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Golden Pen: 35 travel journalists from across the
world in Croatia
35 travel journalists will stay in Croatia 5 to 8 June. These are
journalists who have stood out with their writing about the Croatian tourist
offer. One printed media journalist and one electronic media journalist will
be presented with a Golden Pen Grand Prix statue. However, they will not be
the only winners – all other journalists will be rewarded with a small
Golden Pen statue and a thank-you plaque.
The candidates for the Golden Pen award are nominated by representative
offices of the Croatian National Tourist Board abroad on the basis of their
writing or radio and TV reports about Croatia. In jury’s opinion, the
greatest contribution to informing about the tourist values of Croatia was
made by the following journalists: Donatella BIANCHI (Italy, RAI UNO),
Luciana Francesca REBONATO ( Italy, Meeting e congressi), Laszlo SZUCS (Hungary,
RTL Klub), Agnes FEDERER (Hungary, Nepszabadsag), Anne-Marie GRUE (France,
Figaro Magazine), Luc LABOZ (France, TF1), Tony KELLY (Great Britain and
Ireland, Wanderlust Magazine), Mike LONDON (Great Britain and Ireland, BBC
World News – Fast Track), Joachim NEGWER (Germany, ADAC Reisemagazin), Silke
BENDER (Germany, Petra), Lutz WEBER (Germany, Hessicher Rundfunk), Ralf
GIERKES (Germany, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, WDR), Jana ČEVELOVA (Slovakia,
SME), Annick SCHREUDER (Belgium, Libelle), Robert CROSS (USA and Canada,
Chicago Tribune), Jon BOWEMASTER (USA and Canada, National Geographic),
Agnieszka CEGIELSKA (Poland, TVN24), Piotr BIKONT (Poland, Newsweek Polska),
Peter Niklaus Trosch (Switzerland, Tages Anzeiger), Marco HORAT (Switzerland,
Rete UNO), Heinz Grotsching (Austria, Motorradmagazin), Tomaš WEHLE (Czech
Republic, In Magazin, Hospodarske noviny), Jaroslav Skalicky (Czech Republic,
Ceska Televize, Radiožurnal – Češky rozhlas1), Vesna LEVIČNIK (Slovenia,
Dnevnik), representatives of Gorenjska televizija Kranj (Slovenia), Jaime
Gonzales de Castejon VIAJAR (Spain, Viajar), Maria Angeles Garcia Mayor (Spain,
Planeta Finito), Kees VERPLANKE (The Netherlands, Reisgids), Edwin Jeeninga
(The Netherlands, TV), Iryna Gorobets (Ukraine), Olga KOINOVA (Russia),
Jesper WITH (Scandinavia, Mad &Bolig), Anne –Vibeke ISAKSEN (Scandinavia,
DK4), Akiko YOSHIDA (Japan, Tabi), and Tomoko KIRYAMA (Japan, Asahi). During
the three-day stay, they will all have an opportunity to learn about the
Croatian region of Kvarner and its tourist capacities. The final Golden Pen
presentation ceremony will be held on 7 June at the Crystal Hall of Hotel
Kvarner in Opatija. This professional acknowledgement, presented by the
Croatian National Tourist Board for the fourth time, will be even more
significant for the journalists seeing as Croatia is home to the symbol of
their profession – the ballpoint pen and fountain pen that left Zagreb,
Croatia in the early 20th century to conquer the world.
Croatian National Tourist Board
www.croatia.hr
PRESENTING
Istria: Interesting any time of year
Istria is the northernmost coastal region in Croatia, the largest Adriatic
peninsula having a surface area of 3160 square kilometers, and one of the
most developed tourist areas in Europe. The dynamic and lively coastal area
has its contrast in the agro-tourism facilities guaranteeing a holiday in
autochthonous houses offering superb comfort, homemade food and perfect
peace.
