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81 Reviews Braca Hrvatskog Zmaja (The Knights Order of the Dragon) was first founded in 1408 by Croato-Ungarin King Sigismund, under the name of Ordo Equestris Dragonis. This secret organisation, which members...
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Beautiful Dubrovnik Dubrovnik
35 Reviews Somehow I had never wanted to visit Dubrovnik. In the 1980s only old people from Germany went here. Then the war came and big parts of Dubrovik were destroyed. Only then I thought of it as a normal...
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Old Town (general) Split
19 Reviews I really like walking around the old town of Split after dark when the crowds have gone and just the cats are roaming around. Well, not quite but still you will get a totally different impression and...
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Beautiful Coastline Hvar
4 Reviews Agave plants are growing everywhere. After about one hundred years of growth, the plant produces a flower which looks like a tree (see the picture) - it dies. But there are many small agave plants...
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Waterfalls & Cascades Plitvicka Jezera National Park
23 Reviews Veliki prštavci means the sputtering waterfall. It is situated in the area of the Upper Lakes nearby Galovacki buk. The nature has created a kind of amphitheatre with a curtain of falls. This is...
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The architecture of the town Zagreb
29 Reviews Zagreb is packed with architectural interesting sights and buildings. Among the most famous are the two Neo-Gothic bell towers, the Romanesque Lotrscak Tower or the various architectural styles of the...
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General Info Dubrovnik
18 Reviews Dubrovnik has so much to see and do and the best place to stop off at first is to visit the Tourist Information Office at the Pile Gate area opposite the Onofrio's Fountain and off Placa. There you...
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Riva & Harbour area Split
7 Reviews Hi there. There is parking available at the Riva. If you follow signs to the ferry port you will see the barrier for it to the right of the Jadrolinija ticket office, just near the market and...
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Hvar Town Hvar
4 Reviews Hvar is one of those towns that simply can't have dull history. So many nomads, warriors, pirates, traders and artists visited it’s streets, it became cosmopolitan before some of today’s European...
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Prices, entrances, maps & other info Plitvicka Jezera National Park
6 Reviews Before you enter the park there are a number of routes advertised on the boards, you are free to move about the park as you wish and take the long or short routes, if you are pushed for time but want...
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City maps and guides Zagreb
9 Reviews A great resource for information about travels to Eastern or Central Europe is "In Your Pocket". It provides information of more than 50 cities at the travel portal www.inyourpocket.com. About 20...
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Beaches Dubrovnik
7 Reviews OK we were on the further peninsula - Babin Kuk. Also plenty of hotels here - most with beaches nearby. The Copacabana is the largest beach in this complex (and the nearest to our hotel) partly open...
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Surrounding Islands Split
8 Reviews Most people come to Split as a passageway to the Islands of Dalmatia and for Dubrovnik. For the islands the ferry service is essential, and offers some of the best views of Split and the islands. For...
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Jelsa Hvar
2 Reviews I was looking at all those houses and wondered if I could ever affort one. And I found a very good website, right here, in an Internet cafe. Those people, after you tell them your price range, show...
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Lakes Plitvicka Jezera National Park
13 Reviews All you need is to come freely here, to this unique gallery of Nature, to listen to the flickering murmur of the falls, to gaze at the abundance of stony shapes, the reflections of the firs and...
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Emblems of the town Zagreb
8 Reviews Here stands the statue to King Tomislav, the first King of the medieval state of Croatia, after whom the square is named. King Tomislav Square is a large park with a fountain in the middle and the Art...
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Islands Dubrovnik
3 Reviews When I was in Dubrovnik in both February and in March (of different years) there weren't many islands that one was able to go to on a daytrip. By default, I ended up on Mljet, which is only a twohour...
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Cathedral & Bell Tower Split
7 Reviews Split's Old Town and the Diocletian's Palace are full of interesting sights, including this impressive six storey campanile that rises above the Cathedral of St. Domnius in the heart of the palace. It...
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Moving around Plitvicka Jezera National Park
10 Reviews National Park Plitvicka Jezera, founded in 1949, is part of UNESCO World Heritage since 1979, and is one of the oldest national parks in Central Europe. The protected area of the park extend over 297...
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People Zagreb
6 Reviews You will probably love the fact that almost everybody speaks at least some basic English. If you aim younger people, you're very likely to get quality speakers who will anwser your questions without...
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Dubrovnik Summer Festival Dubrovnik
1 Review DSF is held annually for the past 55 years. It is very important part of Dubrovnik tradition. The festival brings many music, theatre and folklore events. It is very important to see at least one...
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Local sports Split
6 Reviews A picture of the players. if you are in doubt then the danes are in blue. I couldn't get used to that! Where I was sitting there were only about 200 danes, mostly from the international brigade, and...
