Travel

The New York Times published its recent visit to Zadar on August 6, 2019, running away from the advertised attractions for the discovery of something altogether more delightful.  There are many clickbait lists of places you have to visit on the Internet. 10 Places to Visit Before You Die, 10 Must-See Destinations in 2019, that kind of thing. Most exist purely for the clicks, and the content is usually thin to non-existent.  There are exceptions, and one of the most respected lists (and most eagerly anticipated) is the New York Times annual 52 Places to Go in... (Insert Year), one…

August 10, 2019 - With renovation almost complete, Suncani Hvar Hotels opens bookings for Hvar's first ever 5-star hotel, Palace Elisabeth. These are exciting times for the island of Hvar.   Last year, Croatia's premier island, which has more UNESCO heritage than any other island in the world and also the birthplace of organised tourism in Europe, celebrated 150 years of the founding of the Hvar Health Society.  And 2019, the 151st year of organised tourism in Europe, is also not without its highlights.  On May 1, after a period of about 20 years of renovation, the oldest public theatre in…

As many of you are already aware, American Airlines connected Croatia and the United States for the first time in 28 years this year. Namely, the Oneworld member began seasonal operations between Philadelphia and Dubrovnik from June 7, which will run until September 27, 2019. The American Airlines service operates using a 209-seat Boeing 767-300ER aircraft with a capacity of 28 seats in business class and 181 seats in economy class, and Wi-Fi services are available throughout the entire flight. After the airline already boosted operations this year to add a fourth weekly flight on Sundays in September, it looks like…

Ever since Croatia has been hosting numerous cruise ships along the coast, the public has been wary of them, constantly repeating the idea that they are incredible polluters, letting their wastewaters out in the Adriatic. Whenever anything related to those cruise ships is shared on Facebook, for instance, most comments will focus exactly on this aspect of their presence. Žarko Koboević Ph.D., associate professor at the Department of Nautical studies of the University of Dubrovnik has been researching pollution of the seawater with the wastewaters from these vessels. His research has given somewhat different results: cruise ships absolutely do not…

August 9, 2019 - A look at the anticipated changes at the Split Ferry Port next year.  Dalmatinski Portal reports that the breakwater at the Split ferry port and the mooring for cruisers will be occupied by international traffic lines next year, revealed the Split Port Authority on Thursday.  Specifically, the plan is to move international traffic to the breakwater, freeing up 13,000 square meters at Gat Svetog Duje to accommodate vehicles waiting to board, and at the same time, some domestic lines that land on the breakwater would be drawn closer to the city. While this all sounds great,…

The City of Šibenik launched a new pilot project this year which connects the important points of interest in the Bay of Šibenik by boat. Thus, the boat line, which hits the Mandalina peninsula, Šibenik waterfront, and Martinska beach, has been embraced by Šibenik locals and tourists and proved to be an excellent complement to the current tourist offer of the city, reports HRTurizam on August 8, 2019. After the new boat line was tested and monitored, the timetable was altered so that from Tuesday, July 16, 2019, the first boat leaves at 8 am from the bus station, instead…

The American actor and musician, best known for his roles in the Dallas Buyers Club (which won him an Academy award in 2013) and his early role in the teen hit My So-Called Life, has arrived in Croatia. Back in January, we reported of his plans, and now Jared Leto has done exactly as he announced back then - he is on Obonjan, for the Mars Island musical festival! Not only are he and his band 30 Seconds to Mars one of the headliners of the festival, but it has been reported that Jared Leto is himself the main organiser of…

August 8, 2019 - Tourism works well when there is a balance between the ration of number of tourists and residents. An overtourism map featuring Dubrovnik and Croatia. There are several ways to look at the issue of overtourism globally, and one simple method puts Croatia and Dubrovnik at the top of the global map of overtourism.  A new map published earlier this year looks at the tourist countries and destinations which have the highest ratio of tourists to residents in the world.  When comparing the ratio of tourists to residents, Croatia has the second-highest number of tourists per capita…

August 8, 2019 - The cruise ship numbers in Croatia keep on growing, reports the Croatian Bureau of Statistics.  Cruise tourism is booming, and nowhere more so than Croatia, which is reporting a big rise in traffic for the first 6 months of 2019, according to the Croatian Bureau of Statistics:  In the first six months of 2019, 272 journeys of foreign vessels on cruise were realised. In the period from January to June 2019, there were 54 foreign vessels on cruise that arrived in Croatian seaports, which realised 272 journeys. There were 409 thousand passengers on board who stayed…

August 8, 2019 - Croatia Airlines celebrates 30 years! Exactly three decades ago, on August 7, 1989, Zagreb Airlines (Zagal), an air transport company providing postal transport services, was born. About a year later on July 23, 1990, Zagal changed its name to Croatia Airlines, the national carrier for the transport of passengers, goods, and mail, announced Avio Radar.  The first passenger flight of Croatia Airlines took off on May 5, 1991, on the Zagreb-Split route,  which established regular passenger traffic within Croatia. Croatia Airlines began connecting the country with the world on April 5, 1992, with the first international…