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December 9, 2020 - The international wine and food Festival “WineRi” and the "Vina Kvarnera“ association are organizing a Zoom tasting of the local Kvarner wines, called Kvarner in Your Home! Unfortunately, during these pandemic times, Zoom wine tastings are becoming more and more normal. But, also, fortunately, thanks to technology, we can hang out at least through our computer screens and comment on different wines. This time, before Christmas, the international wine and food Festival “WineRi” and the „Vina Kvarnera“ association are organizing a Zoom tasting of the local Kvarner wines. It will take place on Thursday, the 17th of…

December 9, 2020 - The latest news for flights to Croatia as Finnair plans flights from Helsinki to Croatia in 2021. Croatian Aviation reports that the Finnish national airline Finnair has confirmed its return to Croatia with two routes from Helsinki in the 2021 summer flight schedule. Finnair did not operate to Croatian airports in the summer flight schedule in 2020. At one point, the airline announced flights to Dubrovnik, but they were not realized due to the epidemiological situation and restrictions at the state borders.  The Croatian market is very important to this airline, and apart from the P2P demand…

December the 9th, 2020 - Yet another praiseworthy ranking for a Croatian hotel even during a year which has challenged their very operation as Mali Losinj's Boutique Hotel Alhambra is listed among the top ten hotels in Europe. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, the Boutique Hotel Alhambra, a unique hotel located in beautiful Mali Losinj that has continued to delight guests from all over the world with its luxurious atmosphere, was ranked by the readers of Luxury Lifestyle Magazine among the ten best hotels in all of Europe. As part of the prestigious Readers' Travel Awards 2020, among the best in…

December 8, 2020 - The latest news for flights to Croatia as Flydubai replaces Emirates in Zagreb next year. Ex Yu Aviation reports that Flydubai will replace Emirates on the Dubai-Zagreb route next summer! Recall, Emirates officially canceled the Dubai-Zagreb route for all of 2021 back in October. The airline had planned to operate on the Dubai-Zagreb route in this year's summer flight schedule, but due to the global coronavirus pandemic, the start of operations on this route was first postponed, and then completely canceled for this year. Emirates then left daily flights on this route on sale for the 2021…

December the 7th, 2020 - The ongoing coronavirus pandemic all but wrote off international travel for tourism this year, and Sweden, which made headlines across the world for its unique approach to the spread of SARS-CoV-2, has highlighted just which countries are high on the list for Swedes needing some sun in 2021. The Swedish Travel News tourist portal has transmitted information that Croatia is high on that list. As Poslovni Dnevnik writes, according to the data published by the tour operator TUI Nordic, which has also transmitted by the Swedish Travel News tourism portal, Croatia is currently among the…

December 7, 2020 - The latest news for flights to Croatia as Air Serbia operates twice weekly to Zagreb in December, slightly reducing its winter flight schedule to the Croatian capital.  Croatian Aviation reports that Air Serbia will operate only twice a week this month between Belgrade and Zagreb. There are also four additional return flights on sale around the holidays. Namely, in December, the Serbian national carrier operates only twice a week between Belgrade and Zagreb, every Monday and Friday (Monday mornings, Friday evenings).  In November, three flights a week were generally available on this route, but due to reduced…

December 6, 2020 - The latest news for flights to Croatia as Windrose cancels certain departures to Zagreb in December.  Croatian Aviation reports that due to new epidemiological measures, Windrose Airlines has canceled certain departures on the route Kyiv - Zagreb - Kyiv. Namely, because the entry of foreign nationals into the Republic of Croatia is limited after the last epidemiological measures were introduced, Windrose Airlines canceled certain flights to Zagreb in December. Windrose will not fly on the Kyiv - Zagreb - Kyiv line on December 6 and 9 (Wednesday and Sunday), and the normal flow of traffic on this…

December 5, 2020 - The secret of one of Zagreb's lesser-known gourmet secrets is slowly getting out, and now there is a new way to try it - strukli with truffles.  One of the most incredible things about Croatia, a land of 4 million people, is the richness and diversity on every level. Every village seemingly has its own dialect words, at least one unique tradition, and often some sort of culinary twist or ingredient which sets it apart form the rest. It is one of the reasons why writing about Croatia is such a fascinating job, for no two…

December 5, 2020 - A German online platform for train, bus, and plane travel, has named Zagreb Airport the worst of 30 capital city airports in Europe.  Index.hr reports that OMNIO, a German online platform for train, bus, and plane travel, has named Zagreb International Airport - Franjo Tudjman the worst of 30 in Europe. Out of a possible 100 points, the capital city airport received exactly zero. OMNIO thus rated airports in 30 European capitals. They compared airports by several factors: availability, equipment, leisure facilities, and stress levels. Among other things, they looked at the number of delayed flights,…

December 5, 2020 - The latest news for flights to Croatia as KLM boosts Amsterdam-Zagreb from February 2021.  Croatian Aviation reports that Dutch KLM, the oldest airline in the world, will introduce the second daily flight on the Amsterdam - Zagreb - Amsterdam route from February 12 next year! Until now, KLM has operated daily to Zagreb, but from February KLM will operate on this line 14 times a week. "However, from February next year, we are happy to be able to offer 2 daily flights to Amsterdam. All KLM staff, both on the ground and on the plane, guarantee our…