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Google Streetview launches in Croatia!
Google Streetview for Croatia was launched today – and let me tell you, that’s very exciting news! It seems like they’ve really covered a great deal of the country (I’ve just been pootling around in a small Croatian village near the Hungarian border!) although a report from Novi List suggests they’ve filmed around 50% of […]
The Raindance Film Festival comes to London this autumn – with a number of Balkan films
Europe’s leading independent film festival, the Raindance Film Festival, is now in its 20th year and is returning to London from 26th September to 7th October 2012. The festival has been listed by Variety magazine as one of the world’s top 50 “unmissable film festivals” – so make sure you come and enjoy the excellent […]
Holiday Autos Sale – 25% off car hire in Croatia!
For all of this week (and up until 19th September), Holiday Autos have been running a great sale on car rental for a number of its destinations. Today, it’s Croatia’s turn – and it’s your chance to pick up a good deal on car hire in the country during the off-season. Car hire locations include […]
Reader’s email: A follow-up to a visit to Croatia!
We here at Visit Croatia field numerous emails every day about visiting Croatia – from places to visit, or suitable holiday destinations for particular travellers (families, older visitors, party-animals), to advice on travelling around (lots of questions about bus travel!), to reaching the country in the first place, to language queries…we’ve pretty much received and […]
Travel question: from Zadar to the Plitvice Lakes National Park by public transport
We want to travel by bus or train from Zadar to Plitvice Lakes. We will arrive on in Zadar by plane – which bus should we have and where is the boarding point? Can we take the train? G.A. Firstly, the easy answer, there is no train from Zadar to the Plitvice Lakes. To travel from Zadar […]
Travel advice: Holiday resorts in Croatia with beaches suitable for young children
Hallo, I have an unusual request – please recommend beaches for a small baby (2 years). I would like to sandy beaches or small pebbles beaches from gently sloping to the sea that is shallow. I would also like to have restaurants, bars, shops, swimming pools. Two years ago I was in Zaton Holiday Resort and I’m looking something like […]
Croatia’s tourist statistics for the first half of 2012
Yesterday saw the unveiling of tourism statistics that show visitor numbers to Croatia – both foreign and domestic – for the first six months of the year. These figures reveal overall visitor numbers, as well as showing statistics for the individual counties in Croatia, and the numbers of tourists arriving from different countries. So, to […]
Travel question: How to travel from Tisno to Split
I need information about hiring a car in Tisno, one way, and dropping off in Split? My boyfriend and I need to get to Split one way or another and i’ve heard the bus is a nightmare and takes 5 hours? Is this true? Please let me know if you have any ideas as to how we […]
Which celebrity child is Croatia going to help name next?
A spiky cactus on Hvar – which celebrity couple will this influence?! All throughout yesterday, Twitter and Google News seem to have been clogged up with one story alone. No, not the goings on at Wimbledon, or the super-exciting news on the re-unification of the Spice Girls. It was that the most famous child in the […]