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Korcula NEWS ARCHIVE10.07.05 -Travelogue - Webmaster's Blog: It is now about a week since we announced first ever travelogue competition/contest for best Korcula Travelogue and we are already receiving emails with questions and suggestions how to make this competition better and more interesting... read more Korcula Travelogue Competition 05.07.05 Latest accommodation listing for remote Korcula's bay : Apartments Orlandusa - Bratinja Luka - house on the seashore in complete wilderness... 26.06.05 New MP3's to download: click to download MP3 songs by Mario Prizmic - a young musician from Vela Luka! : This is what Mario says about himself on his webpage ".. After successful vocal cooperation with Hari Roncevic on a song "Wake me up with a morning" , a new video "Nevoja" (Trouble) (feat. vocal group Kumpanji), is slowly but steadily winning the media over. Filming of the video was followed by HRT, which released three shooting reports before the official promotion of video's final version in Good morning Croatia, Sea, and Life live programs. The video will be broadcast in "Musical television" program on HRT.M@rio was a guest live at HRT studio in Dubrovnik on May 8th and promoted his video for foreign markets..." Good luck Mario! 24.06.05 - Be careful while waiting for ferry ! read webmasters blog : I was reading yesterday about some pieces of concrete that are falling from roof of the house formerly known as "Robna Kuca" (translated as "Department Store") in Korcula and that some people narrowly escaped serious consequences...This is the large and gray, sort of derelict house, having that 60's (pre-freedom) look, located at Korcula's east pier/ harbour. You will spot that house if you come to wait to embark ferries to Dubrovnik or Split or catamaran to Hvar and Split. It is located on the left hand side, just bellow Korcula Old Town's walls, across the road from Pizzeria "Cinciculjak".... read more 15.06.05 - Parking in Korcula - read webmaster's blog : I receive very often emails with questions about car parking in Korcula Old Town or in it's surroundings. There are questions like 'Is it possible to park in Korcula Old Town?" or " Do we have to pay for our parking in Korcula?" so I am going to write a bit about that. First of all, Korcula Old Town is located on small peninsula. There are two main entrances to the Old Town and both are entrances via steps. read more 13.06.05 Article: Tourists returning to Croatia - War scars repaired, Marco Polo's native land welcomes cruise ships - Marco Polo's birthplace - We also visited Korcula (pronounced Kor-CHEW-la), a tranquil, little-known island about 100 miles east of Dubrovnik ... read whole article and Split, a picturesque Dalmatian city of 190,000 residents between the sea and a striking range of mountains. Both are French Riviera-like Croatian summer resorts with preserved thick fortress walls, marinas, outdoor markets, ancient churches, small hotels and flower lined streets.Marco Polo, the earliest and probably best known travel writer and explorer, is said to have been born in Korcula. Local legend has him leaving here for China in 1254 with his father and uncle, crossing the Gobi Desert and eventually finding himself in Mongolia.A small sign in English marks the birthplace - a nondescript, three-story stone building near the town's 700-year-old St. Peter's Church. After paying a small entry fee and climbing a series of treacherously narrow stone steps, we found ourselves in an empty room no bigger than our shipboard bathroom. This is where Marco Polo was reported to have been born. read whole article |