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Winter sports   Zagreb

Winter sports, Zagreb

 8 Reviews  Up there, on our mountain Medvednica, you can enjoy skiing or snowboarding, in Winter, of course. In other times of the year where there is no snow, you can enjoy hiking or simply, breath the fresh... 

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Hajduk Football Club   Split

Hajduk Football Club, Split

 14 Reviews  The Hajduk football club was founded in 1911 in a restaurant in Prague. In 2011 it will have it's 100 years jubilee and the club has never changed its name. The club is very successful and has seen... 

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Walking, hiking   Plitvicka Jezera National Park

Walking, hiking, Plitvicka Jezera National Park

 1 Review  Entire place is a paradise for a hiker with wooden and stone paths above lakes, swamps, in front of waterfalls, through forest and into more distant, quieter areas of the protected landscape. One day... 

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Handball   Zagreb

Handball, Zagreb

 10 Reviews  Trg bana Jelacica (the Main City Square) is probably the most pieceful part of the town, not necceserelly always..... This is another aspect of the square, unfortunatelly the pictures are taken by... 

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Tennis   Split

Tennis, Split

 1 Review  Goran Ivanisevic - Wimbledon Champion 2001. Ivanisevic and those fans, plus scores of thousands more besides, were dancing again when another title came home to Split. The whole country, it seemed,... 

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Other sports   Zagreb

Other sports, Zagreb

 13 Reviews  Cycle paths are clearly marked through the center of Zegrab. The red path is only the width of one cycler and further delineated by yellow lines on edges of the path. Each path is intended for only... 

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Basketball   Zagreb

Basketball, Zagreb

 5 Reviews  That day in the early morning I was still sleeping when my wife came all in panic to wake me up shouting, "Mali died in a car crash in Germany". In my home, as well as in most other Croatian homes,... 

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Football   Zagreb

Football, Zagreb

 14 Reviews  Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on the 25th February, 1983, Eduardo Alves da Silva moved to the cold and unfamiliar streets of Croatia at the age of just 15, hoping to forge a career for himself in... 

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Water sports   Zagreb

Water sports, Zagreb

 3 Reviews  Now, this is why the town of Zagreb is unique place among the other capital towns in Europe. Just about 10 minutes walking from the heart of the city, there is a huge sports centre with a lot of... 

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Reviews from VirtualTourist Members

WINDSURFING! KITESURFING!

by KristaB

Adriatic has some truly great spots for Windsurfing, Kitesurfing and what's the newest water gliding invention? Those people are very creative! Famous location is Bol - island Brac. Well ... if you love crowds, loud music, steep prices, you sure will love this place.And in case the wind is not right for windsurfing some day (notice the word Wind in the name Windsurfing), you can climb the church tower using your fingers and feet. I saw this on TV so it must be true. TV knows everything. I’m just not sure is this like open for general public sort of activity, or you need to pay something to the vicar, do they make you sign "on my own responsibility" peace of paper and pay in advance for the cleanup - I'm sure local pubs are the best place to find out. The "true" watersports freaks will rather choose Viganj on Peljesac peninsula. It's like a community there, the camp is almost entirely...

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Rafting on Cetina river

by KristaB

Cetina river is running through beautiful landscape, guarded by rocky mountains but softly nested in luscious green foliage. The lower part of the stream, below Electric Plant Kraljevac Zadvarje is just perfect for rafting - the flow is almost completely controlled by plant's turbines, there's just enough speed, turns and small waterfalls to make your heart beat faster, plenty of wonderful sights to take your breath away during 3 hours of your great adventure The rafting tours are guided by experienced local skippers, and are safe enough even for children, I'd say from the age 5 up.In some areas, your skipper will tell you where you can swim in that crystal clear water, or he will stage a "fight" or race with another raft. But when he tells you to sit, hold, bend down or pedal - you better obey! It’s not a water-park ride operated and pulled by invisible motors, no breaks and emergency...

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the stadium in split.

by cachaseiro

the football stadium in split is a very impressive one.it has a fantastic mountain backdrop aswell.if you go there and speak to the guys at the stadium it is usually no problem to be let in for a look around.

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croatian football.

by cachaseiro

if you get the chance you should go and see the croatian national football team play.they have a pretty strong side and the followers are an interesting bunch.especially the female fans.most national games are played in zagreb, but sometimes they are in split aswell.

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Football fever

by acemj

Like most of the world, Croatians are football crazy. They also follow basketball pretty fervently (ever since the late, great Drazen Petrovic made a big splash in the NBA) and, believe it or not, they like kickboxing too, since they have one of the world's best in Mirko Filipovic. But soccer is still the king. Split's team, Hajduk, has been around since 1911 and is one of the country's most successful clubs. They won Yugoslav championships many times over the years and became Croatian champions in '92, '94 and '95 and '01Zagreb's soccer team is called Dinamo and their supporters are known as the Bad Blue Boys. They play at Maksimir Stadium, just outside the main city center.

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Stairs, stairs, more stairs in Stari Grad 1.....

by chaYangshu

If you lack excercise while you are visiting Dubrovnik, you should try the stairs in the Old City. One lane you go up the stairs and down on the other..... then the next one.....You'll get to see how the people live within the walls! Climb & enjoy the views! Comfortable shoes and lots of water!

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First lessons of windsurfing

by matcrazy1

I tried windsurfing for the first time (lucky not to be 100yo yet) and except backpains especially in the first day it was WONDERFUL! First day I spent most of the time in... water :-( trying to put a sail out of the water again and again. But on 4th and last :-( day I could really windsurf - FANTASTIC!!! Better later then never :-)

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Swiming in the Adriatic, the most beautiful Europe

by croisbeauty

There are a great number of such breathtaking beaches all along the Adriatic cosat. This one is in the vicinity of Brela, a popular tourist resort in the Middle Dalmatia, approx. 50 km south of the town of Split. Swiming costume during the day, no costume for a night bathing.

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Coccoball

by diocletianvs

If you've never heard of Coccoball, that's because this is a recent Croatian invention, becoming more and more popular especially along the coast during the summer. Coccoball has been invented three years ago in south-Croatian town of Ploce, although its author says that the idea can be traced in the jungle forest of West Africa. This sport combines basketball, rugby, football, handball, wrestling and other sports. Motto of Coccoball is: "Phonies play volley-ball in sand and the real man play Coccoball". Coccoball is the only sport where man are judged by women referees, and vice versa. An important rule also says that each important game or tournament has to be accompanied by some humanitarian activity. Coccoball is played during the summer in sand or in shallow water, on the playfield size 16×8 m. Each team has three players, but also there is a play version with five players in each...

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Croatia - soccer national team

by canaglic

Croatia has a national team, which played the first match against USA in October, 1990. In just eight years, Croatia grew up into one of the world's football forces. National team's reputation was built in EURO '96 qualifying group with beating Italy, then by good presentation in England '96, but most of all, by amazing success on the World championship in France '98 where they've won third place, being just a step from the finals. The names of Croatian players are known to all football fans in the world: The best scorer of the WC, Davor Suker. Robert Jarni, Zvonimir Boban, Alen Boksic, Drazen Ladic, while Robert Prosinecki, Igor Tudor, Dario Simic, Aljosa Asanovic, Stipe Pletikosa, Ivica Olic, Bosko Balaban, Silvio Maric........

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Top 3 Hotels in Croatia

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... 

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Hotel Bellevue Dubrovnik  Dubrovnik

 5 Reviews and 322 Opinions  Hotel Bellevue is a unique hotel located in a spectacular cliff top position overlooking the... 

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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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Questions and Answers

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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... 

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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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