Travel

Walking around Zagorje, a region of Croatia to the North of Zagreb, you can expect to find many things, but an airplane in Zagorje, parked in a backyard - well, that's new... Robert Sedlar from Zabok says that it was a great dream of his, to get his airplane, 24sata reports, and this Monday he succeeded when a Fokker-100, an airplane that used to be owned by Trade Air company, found its way to his backyard in Strmec Stubički. Robert says that he had been an airplane enthusiast since he was a kid and now he has managed to purchase…

ZAGREB, October 22, 2019 - The Croatian Camping Union (KUH) is organising a convention in the northern spa town of Sveti Martin na Muri on October 22 and 23 to discuss current results and industry trends. The event will bring together all relevant sectoral and institutional stakeholders, and will also feature an exhibition of equipment, mobile homes and glamping tents. The convention kicks off on Tuesday with lectures and workshops on visitor response from several markets and technological possibilities for campsites to increase their revenues, including the use of artificial intelligence. The opening ceremony will be held on Wednesday and…

October 22, 2019 - Vinkovci, known as the oldest town in Europe, is also the birthplace of two Roman emperors. Now, the city is looking to use its Roman heritage to improve its cultural offer.  A new tourist route displaying Roman heritage is being established with the EU, i.e., the Council of Europe.  HRTurizam reports that the creation of this Roman heritage route began at the initiative of the Council of Europe through the Routes4U project. The project aims to stimulate the development of transnational cultural routes, preserving the heritage in four European macro-regions, namely the Adriatic-Ionian, Baltic, Alpine, and…

October 21, 2019 - Popular British television series ‘Travel Man’, which airs on Channel 4, will open its ninth season from the 'Pearl of the Adriatic' and the Dubrovnik region.  HRTurizam writes that famous British actor and TV presenter Richard Ayoade and comedian Stephen Merchant will showcase the city's cultural content and entertainment, a wide range of wine and gastronomy experiences, active vacations and sights of Dubrovnik and its surroundings. The episode on Dubrovnik will highlight this Croatian hotspot as a year-round city break destination for the British. As part of the first episode, Richard Ayoade and Stephen Merchant tour…

October 21, 2019 - The latest news from around Croatia’s airports for new flights to Croatia with updates from Dubrovnik and Zagreb.  Avio Radar reports that Turkish airline Freebird Airlines began a winter charter service from Dubrovnik to various cities in Europe, which started on September 30. One Airbus a320 aircraft is based in Dubrovnik and has two charter routes each day to various destinations in Europe, including Amsterdam, Vienna, Berlin (Shonefeld), Billund, Brussels, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, Gothenburg, Hamburg, Hanover, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Leipzig, Munich, Oslo (Gardermoen), Rotterdam, Stockholm (Arlanda), and Stuttgart.  The charter lines are organized by the travel agency RSD…

October 19, 2019 - Pula gears up for a busy winter season with the announcement of a packed music program!  Glas Istre writes that an excellent music program was announced at a press conference on Friday by the director of the Pula Film Festival, Gordana Restovic, who has been entrusted with organizing the winter music happenings in Pula for the fifth consecutive year.  The vibrant Rocktarata music program, which is full of sound names this year, was announced by Mirko Mocko. Eighteen concerts will take take place every Friday and Saturday from late November to December 15 and every evening…

October 18, 2019 - The latest news from around Croatia’s airports for new flights to Croatia with updates from Rijeka, Split, Pula, and Dubrovnik. Avio Radar reports that German low-cost carrier Eurowings has reduced traffic to Rijeka and Split in the upcoming winter flight schedule, starting October 27. The Rijeka-Dusseldorf line will remain in traffic with two flights a week, on Thursdays and Sundays, only during the first three weeks of the winter flight schedule, i.e., until November 17. The line will begin operating again from May 2, 2020.  Eurowings reduced winter traffic to Split, too. On the routes from Split…

The President of the Republic of Croatia, Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, attended the opening ceremony of the 21st Biograd Boat Show. As Morski writes on the 17th of October, 2019, speaking at the grand opening of the largest exhibition of vessels in Central and Eastern Europe, President Grabar-Kitarović emphasised that the Biograd Boat Show is a manifestation that has grown into one of the leading nautical fairs in Europe over the last twenty years, and has thus become a recognisable nautical, tourist and economic event. ''Fair events like this promote a very important segment of our tourist offer - nautical tourism, they…

October 17, 2019 - The award-winning producers of Central Dalmatia's Heart of Adriatic are back with a new promo video for Kastela.  A new promotional video highlighting the magic of the Kastela riviera between Split and Trogir has been released.  "Kastela - Seven Reasons to Visit" is a historically themed short film inspired by the popular local legend of Miljenko and Dobrila (a kind of Romeo and Juliet characters who lived in Kaštela during the17th century). The film contains some of the most distinctive and attractive historic and natural locations in Kastela, shown through a story of two young lovers…

ZAGREB, October 17, 2019 - Nautical tourism is an important segment of Croatia's tourism because it enriches its offer and extends the season, which is the aim of the tourism policy, President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović said on Thursday while opening the 21st edition of the Biograd Boat Show which has attracted a record 400 exhibitors and is expected to attract about 20,000 visitors by October 20 when it closes. "In two decades this nautical, economic and tourist event has developed into one of the leading nautical fairs in Europe and is visited by thousands of visitors. Fairs like this promote an…