Travel

If you've ever made the drive down to Split, you'll have noticed a curious old fortress located in the rugged hills overlooking the city. This incredible medieval fortress, or what remains of it, is named after the village in which it is located - Klis. Klis Fortress has been conquered many times during Croatia and the wider region's tumultuous history. Originally constructed by the Illyrians, it took on its final shape during the Ottoman wars, when the marauding Turks had their eye on the area. Klis Fortress is a very popular tourist destination, with history buffs, those who love the bird's…

December 22, 2019 - Kvarner is ready for the 30,000 guests that should visit during the Christmas and New Year holidays, which is about the same number of guests as last year. Novi List writes that about 100,000 overnights will be realized during the holidays, most of them on the Opatija Riviera (45,000). The island of Lošinj has announced 17,000, the Rijeka area 15,000, the Crikvenica-Vinodol Riviera 9,000, the island of Krk 7,000, Gorski Kotar and the island of Rab 5,000 each, and the island of Cres 1,000.  There will be 64 hotels open in Kvarner, as well as three…

December 21, 2019 -  As integrated transport occupies an increasingly important place in the future of sustainable driving and becomes an alternative to using passenger vehicles, the more transport providers see the future precisely through cooperation. Like the latest project between Flixbus and Croatian Railways.  HRTurizam writes that this step into the future was also confirmed by the first collaboration between the leading European bus carrier and the national rail passenger transport. FlixBus and HŽŽ (Croatian Railways) have networked to their advantage and now, European destinations like Vienna, Rome, Paris or Prague are closer to destinations like Bjelovar, Sisak, Zabok…

December 20, 2019 - It has been a tremendous year for Hvar Town, from the reopening of Europe's oldest public theatre to being voted the best island in Europe. An overview of some of the highlights.  In 2018, Hvar celebrated 150 years of organised tourism in Europe, the first place to offer such tourism with the founding of the Hvar Health Society on May 15, 1868. It was the latest milestone in Hvar's illustrious tourism journey over the last one and a half centuries. Could year 151 being anything special too? Oh yes! After years of flirting with party tourism,…

December 20, 2019 - A wonderful snapshot of a Quaint, Curious Croatia from National Geographic 1908 - home to the most beautiful market scene in Europe.  So how was life in Croatia more than 100 years ago?  There is sadly not so much documented evidence in English of life as it once was here, but there are some absolute gems out there. Among them is this beautiful National Geographic 1908 featured article by Felix J Koch, which takes in not only the beauty of Croatia, but also its wonderful traditions and traditional dress.  A visit to Agram market (the former…

December 20, 2019 - Fresh from its innovative branding of Trogir, Marked by Masters, the small Dalmatian town and UNESCO World Heritage Site is looking for a new tourist board director. Who is looking for their dream job?  The Tourist Board of a town of Trogir has put out a tender in which they're trying to find a new director of the Board. Now that the new brand strategy for the town has been created and is being implemented, and the preparations for the new tourist season are underway, they're looking for the person to manage the tourist potential of…

December 20, 2019 - About 10% of tourists have some disability, though their specific needs are not adequately recognized in the hotel industry. Thus, Fit4Work organized a concierge training for disabled tourists in Split, which was the first of its kind in Croatia. The Tourism and Hospitality School of Split has implemented another major project this year. Namely, the Fit4Work project has been designed by the school and is aimed at training the long-term unemployed people over 54 years of age, people with disabilities, and young people who were not previously connected with the hospitality and tourism industry. The implemented…

As Barbara Ban/Novac writes on the 19th of December, 2019, Maistra's Grand Park Hotel Rovinj, which opened its doors back in April this year, has become part of one of the world's largest luxury hotel organisations, The Leading Hotels of the World (LHW). Membership of this organisation is provided only to the most prominent hotels belonging to the category of luxury hotels and continuously delivers the highest standards of quality of accommodation, service, facilities and gourmet offers. Today, LHW can boast of more than 400 of the world's most luxurious hotels, destinations and spas in over 80 countries worldwide. Among…

Malik Tintilinić, Domaći, Palunko, Kosjenka, Regoč, Potjeh and Stribor are the characters from the works by Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić, a famous Croatian writer. Those characters are known to every Croatian child, and now they've come back to their hometown of Slavonski Brod. Both the young and the old in the town are happy to see them walking around Slavonski Brod as a part of the event "The Advent of Long Ago" (the title of the event is a play of words based on the short story collection by Ivana Brlić-Mažuranić). The town of Slavonski Brod created a whole new experience of…

December 19, 2019 - The Ministry of Tourism has officially introduced the Cro Card as a way to encourage domestic travel.  HRTurizam writes that in the last 15 years, the number of domestic overnights in Croatia has remained almost unchanged, but due to the steady growth of foreign overnights, the share made by Croatians has dropped to only 7 percent. By this indicator, Croatia is far below the average of comparable Mediterranean and Central European countries. The total tourist activity of the local population is decreasing, while Croatian destinations show a negative trend of domestic traffic growth. For these reasons,…