Valamar Bellevue Hotel & Residence, owned by Rabac d.d., company operating within Valamar, the largest tourist group in Croatia, is this year’s laureate of TUI Holly 2011, the most prestigious acknowledgement awarded by TUI, one of the world’s largest tourist operators. With this award, Valamar’s hotel has joined the list of top 100 hotels in [...]
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
The International Museum Day celebrated on 18 May is an ideal occasion for a visit to the Labin Museum (Narodni muzej) which is, according to the Lonely Planet’s selection, one of ten most original museums in Croatia. The most attractive part of the museum located in the Baroque Battiala-Lazzarini Palace is in the basement where [...]
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
The best sailing boat crews from Istria and Kvarner will show off their skills in taming the wind and the waves in front of the Rabac waterfront for the sixth time. Just as back in the day, the Labin miners managed to found the Labin Republic with their solidarity, today the regatta participants pass the [...]
Wednesday, April 27, 2011
The Rabac hotel company is preparing sports and recreation, fun and animation programmes to mark 1 May, international Labour Day, which its guests will have the opportunity of enjoying at Girandella. The Girandella beach gives you the opportunity to enjoy yourself and relax surrounded by the beautiful nature right by the sea and have fun [...]
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Besides plenty of other interesting and appealing things Rabac has to offer, we are proud to give you the news of the golden hands, feeling, experience, love and skills of the master of mixed drinks who presides there. Let us introduce the bartender who has perfected the knowledge and skills of preparing alcoholic and non-alcoholic [...]
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Easter, the biggest Christian holiday, is drawing near. Those among you that decide to spend their Easter holidays in Rabac will be able to let go to spring pleasures, benefits of the Mediterranean climate, take a walk by the crystal clear sea and enjoy in the scent of the Mediterranean. As a sign of good [...]
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
With the objective of keeping the tradition of the Rabac fishermen, to whom their boats were their second home, alive, a rowboat race will be held on 17 April, starting from the Rabac waterfront on the right side of the Rabac bay where one can find the remains of “teleferika”. That is how the afore-mentioned [...]
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Here is one interesting notice of cultural character for all those staying at Valamar’s hotels in Rabac and those who are planning to do so. The very patio of the Marina hotel has had a unique sculpture, a work of a Labin sculptor Mate Cvrljak, placed on it since 1985. The sculpture, as an integral part [...]
Wednesday, March 23, 2011
The monotonous, sleepy winter is slowly withdrawing its every trace and the warm golden sun is shining brighter every day. It found its way to our town’s every corner, awakening everything and luring everyone out in the open. How are you enjoying these spring days? Here is a suggestion for taking a spring walk in nature. The [...]
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
In order to start your spring with a tasty bite and a drop of medica, come to Istria and enjoy the exquisite foods and entertainment. The gastronomy event “Asparagus Days” will be held the following month in the Istrian towns of Umag, Novigrad and Buje, during which the restaurants and taverns will be serving various [...]
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Here is some important information for all olive fruit and oil fans: the 14th International Oleum Olivarum manifestation will take place this weekend (12 and 13 March) in the small town of Krasica near Buje. The manifestation is dedicated to olive oil followed by a very diverse and interesting programme. The visitors will be able [...]
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
The preparations for the 90th anniversary of the Labin Republic, one of the most significant historical events of the town of Labin and the Istrian peninsula, have been quite intense. The programme is taking place under the high patronage of the President of the Republic of Croatia, Dr. Ivo JosipoviC, and it will include a [...]
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
The folk saying goes: one chooses bee-keepers and honey just like the coffee shop and their favourite type of coffee. They are chosen only once and are not changed afterwards. “Days of Honey” that will take place in Istria are therefore something you simply must experience. Honey is the thick, sweet juice the honey bees produce [...]
Thursday, February 17, 2011
One of the most beautiful buildings in the old heart of Labin, and also one of the best preserved and most representative Baroque palaces throughout Istria, is surely the Battiala Lazzarini Palace. The building captures the attention with its size and surface area of almost one thousand square meters and the abundantly decorated façade of [...]
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
A visit to Istria, a peninsula enlisted among the 10 most interesting regions in the world, should by all means be at the list of your priorities. Those who visit the magical land of Istria always come back with joy. The beautiful, clean sea and the green and rich hinterland are only a part of [...]
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
The celebration of Valentine’s Day dates way back into the past, to the ancient Roman times. Christianity was a new religion then and Claudius II was the emperor. The Emperor forbade the soldiers to get married or engaged to prevent them from staying at home rather than going off to war. However, a priest called Valentine [...]
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Everyone! The masked craze has begun! Be what you always wanted to be, get loose, dance and have fun! On Saturday, 29 January, at noon at Tito’s Square in the old town, the “Labinjonska kompanija - domoca folsarija” carnival group will traditionally take over the keys to the town from the Labin mayor and take [...]
Thursday, December 16, 2010
Christmas and New Year are drawing near and you are surely already looking for a present for your dearest ones or at least thinking about it. Is there anything better than to give someone a present you have put your heart into, and if it’s handmade, all the better; that makes the present even more [...]
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Christmas and New Year holidays are right around the corner. I have always loved this time of year; decorating the Christmas tree, putting the Christmas lights up, exchanging gifts, enjoying Christmas songs, towns all decorated and lit up, people smiling, but above all the peace and warmth you feel in the heart while in the [...]
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
There are plenty of hiking trails in Istria, and today I present the Pazin Cave trail. Located in the very heart of Istria, in Pazin, under the thousand-year-old Pazin castle situated right at the border between the “grey” and “red” Istria, the largest Istrian subterranean river Pazincica has found its way through the underground reaching [...]
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…
Associate in Marketing in Rabac Inc. On Valamar blog, she writes about subjects related to Rabac, the town she has private and business relations already 25 years. She graduated from the Faculty of Economics in Rijeka and fluently speaks three foreign languages…
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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?.
Thursday, May 19, 2011