DUBROVNIK
Korcula as an Island is very much connected with Dubrovnik as Dubrovnik is one of two larger cities (the other one is Split ) that are in close(r) vicinity of Korcula, particularly to it's Eastern coast.
Korculans travel to Dubrovnik very often: the main hospital that cover the area is in Dubrovnik, so among other things, it is very likely that most of Korculans are actually born in Dubrovnik. Although, there are lot of us that were born here, on the Island, usually due to urgency of the delivery of simple courage of our mothers and their determination not to bother to go anywhere...
Another reason why Korculans know Dubrovnik is because a lot of us where attending a college or university there as there is no university on Korcula Island. Usually, in Dubrovnik people study music, medicine, economics, tourism or management. I also done my degree in economics in Dubrovnik (click to visit my old uni website) so I lived in Dubrovnik for four years as a student. That 4 years gave me plenty of time to explore Dubrovnik and it's surroundings.. Update December 2011: - I started with new Dubrovnik Travel Guide - at the moment the guide includes following chapters:
We also travel to Dubrovnik every time we have to fly from it's airport (we don't have ours yet - but are promissed to get one eventully near Smokvica). Dubrovnik airport is about 150 km away from Korcula Town. It takes about good 2 hrs to drive to the Airport bearing in mind that one has to take ferry to cross from Korcula Town to Orebic on Peljesac Pennsula.
Presently, there is a regular bus service at least once a day from Korcula to Dubrovnik and back. It leaves Korcula daily early morning (around 6.45 am) and arrives in Dubrovnik around 9.30 am. In the afternoon, at about 3pm, the same bus leaves from Dubrovnik and arrives at Korcula at about 6.30 pm. In the summer months (and sometimes even later/earlier - subject to Bus company's moods) there are two daily services to Dubrovnik and back - the morning one and afternoon one. The afternoon bus leaves Korcula about 4pm to arrive in Dubrovnik at 7 pm. The same bus then rides back to Korcula following morning around 9am. So , if you are lucky, you might even have a chance to choose between these two buses :-) Also, there are ferries that sail to / from Dubrovnik - check out ferry page, where all updates about ferries are available. Read about bus from Dubrovnik to Korcula and Ferries from Dubrovnik to Korcula
Hotels in Dubrovnik:
Latest news from Dubrovnik:
Poster for Moreska performance at Dubrovnik in 1950
The latest addition to our Korcula Gallery is this beautiful poster of a Moreska performance at Dubrovnik Summer Festival (Dubrovacke Ljetne Igre) in 1950.
The poster shows a collage of several fragments of Dubrovnik sights - town walls tower, columns of Knezev Dvor and Onofrijeva Fontana.
A collage also
Direct Flights from Madrid to Dubrovnik
For Summer 2012, EasyJet is to introduce direct flights from Madrid, Spain to Dubrovnik.
This is the great news for visitors from Spain who would like to come to see Dubrovnik and/or Korcula.
The new route, starting at end of June 2012, will serve
Dubrovnik Airport Taxi Fares
The latest update of the official Dubrovnik taxi fares (click on image to enlarge) are now displayed in International arrival lounge of Dubrovnik Airport.
The display board shows prices for travel by taxi from the Airport Dubrovnik to Dubrovnik town
New Flights by Croatia Airlines
Croatia Airlines, the Croatian national air carrier, has recently officially confirmed that it has introduced many new direct flights in their summer timetable. New seasonal flights are being added from Zadar airport to Munich and Zurich. The first regular flight from Zadar to the Bavarian metropolis is scheduled for 3 May whilst from 29 September airplanes on that line will fly twice a week, on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Direct connection [...]
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