Istria has its popular centers with distinctive ambiences such as Umag,
Novigrad, Poreč, Rovinj, Vrsar, Rabac, and the largest city – Pula, all of
them offering quality tourist accommodation and service, wellness facilities
and other amenities for a pleasant holiday and recreation. In addition to
these favorite tourist destinations, there are many others, attracting
guests with their offer and ambience.
The accommodation offer in Istria is constantly enriched and modernized, so
it fully meets the wishes and needs of modern, dynamic guests. Interesting
cultural and entertaining programs are available to them year-round, as well
as sport, recreation and wellness facilities. All this makes Istria an
attractive destination for holidays and pleasure all year. Ideal
destinations for both excursions and stays are the picturesque acropolises
of Motovun, Grožnjan, Hum and Oprtalj, where they have interesting events
and festivals in summertime. The highlights among the many cultural events
are the numerous operas, concerts and film projections in the Pula Arena,
one of the best preserved Roman amphitheaters in the world, and concerts in
Poreč’s Euphrasius Basilica, a UNESCO-protected pearl of the early Byzantine
art. Of course, the rich cultural heritage has left its mark in other cities
and towns – their streets and museums are ideal for exploring. The hosts
also provide the guests with interesting events reviving old customs,
entertaining them and bringing the rich wine & gastro offer closer to them.
This area also contains the National Park Brijuni. As for the natural
characteristics and rest & recreation options, the places to visit are the
Mountain of Učka, the hydro-morphological phenomenon Lim Fjord, and Motovun
Forest.
Istria is also popular for its wine & gastro offer – truffles, excellent
olive oil, great wine and wine roads, also attracting numerous guests.
Istria Tourist Board
www.istra.hr
Đurđevac: Candidate for selection of the European
Destination of Excellence
The Town of Đurđevac will represent Croatia in the European Destination of
Excellence competition to be held 18 and 19 September in Bordeaux, France.
Đurđevac won the right to participate in a very tough competition of 27
candidates in Croatia, among which the Committee of CNTB’s Head Office
selected the national winner according to the criteria set for the project.
The European Destination of Excellence competition has been held since 2006,
involving all European Union Member States. Although Croatia is not an EU
member, it has been invited to join, so it has been involved in the action
from the beginning. This year, it is organized on the subject of “Tourism
and Local Intangible Heritage”.
Popular for its various cultural, sport and other attractive events such as
Podravina From Summer to Summer, Mamas Baked Some Štrukli, Welcome Friends,
etc., Đurđevac is particularly distinctive for its Legend of the Roosters (Picoki).
The traditional cultural & entertainment event, which has been organized for
forty years, illustrates the historical and traditional heritage of the
region, and this attractive tourist product maintains the legend of the
locals’ craftiness in this part of Koprivnica-Križevci County.
The Croatian Ministry of Culture has proclaimed the Legend of the Roosters
intangible cultural domain. The legend is associated with an old story about
a long siege of Ulama-Beg’s Turkish army and his intention to force the
people of Đurđevac captured in the Old Town to surrender due to hunger.
However, following the advice of an old lady, the defenders outwitted the
Beg by firing their last rooster out of a cannon into the Turkish camp, thus
creating the impression they had food to waste. Believing they had plenty of
food, Ulama-Beg retreated with his army and the people of Đurđevac have been
referred to as the Roosters ever since.
However, numerous visitors to Đurđevac do not come here just for the legend,
but for various other facilities making the region popular because the area
contains famous hunting grounds and the naďve road passes here as this is
the region where naďve painting was conceived. Đurđevac has an art gallery
containing paintings donated by the famous Croatian naďve painter Lacković
Croata, whose works have been exhibited in many galleries around the world,
and the area also has 45 kilometers of bike tracks, etc.
