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January 27, 2021 – They promised its arrival this spring and, true to their word, these first-look photos show the construction of the beautiful new Rijeka Hilton Costabella Beach Resort & Spa is complete With an investment of €80 million and the keen co-operation of the city authorities, the arrival date of the new Rijeka Hilton Costabella Beach Resort & Spa was never in doubt. They said it would be ready for spring and due to open its doors in April. As these first look pictures show, they've been true to their word. Construction of the new Rijeka Hilton Costabella…

January 26, 2021 – After Istria was declared the best olive growing region in the world for the sixth time in a row at the end of 2020, the beginning of 2021 was marked with a special award from Lonely Planet for Istria as a community destination. As Istria Tourist Board reports, Lonely Planet, a globally popular travel guide, first discovered the Croatian peninsula to its readers in 2011 in the Best in Travel edition, as one of the "Ten Most Interesting Regions in the World". Istria then took a fantastic second place, along with the far more famous Scottish…

January 27, 2021 - I have found strange things in my hotel rooms over the years, but nothing quite like at Hotel Peristil in Split - the outer wall of a Roman Emperor's palace. It is a strange thing being a tourism blogger living in a tourism country.  The perspective is different. What tourists see as a once in a lifetime experience are everyday experiences to the local resident. I first fully appreciated the difference over three years after I started the Total Hvar website in 2011. Several years later, I was invited by Karin Mimica of Gastronaut to join…

January 26, 2021 - The latest news for flights to Croatia as Wizz Air adds another Split route in its summer flight schedule.  Croatian Aviation reports that only five days after it announced a new line from Gdansk to Split, Wizz Air has added another to Dalmatia's busiest airport.  Wizz Air, a Hungarian low-cost airline, launched another new route to Split Airport, specifically in this year's summer flight schedule. Namely, from June 6, the Oslo - Split - Oslo line will be introduced, which will operate twice a week, on Thursdays and Sundays, departing in the evening from Split Airport.  Norwegian…

January 26, 2021 – Siniša Topalović, a tourism consultant, spoke for HTV's Studio 4 show about why it is illusory to expect a pre-season, why Central and Southern Dalmatia will have the most challenging recovery, and where the future of Croatian tourism lies. In the previous years, the media would already have been full of articles about preparing for the tourist season. Croatia has the largest share of tourism revenues in GDP in Europe, which reaches almost 20 percent of GDP and employs 11 percent of people. During the coronavirus crisis, the state still has high expectations, as it is…

January 25, 2021 – Croatian city Cavtat is among the 20 nominated destinations to win the title of the best European destination 2021. The European organization Best European Destinations (EBD) organized the selection for the best European destination this year, and the Croatian city of Cavtat is among the 20 nominated European destinations on the list, reports the National Croatian Tourist Board. Apart from Cavtat, the southernmost Croatian city, the destinations chosen this year are Vienna, Rome, Kefalonia, Paris, Lofoten, Canary Islands, Gibraltar, Capri, Cornwall, Dordogne river valley, Tahiti, Soča river valley, Tubingen, Cappadocia, Ghent, Kotor, Sibiu, Braga, and Florence.…

January the 25th, 2021 - Croatian luxury tourism hasn't been discussed much recently owing to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Tourism in general has taken a back seat, damaging economies across the world, but the ILTM World Tour, which places a focus precisely on luxury tourism, has seen growing interest for Croatia. As Morski writes, Stories - a group of unique luxury hotels, participated in the most important luxury tourism fair in the world called the ILTM World Tour back in November and December last year and presented eighteen hotels from their collection. The fair is traditionally held in Cannes, France every…

January 25, 2021 – Released images show falling snow is causing extremely difficult conditions on some Croatian roads, both motorways and state roads, with the mountainous regions of Lika and Gorski Kotar most affected Any optimists living in Zagreb could be forgiven for thinking winter was over. Over a succession of two days last week they were basking in the relatively balmy daytime temperatures of 16 degrees. The sun shone brightly, the boots stayed indoors and lighter jackets were thrown on to visit the shops. Not everyone in Zagreb is an optimist, though. And those with an experience that is…

January 24, 2021 - The strict control of passengers from countries marked as epidemiologically high-risk countries began in Germany on Sunday. Germany no longer considers Croatia an epidemiologically high-risk country. Index.hr reports that checks have been carried out systematically at all airports since Sunday morning, and individual checks are being carried out at road and rail border crossings. "Today, we conducted a check of passengers from 17 aircraft that flew in from one of the high-risk countries," a Federal Police spokesman at Frankfurt Airport said. Travelers from these countries must present a negative coronavirus test upon arrival in Germany. Despite the…

January 23, 2021 - The latest news for flights to Croatia Eurowings connects four Croatian cities with Berlin Brandenburg in summer. Croatian Aviation reports that Rijeka, Zadar, Split, and Dubrovnik will have a direct line to Berlin's new airport this summer! In its timetable for the upcoming summer season, Eurowings has announced these four routes as new. However, almost all of the above-mentioned Croatian airports previously had a connection to Berlin Tegel Airport. Since the airport is closed, traffic to Croatia will be transferred to the new airport, and for the first time, four Croatian cities will be directly connected to the…