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Fish, Animals & Wildlife Plitvicka Jezera National Park
4 Reviews As you are walking on the wooden footpaths around the lakes ,you will see lots of trout! Everywhere! You can not miss them and some of them are huge! I am guessing these trout are probably quite...
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Geographical position&climate Zagreb
4 Reviews This is the picture of the squareI did in the first week of January 2003. The town of Zagreb, under the snow, is particularly attractive, many says at that time Zagreb is a real beauty, howevr, it...
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Diocletian's Palace Split
9 Reviews Today, the well preserved Roman architecture is interlaced with several layers from later ages. The old core of the town, so-called Varos, is situated inside the walls of the palace which was of huge...
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There are hundreds of lighthouses along the Adriatic coast like this one called Mulo.On some of this lighthouses, located deep into the Adriatic Sea, you can spend your summer holidays far away from the bussy towns and enjoying in endless tranquility. There are 1185 islands, islets and cliffs on the Adriatic coast, at the same time there are thousands of small and big lighthouses.
Visit KRKA National park near town of Šibenik. Deep canyons cut into calciferous plateaus; lakes; among the multitude of waterfalls, Skradinski Buk and Roški Slap are the most prominent. Between them is the islet of Visovac, with a Franciscan monastery, situated at the spot where the river widens into a lake.
ECONOMYBefore the dissolution of former Yugoslavia, Croatia was, after Slovenia, the most prosperous and industrialised area, with a capita per output perhaps one-third above the Yugoslav average. Today, Croatia faces considerable economic problems. Probably the most critical economic problem is unemployment: By yearend 1998 18,6% were unemployed. Extremes of poverty and wealth are greater than under Communist rule. Few people are in danger of starving, but there are more poor people than before. The average monthly income is only around 600 DM, while living-costs are as high - or even higher - than anywhere in western Europe. Croatia is not a cheap country. Many people can't afford to rent a flat of their own, so you'll often see two or three generations living in one place. You can get practically everything in Croatia, but most of it is imported from countries like Germany and Italy...
I can't think of a more magical time than my first stroll through Dubrovnik. If you can, try to arrive at night... it's like being inside a fairytale. There's something about the way the lamps shine off the stones at night...
Zagreb is the capital town of Croatia, at the same time it is the biggest town with almost one million of inhabitants.The name Zagreb is used for the land behind Medvedgrad Mountain in 1094.&cr Zagreb has a thousand faces, it is professional yet relaxed, modern with a dash of a thousands years of longevity, cultural and economic, urban and adventurous, it is the city you just have to know better.
Somehow a symbol of former Yugoslavia, YUGO is the name of the most famous model of car produced by yugoslavian maker Zastava. There are still some amazing old ones around (becoming kind of a cult object, like the Trabant) and some newer models.The Zastava fab (in Serbia) has been bombed by the NATO in 1999 and Zastava, after partial reconstruction, is trying to come back into the market with some new models.
Mailnly a heritage from former Yugoslavia, Croatia still has a solid heavy industry. It's a pity that some huge indutrial sites have been built in beautiful places (like along the coast) spoiling the natural scenery. But this is a common problem of many countries, not only from eastern Europe...)
Modern Croatia has a very long history going back for many centuries. From the Greeks to the Romans, the Turks, the Venetians to the most recent events, the croatian territory and people have lived both through the flourishing culture and trade of the quiet years and through the many dramatic wars.It's not a wonder that many croatian cities, towns and villages still have beautiful old historical centers (some of them partially reconstructed) that are delightful and very interesting to visit.
Besides the flat region of Slavonia, between the Sava and Drava rivers, most of Croatia is hilly or mountaineous. While the coastal mountains are pretty dry with true mediterranean vegetation, elsewhere they are very green, wild and lush.
Most of the beaches are made of gravel, not sand. Though you may not be able to build sand castles, gravel is not bad at all and is even more comfortable than sand to lay on.The nicest beaches are small, secluded, and can be reached only by boat.
Regent Esplanade Hotel Zagreb
16 Reviews and 348 Opinions We stayed here from 30 Dec 2011 to 1 January 2012. This is truly an excellent hotel. Staff and...
Hotel Bellevue Dubrovnik Dubrovnik
5 Reviews and 322 Opinions Hotel Bellevue is a unique hotel located in a spectacular cliff top position overlooking the...
Radisson Blu Resort, Split Split
8 Reviews and 172 Opinions The guide told us it was situated so close to the center that we could walk back there. But the bus...
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Q: Hello, can EU nationals from non neighbouring countries to Croatia enter the country with a valid ID only? It's so confusing...
A: The Croatian Embassy website http://uk.mfa.hr/?mv=167&mh=42&dmid=86#pocdrz says: * Crossing the state border of the Republic of Croatia requires either a valid...
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