There are only four Church holidays in the Croatian Catholic calendar. Christmas, the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary, All Saint’s Day and Corpus Christy are written next to Sundays in red letters. In our neighbouring Catholic countries, after the Ascension of Christ on 21 May and Whitsunday on 31 May, a celebration of Corpus Christy [...]
Wednesday, April 29, 2009
I love spring, the sun, the smell of mown grass, the blossoming fruit trees, the greenery which is resting and the inevitable spring fairy – the asparagus. The name of the asparagus comes from the Greek word asparagus meaning sprig and I wish to emphasize that it is very healthy. Asparagus contains rutin, a substance [...]
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
After the Porec Davis Cup tennis tournament of last weekend, Porec and towns on the western coast of Istria, Vrsar and Rovinj, continue to live in an athmosphere of tennis. From 18th to 29th March Porec hosts for the 37th time the Istrian Riviera tennis tournament. The tennis tournament Istrian Riviera has been played for thirty [...]
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
In my last post I introduced you to the Ucka Mountain, and today I will introduce you with Cicarija, another mountain in the magic land of Istria. Cicarija is located to the North-East of Buzet, and the area is covered with pastures and forests. It is interesting that those forests supplied Venice with wood for [...]
Wednesday, December 17, 2008
The Christmas and New Year are slowly approaching, and surely you are already searching for, or at least thinking about a present for your dearest. The ideal place for finding such present is the Christmas ”hand made” Fair, that is, the handicrafts fair at Giardini in Pula from December 20 to 24. Thirty exhibitors will [...]
Monday, December 15, 2008
My colleague Duska Zuzic has recently written about the tradition and invaluable importance of Glagolitic scripts on the territory of Island of Krk. This ancient script, firmly rooted among the Croatian people, has preserved itself for the longest period of time in Primorje and Istria. Duska mentioned Bascanska ploca (the Baska tablet), the [...]
Monday, December 1, 2008
1. Did you know that the first evidence about the existence of pre-historic people in the Istria area comes from Lower Paleolithic times? The age of the pre-historic handmade stone hammer that was found in Šandalja cave near Pula is estimated to be around 2 million to 800000 years old. There are also findings from [...]
Wednesday, November 26, 2008
About Istrian specialities, you had an opportunity to read in one of the previous posts, and my today’s recommendation will be, besides beautiful impressions, what to take home as a memory to a wonderful journey, or as a gift to some dear person of yours. BUKALETA Bukaleta is a clay pot, or a pither, most often painted [...]
Monday, November 17, 2008
Valamar has recently ran the experimental video canal located on http://www.valamartv.com, as well as their own canal on Youtube featuring contents that are interesting not only to guests who stayed at some of Valamar hotels, apartments, or camp-sites but also to all those who wish to find out more about Adricatic destinations. Here, we [...]
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
The summer and summer story are over. We will continue our story in the autumn, with ripe fruits, grape-gathering in the vineyards, and searching for truffles. The atmosphere is relaxing, the nature changes its green colour into a palette of copper hues and the colour of very old gold. Everything is full of fragrances and [...]
Monday, October 27, 2008
A reminder of a few clips which Croatian National Tourist Board was promoting this year, and which mention, among others, Istria, Dubrovnik, truffles, wines Malvazija and Plavac Mali…
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
You either love or hate jazz. I am a great fan of jazz and keep track of events related to jazz. I enjoy jazz the most at the jazz festival in Pore?, but also in Pula as well. 13th Jazz Festival began on July 18 in Lapidarij (Lapidarium) in Pore?. It was opened by a [...]
Monday, October 20, 2008
Nezakcij (Vizace, lat. Nesactium) is the oldest town in Istria. Today this exceptional historical location is an archeological park that has remains from the Antique and late Antique periods. It is located in the south eastern part of Istria, near Valtura. The first written sources that mention Nezakcij come from Antique times (Titus Livius memoirs), and [...]
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, September 18, 2009