Đurđevac Tourist Board
www.tz-djurdjevac.hr
Koprivnica-Križevci County Tourist Board
www.tz-koprivnicko-krizevacka.hr
Fužine: Mountain Riviera near the sea
Attractive for its position in a woody part of the mountainous region near
Kvarner Riviera, Fužine has very ambitious plans for development of quality
tourism. Following the motto “Fužine – The Mountain Riviera”, the mid-term
tourism development plans provide for development of a number of new tourist
facilities. In addition to enhancement of the tourist offer on lakes Bajer
and Lepenica and development of a camping area, the plan provides for
construction of the Vrata skiing center, Jelenčić-Tuhobić skiing resort, and
a health & entrepreneurial center project in Vrata with the possibility of
developing a golf course.
Situated at an altitude of 730 meters and around thirty kilometers from the
sea, Fužine provides a number of opportunities for a quality holiday. Fužine
happens to be the oldest Croatian continental tourist location, where
tourism began to develop in 1874. This year, it was classified as a Category
A Croatian tourist destination, and its center was proclaimed a cultural
domain this year. Fužine has a population of 850, and tourists have 450 beds
available, 150 of which were provided last year. Hotel Bitoraj has 59 new
beds, Vrata bed & breakfast has 32, while the rest is in less comfortable
apartments. In addition to swimming in the lakes, tourists can engage in
various sports such as sailing, windsurfing, boat riding, canoeing, kayaking,
diving, etc. The entire area is rich in clear and unpolluted waters
containing various fish species, which makes it ideal for fishing, and there
are also hiking and biking tracks. In immediate vicinity of Fužine is the
famous Vrelo Cave, adapted to visitors of all generations. The cave has
underground water running through it and received 14 thousand visitors last
year. They also opened a tennis center last year, its courts situated along
the hiking and biking track around Lake Bajer. Tennis was played here a
hundred years ago. The popular tourist train “Fužinski Cug” has recently
begun to operate. Every hour, the train takes tourists around Lake Bajer and
Lake Lepenica, and groups are provided with tours of attractive wooded areas
and other tourist locales.
Fužine Tourist Board
www.tz-fuzine.hr
Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Tourist Board
www.kvarner.hr
Ilok: Source of Life estate offers numerous
facilities
Zelenika family’s Source of Life estate, located in Ilok in the east part of
Croatia, offers numerous facilities for wine & gastro delights, rest and
recreation in a unique surrounding. What makes it special is that its entire
area of four hectares is fully adapted for accommodation of 100 percent
disabled persons and organization of excursions for them, which makes it
unique in Europe. Namely, it enables the disabled to have an active holiday
(without help) and participate in different activities such as grape
harvesting, picking fruits on the estate, etc.
The estate also engages in production of sparkling wines, wine and grape
products such as the Royal Elixir, prepared with no additives, preservatives
and sugar according to the old recipe that was once used by the locals and
nobility in the region. In 2006, the first Srijem’s royal sparkling wine
Double Gold was produced here, including strips of 24-carat gold, and they
also produce the royal sparkling wine Karmen Sylva with pine needle liquor,
and the Kadi gallery wine of the Traminac variety.
The Source of Life estate has opened a tasting facility with aroma rooms for
sparkling wines and grape products where the Zelenika family organizes
educational workshops and team building programs.
Vukovar-Srijem County Tourist Board
www.tzvsz.hr
Ilok Tourist Board
tzilok@post.t-com.hr
INVESTMENTS
Opatija: Hotel Kvarner to join the Marriott chain
Opatija’s Hotel Kvarner will be the first Croatian hotel to operate within
the Marriott hotel chain. As it happens, a thorough reconstruction of Hotel
Kvarner will begin this autumn and is expected to go on for around a year.
Upon its completion, the hotel will operate within and according to the
standards of this international hotel chain.
Hotel Kvarner, one of the most important symbols of Opatija’s and Croatian
tourism, has operated for over 120 years, and its Crystal Hall, built in
1913 in the place where the former burnt down baths had once stood, has been
the venue for the most glamorous receptions and balls. The construction of
the hotel was initiated by the South Railway Company of Austro-Hungarian
Monarchy in 1864.
