Today we start with a new heading of posts under the name “3 interesting facts” where we will from time to time bring three interesting facts related to our destinations and regions. In the first part we have singled out the following facts relating to Istria: (1) Did you know that also Istria has its own [...]
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
It is time to announce one more big concert that will take place in the Pula Arena. After a few big names that have performed here during the Histria festival 2007, by this I mean primarily Norah Jones and the music spectacle “directed by” the Dalmatian music duo - Gibonni and Oliver, Arena will on [...]
Friday, August 24, 2007
We have added 12 new photographs (Porec and Labin) on the Valamar channel on flickr. Porec: Labin:
Thursday, August 23, 2007
During your stay in Rabac on of the must-dos is the visit to the near-by town of Labin, situated on a hill, 320 m above Rabac. Labin is a little town perfect for exploring, and in today’s post we present three locations: 1. Loggia of Labin (Labinska loža) – Loggias are something authentic for small Istrian [...]
Friday, August 17, 2007
Just as we have announced, every Friday we will in the right column insert new, current offers in the Valamar objects. This week we bring you the Last minute offer for our two objects in Pore? and Rabac. - First offer refers to the Valamar Crystal Hotel**** Pore?, incl. accomodation in single and double bedroom with half-board [...]
Monday, August 13, 2007
Seven days of Vivaldi in Istria Seven Istrian towns will in the period between August 12th and 19th have the privilege to enjoy seven performances of Vivaldi’s “4 seasons” by the Italian chamber orchestra ‘Venezia Concerto’. In Porec the concert will take place on Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, August 15th, on [...]
Friday, August 10, 2007
‘Drunken night 1918. ‘ – premiere of the Ulysses Theatre Today and tomorrow – on August 10th and 11th, the production ‘Drunken night 1918.’ will have its first run in performance of the Ulysses Theatre on the Brijuni islands. The production is based on the short story ‘Drunken November night 1918.’ by the bard of Croatian [...]
Thursday, August 2, 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 [...]
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Who exactly were Histris and what was their historic role? Histris were a tribe which had settled on the Istrian peninsula in the 2nd century b.C.. The historians mostly mention them in context of wars led against the Romans, inevitable events considering the historic circumstances. A few written evidences exist on the Histris tribe and [...]
Friday, July 27, 2007
In the last few posts we have been announcing events which we think one should visit during their stay in Istria. But, the best is yet to come Namely, now is the peak of the summer season so the great number of events and activities taking place all around Istria don’t come as surprise [...]
Thursday, July 26, 2007
In the right column we have inserted 5 current offers in Valamar objects. Since the web is our direct channel for the sale of accomodationn facilities, we would like to point out the best rate guarantee policy, respectively lowest price guarantee, what actually means that if you, on some other website, for the accomodation facility [...]
Monday, July 23, 2007
Today is the opening day of the ninth Motovun Film Festival that will last from July 23rd until 27rd. It is a unique cultural event taking place every year in Istria and Croatia that actually started off as a little project of a group of enthousiasts, whereas it turned out to become a well-known European [...]
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Pula Film Festival is taking place in the Pula amphitheater and it is to last until July 21st. In a week’s time, i.e. July 23rd, the second great Istrian film event is starting - Motovun Film Festival. We will say something more on Motovun next week, and now shortly on the current festival in Pula. [...]
Friday, July 13, 2007
This Friday, as already announced in the post “Istria and an experience“, is reserved for a post on Istria. As the title suggests, today we will give you an insight into one of the many facets of the biggest Adriatic pensinula, the good-wine facet. When talking about Istria and its vineyards, wine sorts, wine roads…, [...]
Thursday, July 12, 2007
We started this week with a video, and today we will round up this week’s “trilogy“ with a panoramic video of Brijuni, an archipelago and national park situated vis-à-vis the Southwestern part of the Istrian peninsula, opposite Fažana. This video was taken the same day as the video on Pore? that we released yesterday. Brijuni in [...]
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
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 [...]
Wednesday, July 4, 2007
In my post “The flavours of our destinations 1: The island of Krk”, I wrote a bit about the flavours of our biggest island. Among others, I dedicated a few sentences to the past times, when the inhabitants of Krk lived a far more modest life than today Istria has a similar story. When you [...]
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
What is your impression of Istria? What does it mean to you? What is the first thing you think of when you hear the word „Istria“? While I was spending my August Sunday morning drinking coffee in one of our tourist destinations on the western Istrian coast, I heard two young girls, tourist workers, asking [...]
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...
Thursday, August 30, 2007