Croatia

I was considering for sometime to add some general pages about Croatia to this website. I guess it would be useful for visitors who are not very much familiar with Croatia as a country in whole to have some general intro information as well as some more information about Korcula's neighboring places and islands that are interesting for possible visit or detour of visitor to Korcula.

So, here we are - I will be writing more pages and doing more maps with red dots :-) . I must say that I have " a thing" about maps too - check my painted maps on my webpage to see...

I am planning to include more detailed info about places in Korcula's near vicinity such as places on Peljesac Peninsula, Dubrovnik, Lastovo, Mljet ,... I started already with some pages - check Mljet Map that was done just few days ago... Please come back again from time to time to check how is this part of the project progressing...Update: In the meantime, I started with ferry project about ferries in Croatia which is a database driven site about all Croatian ferries - check here how is that progressing..

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Hotels in Croatia

Read about Croatia: Croatia Fact File , Jadrolinija Ferries, Peljesac / Dubrovnik / Mljet / Lastovo / Croatia Guide - lot of info and links to Croatian pages.

What the Press says about Croatia:

• The New York Times, May 2005:There's a bubbling just below the surface in Zagreb, the Croatian capital of one million people, and most visitors sense it instantly. It's a well-worn, East-meets-West passion called Balkan culture that equally embraces a consumer's desire to visit a newly opened fragrance shop and the cafe next door where an entire goat turns slowly on a spit.
• The Daily Mail, June 2005: If you like the Costa Brava...you'll love the Dalmatian Coast. Croatia probably has Europe's most spectacular coastline, with mountains tumbilng into the island-scattered, clear sea. RUled for centuries by Venice, the architecture of the surprisingly well-preserved medieval towns is gorgeous. Marvel at the remains of Diocletian's Palace in hectic Split, then take a ferry to the sleepy island of Brac and chill out on the magnificent, ever-shifting Y-shaped beach at Bol. Go there before it's too late.
• The Sunday Times, February 2005: Since much of Croatia is a long narrow strip of coast, it’s an obvious candidate for the classic sunny summer holiday. Having emerged from the bust-up of old Yugoslavia with the lion’s share of the shore, it offers almost 1,000 miles of seaside, reaching all the way from the Slovenian border to the Montenegrin one.

Latest Croatia travel news:

Cheese from Pag Island among the best in the world
Žigljen cheese, produced on Pag Island  has  received an important international award – it is selected among the best cheese in the world, winning the ‘super gold medal’ at the World Cheese Awards 2011 (www.finefoodworld.co.uk/wca) The winning hard cheese, produces in Gligor’s dairy on Pag, is made entirely from locally sourced sheep and cow milk. It takes three to six months for Žigljen to fully mature and finally achieve its spicey, characteristic aroma. This [...]

The Garden Tisno Festival
The Garden Festival’s team in Croatia are very proud to officially announce A New Beginning, which takes place this summer for a full week of fun in the glorious sunshine. After six amazing years in Petrcane – the original epicentre of Croatia’s now burgeoning independent festival scene – it’s time to move to pastures new, and the party has taken root a little further along the stunning coastline. Ladies and gentlemen, [...]

Croatia and Istria ranked among the best destinations for going on holiday by car
According to recent announcement for 2012, the Germany’s largest automobile club ADAC  has ranked Croatia  as the third best destination for going on holiday by car. By the same survey, in regional selection Istria is reanked as the most desirable destination, followed by Bavaria, Tyrol in Germany and Lake Garda in Italy. The analysis was made on the basis of a survey of 1.7 million of ADAC’s members. The top four destinations for German camping [...]

Reconstruction of the Grand Hotel on Lopud Island
The Italian company Marazzi group, which has recently reconstructed the Hotel Lafodia, on Lopud Island is now considering to  invest in the reconstruction of another Lopud hotel - Grand Hotel Lopud, owned by Atlantska Plovidba from Dubrovnik. Grand Hotel Lopud is right now not in use, bought by Atlantska Plovidba few years ago. The plan is to reconstruct this old building it into a boutique hotel with up to 70 rooms. Altlantska Plovidba is the majority [...]

Hostel Cinema Ilok – New Hostel Opened in the Former Cinema
The charming new hostel has been opened in Ilok – the town located on  banks of the Danube river in Slavonija. Hostel Cinema, created in the building of the former Ilok’s old cinema. is located  in the very centre of town and features old wooden staircase across old fashioned mosaic floors and walls covered in posters, photographs, old cinema projectors and vinyl records. The hostel can accommodate up to 38 people in bunk beds with use [...]

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