As we learned from the Liburnia Riviera Hoteli group including the hotel
concerned, Marriott will operate the hotel on the basis of an operating
agreement. The two parties have yet to define a letter of intent determining
the commercial terms of operation, and to make a feasibility study as the
basis for preparation of the investment project.
Marriott operates over 3000 hotels and 520,000 rooms across the world.
Opatija Tourist Board Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Tourist Board
www.opatija-tourism.hr www.kvarner.hr
Liburnia Riviera Hoteli
www.liburnia.hr
Hotel Marjan: Five stars after reconstruction
After a thorough reconstruction and addition of annexes, Split’s Hotel
Marjan, built in 1964, will be classified as five stars. With its new
design, it will be opened in January of next year when it will host the
participants of the World Handball Cup to be held in several Croatian cities.
Situated right by the sea and only a few hundred meters from the old town
core, Hotel Marjan will have a total of 350 accommodation units, 272 of
which will be available to guests as of early 2009, while the rest of the
rooms and the congress center will open four months later.
The total value of the investment is 100 million euros, and the
reconstruction and extension will provide the hotel with a wellness center
covering 2000 square meters, a large congress hall and four smaller ones.
The hotel will consist of three parts of different heights – the highest
part will contain 115 accommodation units, 14 of them suites, and a
180-square-meter presidential suite. Guests will surely enjoy the panoramic
elevator offering a magnificent view of the City of Split, the sea in nice
weather, and the nearby islands.
The hotel will be built to the highest standards applied by international
hotel chains and, according to the owners and investors, negotiations with
some of them are not excluded.
Split Tourist Board Split-Dalmatia County Tourist Board
www.visitsplit.com www.dalmatia.hr
Hotel Marjan Split
www.hotel-marjan.com
Hotel Croatia Cavtat: A new design for the 35th
anniversary
In mid-May, after a six-month pause, Hotel Croatia in Cavtat began to
operate by hosting the 4th CEFood Congress – Central European Food Congress
and the Sixth Croatian Congress of the Association of Food Technologists,
Biotechnologists and Nutritionists. The rooms, balconies and hallways of
Hotel Croatia were reconstructed from mid-November to mid-May, which ended
the process of full reconstruction of all its areas and facilities to make
it fully consistent with the desires and needs of modern business and
holiday guests.
The value of the investment in the reconstruction of the accommodation units
and hallways was around 15 million euros. The end of the full reconstruction
of this popular five-star hotel will surely be enhanced by the celebration
of its 35th anniversary.
Every third guest of this hotel is a congress guest, and the
congress-related activities generate as much as 40 percent of its revenues.
Hotel Croatia is situated on Dubrovnik Riviera, in the picturesque town of
Cavtat, 5 kilometers from Dubrovnik Airport and 18 kilometers from the
world-famous City of Dubrovnik. The hotel has 460 rooms and seven suites,
two of them presidential. The hotel has eight congress halls, a rich gastro
offer, wellness and recreational facilities.
Dubrovnik Tourist Board
www.tzdubrovnik.hr
Dubrovnik-Neretva County Tourist Board
www.visitdubrovnik.hr
Hotel Croatia Cavtat
www.hoteli-croatia.hr
Rovinj: Hotel Monte Mulini opens in mid-August
The Istrian town of Rovinj, a popular tourist center and, according to many,
one of the most romantic Croatian destinations, will be presented with Hotel
Monte Mulini in mid-August. This will be the first five-star hotel in Istria,
situated by the sea, surrounded by Mediterranean vegetation and incorporated
in the natural ambience of the centuries-old park forest Zlatni Rt.
According to Maistra, the owner of the hotel, the modern appearance of the
hotel is achieved by a synergy of design, functionality, harmony and
elegance, while the bold architectural concepts and warm natural materials
will make the hotel ideal for holidays, entertainment and business meetings.
