Travel

The biggest Lions club regatta ever to be organized in the entire world will be taking place in Croatia in the days to come, April 24th until 27th around the island of Murter and Kornati. 28 foreign teams (over 50 teams total!), consisting of more than 500 participants in the regatta will set sail from the Hramina Marina on Murter and sail around Kornati archipelago, sending into the world the image of sportsmanship, companionship, empathy and helping one another. In addition to the excitement of the sporting competition, many other fun activities will be organized for the participants - such…

April 23, 2019 - Putting Croatian adventure tourism on the map, with the biggest welcome in the world. Day 30 of this incredible 2011 adrenaline trip covering 2,500 km along the Croatian coast.  The World's Biggest Welcome, an ambitious adventure tourism project in 2011 in Croatia enters Day 30 of this 2019 appreciation of one of the finest tourism promotion projects ever in Croatia.   The plan? To showcase the diversity and fabulous offer of adventure tourism in Croatia by following a GPS route the length of the Croatian coast in the shape of the word 'Welcome' - thereby creating…

ZAGREB, April 22, 2019 - Eduard Marzić, a businessman from the island of Pag and the owner of the Šimuni camping site at that island off Zadar, has promoted his project of a future residential resort with 2,000-2,500 residential units and over 1,000 berths in the area between the town of Pag and Dinjiska Bay. Marzić, who said that he was inspired by Port Grimaud designed by architect Francois Spoerry in the 1960s, says that the project called "the Golden Coast of Pag" will cost a billion euros. "We are not in search of investors; we have investors from all…

The traditional "Mljet Visit" (Pohod na Mljet) for numerous Croatian hikers is organized again this year. This will be the 14th time the trip is planned for hikers to visit the Dalmatian island with a long tradition of mountain hiking. This year the theme of the Mljet Visit will be the celebration of the final extension of the hiking trail on Mljet, called the Mljet Thru-hiking Trail (Mljetska planinarska obilaznica). The trail was opened in 2012, and up until this year, it was 40 kilometres long, connecting Pomena at the western-most tip of the long Mljet island with Sobra, a…

Although aviation in Zadar has far older roots that date back to the beginning of the 20th century, on April 19, 1969, exactly 50 years ago, the newly built Zadar Airport officially opened, reports AvioRadar on April 19, 2019.  The opening was attended by several thousand Zadar citizens and inhabitants of Zadar County, as well as many prominent guests from the political and public life of Zadar and the state.  “After the Adriatic Highway, the ferry connection with Italy, and the railway, we have an airport as the crown of everything. And this is a world-class airport, one of the…

April 22, 2019 - Putting Croatian adventure tourism on the map, with the biggest welcome in the world. Day 29 of this incredible 2011 adrenaline trip covering 2,500 km along the Croatian coast.  The World's Biggest Welcome, an ambitious adventure tourism project in 2011 in Croatia enters Day 29 of this 2019 appreciation of one of the finest tourism promotion projects ever in Croatia.   The plan? To showcase the diversity and fabulous offer of adventure tourism in Croatia by following a GPS route the length of the Croatian coast in the shape of the word 'Welcome' - thereby creating…

After a very important week, where his team Juventus lost in Torino to Ajax and has been kicked out of the Champions League, but managed to secure yet another Italian champions title (first for him!), Cristiano Ronaldo has decided to take a brief vacation. And in order to have a couple of relaxing days away from the football pitch, the Juventus striker decided to come to - Dubrovnik! Dubrovački vjesnik reports that Cristiano and his fiancée Georgina Rodriguez came to Dubrovnik late last night, several hours after the win against Fiorentina which secured the Scudeto for the team, on a…

April 21, 2019 - Putting Croatian adventure tourism on the map, with the biggest welcome in the world. Day 28 of this incredible 2011 adrenaline trip covering 2,500 km along the Croatian coast.  The World's Biggest Welcome, an ambitious adventure tourism project in 2011 in Croatia enters Day 28 of this 2019 appreciation of one of the finest tourism promotion projects ever in Croatia.   The plan? To showcase the diversity and fabulous offer of adventure tourism in Croatia by following a GPS route the length of the Croatian coast in the shape of the word 'Welcome' - thereby creating…

April 20, 2019 - Another missed opportunity from Croatian tourism chiefs with the Game of Thrones Series 8 - when will we start taking advantage of these incredible gifts? It was one of the most eagerly anticipated television series events in history.  A series which had some of the biggest global brands doing deals with producers HBO to promote their brands with this global TV phenomenon.  Even the Trumpster got in on the action.  An advertising opportunity which many global brands took advantage of, and one which generated considerable interest in the global advertising industry. Here are some of the…

The Krk Food Fest opened on April 19, 2019, and TCN joined 50 other journalists on a 3-day Gastronaut tour of the island with a bridge to learn more. Having spent so many years living on one of the most beautiful islands in the world, I am always curious to compare and contrast my little slice of paradise with other islands. And while an island would have to be very special to come even close to me shifting my allegiances (as Korcula has managed to do), it is rare that I find something that compares.  But if you are looking…