Monte Mulini will have 109 rooms and 10 suites with a sea view. The hotel’s
amenities will be adapted to the highest standards, including a wellness and
spa center, a beauty center, a sport and fitness center and a boutique.
Hotel Monte Mulini should also have a premium slow food restaurant and wine
cellar, and areas suitable for banquets and galas. The project was provided
by one of the most eminent architectural studios in the world, specialized
in development of new hotels - Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo.
Hotel Monte Mulini is the third of the four hotels within the Monte Mulini
hotel complex. In 2006, they renovated Hotel Eden, Hotel Park is about to be
renovated, Hotel Monte Mulini will open in August, and Hotel Lone should
open in the summer of 2009. The entire Monte Mulini tourist complex will
operate year-round and offer its guests rich and attractive amenities,
making it interesting to both holiday and business guests.
Rovinj Tourist Board Istrian County Tourist Board
www.tzgrovinj.hr www.istra.hr
Maistra
www.maistra.com
EVENTS
Cultural heritage: Apoxiomen travels across Croatia
On its journey through Croatian museums, the famous statue of Apoxiomen
arouses great interest among the local and international public. This is one
of the few preserved large Greek bronze statues in the world, which has so
far been exhibited in Zagreb, Florence and Osijek. It is currently available
for viewing at the Maritime and History Museum of the Croatian Littoral in
Rijeka, where it will be displayed until 25 June, after which it will be
moved to Split.
The bronze statue of a young athlete scraping a layer of dust and oil from
his naked body dates back to the 4th century B.C., and was accidentally
discovered by a Belgian tourist under the sea around the Island of Lošinj,
near the islet of Vela Orjula. It was retrieved from the sea in 1999 and
restored at the Croatian Conservation Institute with the help of experts
from Florence. Last year, it won the European Union’s award for cultural
heritage among 152 registered specimens of preserved heritage coming from 32
countries.
The bronze statute has an inestimable artistic value, and there are
indications it could have been made by the famous ancient sculptor Lysippos.
Only one other specimen was found in Ephesus in the 19th century and is now
exhibited at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. There are a few
replicas of the Apoxiomen in the world, but they are made from different
materials.
After exhibiting the statue of the Greek athlete in numerous Croatian cities,
the Apoxiomen will be permanently exhibited in a museum in Mali Lošinj, in
the area where the bronze statue was found.
Rijeka Tourist Board Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Tourist Board
www.tz-rijeka.hr www.kvarner.hr
Krk: A town of history and culture
3 to 7 June, the culture & sport event entitled “A Gift to St. Quirin” will
be held in the town of Krk, popular for its numerous cultural events, Krk
Fair and various events with preserved traditional features. The event will
mark the day of St. Quirin, guardian of the Krk Bishopric and the town of
Krk, and will begin by the raising of the Blue Flag. This will also mark the
seventh anniversary of its mounting on Krk’s beaches. In addition to
performances by harmony singers, the town choir and town band, guest
performances by international musicians and exhibition, this year’s
multi-day event will include the first town race and the 7th Sport
Recreation Festival for the Elderly. In late June, Krk will also host the
traditional music festival “Melodies of Istria and Kvarner”.
Proclaimed a town of history and culture, Krk existed as a developed urban
center of the island three thousand years ago. That is why every one of its
churches, castles, houses and stairways illustrates a true historical
treasure. The town is dominated by the cathedral next to the Frankopan
Castle, which was first mentioned in written documents in 1186. The
cathedral was dedicated to the Assumption of Virgin Mary, and its extensions
added throughout many centuries have combined various styles – Romanic,
gothic, renaissance and baroque. The cathedral contains Matser Koler’s
silver altarpiece, donated to the church by Ivan Frankopan in 1477, while
the unique early-Romanic Church of St. Quirin, the town’s guardian, leans on
the cathedral. The church is made of local white stone, and is unique for
being erected on two levels. An interesting fact mentioned in written
documents is that convicts from the nearby courtroom came to attend Mass on
the ground floor of the church. The complex also contains a museum of sacral
art with very interesting exhibits of great historical value.
Krk Tourist Board Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Tourist Board
www.tz-krk.hr www.kvarner.hr
Hotel Luna: The Full Moon Circle
Aiming to be distinctive and different, Hotel Luna, situated in Jakišnica on
the Island of Pag, organizes cultural, fashion and sporting events all
summer, jointly entitled The Full Moon Circle. By organizing these events,
Hotel Luna wishes to add new amenities to the reputation of the Island of
Pag (primarily popular for its Zrče Beach) and thus avoid stereotyping of
the hotel’s offer.
In addition to the events already held – the beauty pageant and the fashion
& entertainment event Novjanski Fuštan, aiming to promote and preserve the
traditional women’s clothing styles, and the Lun Olive Festival where they
announced that Lun’s olive is the oldest in the world – some new ones will
be held in the upcoming period.
The famous 2005 Grammy winning jazz musician Ivan Santos will perform in
Hotel Luna on Pag between 15 and 30 June, along with his friend Marcio
Tubina, also a world-renowned musician.
The hotel will also organize book presentations, art exhibitions, harmony
singing concerts, swimming marathons, etc.
The family hotel Luna was built in 2007 in the picturesque Jakišnica,
halfway between the popular Pag’s tourist destinations Novalja and Lun. The
hotel has 93 accommodation units and extensive sport & recreation facilities.
However, what makes it special are the rich cultural, entertainment and
sporting programs, as well as the customs they bring closer to guests.
Novalja Tourist Board Lika-Senj County Tourist Board
www.tz-novalja.hr www.lickosenjska.com
Hotel Luna
www.luna-hotel.hr
Dubrovnik: Five hundred years with the great Marin
Držić
This year, the appealing and ever-attractive Dubrovnik, distinctive for its
view of the Old Town, lives for the 500th birth anniversary of one of the
greatest European comedy writers, Marin Držić Vidra. As the year 2008 was
pronounced the Year of Držić in Croatia, many cultural events are associated
with the opus of this great Croatian writer, whose work never ceases to
delight the audience. Although Držić’s works are regularly included in the
Dubrovnik Summer Games program, this year it will dominate the cultural
festival. Residents of Dubrovnik and their guests will be able to feel the
spirit of Držić’s times in all catering and hotel facilities and on the
stairs of the Old Town that have always conveyed the words of this
unsurpassed intellectual of his era.
Thanks to the artistic inspiration, the characters in Držić’s comedies «Dundo
Maroje» and «Skup» or pastorals such as «Grižula» and «Tirena» have not lost
their currency to date. Through his misers, old senile men, deadbeats and
cuckolds, Držić speaks not only of the flaws and vices of his contemporaries,
but of human fears, character and behavior. The Dubrovnik City Theater now
bears the name of this great comedy writer, and the Home of Marin Držić
offers an insight to his work and life.
In addition to the cultural events associated with the life and work of
Marin Držić, Dubrovnik’s offer truly makes it a cultural center, with a
number of attractive programs prepared for June. Every Monday, Wednesday and
Friday, the Church of St. Salvation organizes a program entitled Concerts in
Candlelight. Every Saturday and Sunday, the Dubrovnik Chamber Trio and the
Dubrovnik Brass Trio perform at the Domino Church, and they also announced a
series of concerts by the Dubrovnik Symphony Orchestra and the Linđo
folklore troupe. In June, they will organize the 2nd International Concert
Cycle Musica Eterna, the 4th Libertas Film Festival, and many other events.
Dubrovnik Tourist Board
www.tzdubrovnik.hr
Dubrovnik-Neretva County Tourist Board
www.visitdubrovnik.hr
Mali Lošinj: World Parachuting Cup
After 23 years, Mali Lošinj will once again host the World Parachuting Cup.
The competition, sponsored by the Croatian Ministry of Culture, will be held
6 to 8 June, and will include around two hundred participants from some 20
countries.
Considering the ideal weather conditions, quality accommodation and sport
capacities, and existence of an airport, the organizer of the competition,
Parachuting Club Krila Kvarner of Rijeka, initiated the idea of organizing
the World Parachuting Cup in Mali Lošinj last August. Two weeks before the
competition, the exhibition program began, where anyone brave enough and
yearning for adrenaline had the chance to try double jumps – of course, with
the instructors. The organizers are convinced the World Parachuting Cup will
continue to be organized in Mali Lošinj in the future due to the ideal
conditions provided by this destination for a competition in this type of
sport.
In addition to Croatia, parachuting competitions are held in five other
European countries, and they are organized by Bled, Slovenia, Altenstadt,
Germany, Belluno, Italy, Salzburg, Austria, and Locarno, Switzerland.
Mali Lošinj Tourist Board
www.tz-malilosinj.hr
Primorje-Gorski Kotar County Tourist Board
www.kvarner.hr
THE WORLD AND US
Surveys: Croatia – a travel brand on the rise
According to the Country Brand Index 2007 survey, where the FutureBrand
agency measured the country brand strengths for the third time, Croatia was
once again pronounced the number one “rising star”. As the authors of the
survey said, the purpose of the survey is to help countries on their way to
their increasingly important travel branding.
As a brand of future, this year Croatia was better than the second-place
China, United Arab Emirates, Vietnam, South Africa, Cuba, Iceland, Poland,
Russian Federation and Argentina. Specifically commended for its rich
historical heritage and a series of island and coastal tourist centers,
Croatia was predicted to become an even more esteemed tourist destination
over the next five years.
The Country Brand Index has thus joined the increasingly large number of
surveys confirming Croatia’s and its destinations’ important place on the
tourist map of Europe and the world.
Country Brand Index Croatian National Tourist Board
www.countrybrandindex.com www.croatia.hr
The New York Times: Ideal holiday in Croatian
lighthouses
A Sunday edition of the prestigious daily The New York Times has recently
published a lengthy report about lighthouses on Croatian islands. In the
very inspired report, reporter Jon Bowermaster wrote about the unforgettable
holiday provided by the lighthouses, arranged along the entire Adriatic
containing 1200 islands. The American reporter stated that, out of the 48
lighthouses in Croatia built by the Austro-Hungarian Emperor Francis Joseph
in the 19th century, 11 of them provide tourists with the possibility of
spending a magnificent holiday there in an idyllic and isolated surrounding.
For a little more money, they can rent accommodation in well-equipped
apartments where lighthouse keepers used to live and spend their holiday in
peace and isolation. Jon Bowermaster himself stayed in three lighthouses –
on the Island of Palagruža, on the islet of Sušac twenty minutes by boat
from Korčula, and on the Island of Lastovo – they were all a special
experience. In addition to descriptions of the wonderful natural ambience
with coves and narrow paths ideal for exploring the islands, specialties
made of freshly caught crabs, seashells and fish or fresh food supplied from
the mainland, Jon Bowermaster ended the text with the following invitation:
»Just come, relax, and you may never want to leave ».
Croatian National Tourist Board The New York Times
www.croatia.hr www.nytimes.com
Dubrovnik: Ideal for encounters with stars
If you want to meet a famous Hollywood star this summer, one of the best
places to go is the City of Dubrovnik – this was the advice provided by the
renowned Forbes magazine to paparazzi spending their summer in search of
Hollywood A list stars. In addition to recommendations of other
destinations, Forbes provided a lengthy list of celebrities who have visited
Dubrovnik over the past few years, such as Michael Douglas and Catherine
Zeta Jones, Tom Cruise, Nick Nolte and others, specifying the places the
celebrities stayed in, strolled and had fun in this famous tourist
destination.
Forbes
www.forbes.com
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