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The city of Porec can add one more hotel to its offering. After two and a half years of reconstruction, the old hotel Riviera, located in the very city centre of this tourist destination, has re-opened its doors, with new facilities and activities and a new name. This hotel, celebrating its 100th anniversary next year, has been renamed to Palazzio. It was renovated in line with the architecture of the time it was originally built in. The hotel has always attracted both vacationers and business-people. Now, it will attract even more since it features new business conference facilities for up to 120 people. It has an accommodation capacity of 70 people and will be open year-round. The city of Porec, whose Basilica of Euphrasius is on the UNESCO world heritage list, is a well-known Istrian tourist destination with a rich accommodation, hospitality, sports, recreational and entertainment offering. Some of the apartments in Porec, Spadici are listed on google maps.
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There is good news for all those to whom the south Dalmatian island of Korcula, and particularly the city of Vela Luka, is their favourite tourist destination. The hotel Korkyra is in the midst of a revamp, after 12 years of not working, waiting for new owners and a more than necessary renovation. When, before the next tourist season, it opens its doors, it will be a four-star hotel with an accommodation capacity of 59 rooms and 120 beds. It will also feature an inside pool of 80 square metres and other facilities. The owners plan for the hotel to be open for the most part of the year. Vela Luka is located on the western coast of the island of Korcula, at the end of a very long bay. The city is the subject matter of one of the most beautiful traditional Croatian a capella songs, and attracts many with its tranquillity, mild climate and its site of medicinal mud, thanks to which health tourism is developed here as well.
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The City of Dubrovik, the destination of numerous visitors in the summer as well as year-round, has decided on one more way of saying welcome to its visitors: by introducing the tourist card for the price of EUR 15. The card enables visitors to take a tour of the remarkable city walls, three museums, the fortress Revelin, the Dubrovnik art gallery, the home of Marin Drzi and the Dulci ­ Masle ­ Pulitika gallery with a 50% discount compared to regular ticket prices, making cultural monuments of the city more accessible to all.The daily tourist card was introduced at the beginning of August of this year, and in 2010 a weekly card will be introduced. The cards are sold at info centres of the City of Dubrovnik Tourist Board at the following locations: Siroka ulica, Gruz, Lapad, Lopud, Sipan and the Dubrovnik Airport. Dubrovnik, whose old city centre is on the UNESCO world heritage list, is visited by more than a million tourists every year, half of which stay more than one day in this city known for its high quality accommodation facilities. The rest visit the city as part of Mediterranean cruises, which always necessarily include Dubrovnik as one of their destinations.
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The city of Karlovac has recently introduced an interactive guide, available to visitors on their mobile phones. Touring around this city on four rivers, visitors can find out everything about its cultural and culinary offering, events, accommodation possibilities, entertainment and get around the city with the help of an interactive map. Thanks to the mobiExplore, you will literally have in the palm of your hand all information about the history of Karlovac, its eminent figures, and its cultural and historical monumentsKarlovac is located around 50 km from the capital Zagreb. It is situated on four rivers ­ Korana, Kupa, Mreznica and Dobra ­ which certainly contributes to its special atmosphere. The renaissance city core is formed like a six-pointed star and would later develop into a baroque city. Out of the many monuments ­ historical buildings, museums and cultural institutions, a special place belongs to the old city of Dubovac, ruled by the counts Frankopan and Zrinski in the 15th and 16th century, and later by Karlovac generals. The tallest tower of the old city, located above the river Kupa, functions as a lookout spot and harbours an exhibition. The four rivers and surrounding forests have contributed to the development of active vacationing: visitors can enjoy hunting, fishing, biking trails, rafting, canoeing or the educational hiking trail Kozjaca, along which visitors can get to know the rich flora of this region.In this, the mobiExplore application will certainly be useful, as it informs visitors to Karlovac about its beauties and monuments through their mobile phones. MobilExplore, for which the experts of the Split-based company Gideon have received many international awards, has already conquered many European and world cities. Visitors to destinations in Great Britain, Italy and many other countries are getting around with the help of mobilExplore now.
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The Dubrovnik hotel Uvala, operating under the Maestral Hotels company, has been proclaimed one of the best hotels in the world by Expedia, the world's leading online booking provider. Expedia awarded Uvala with the Expedia Insiders Select Hotel 2009 recognition, for its quality of service, dedication to making its visitors happy and an optimum cost to value ratio. The four-star hotel Uvala has already received much recognition. It features 51 rooms, an inside and an outside pool, and a wellness area on two floors that has also received many awards. The hotel also comprises business meeting halls and generally features a rich offering, on account of which it has repeatedly been ranked among the world's leading hotels.
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According to the British Daily Telegraph, the beach Zlatni rat in Bol on the Island of Brac is the most beautiful beach in Europe. Also, the tourist guide publisher Lonely Planet has ranked Zlatni rat among the ten most beautiful beaches in the world. Zlatni rat is located on the west side of Bol on the mid Dalmatian island of Brac, positioned beneath the Vid's Mountain, the highest Adriatic insular mountain. It is half a kilometre long and is one of the biggest natural attractions of the Croatian Adriatic coast. The beach is spectacular on account of its triangle shape, and its specificity is that it changes shape depending on the direction of the wind. This makes it perfect for surfing and other water sports, which is why many international sports competitions are organized here. The beach is surrounded by a pine tree and oak tree forest, and offers numerous possibilities for the organization of various entertainment events. Numerous high quality hotels, suite resorts, restaurants, cafes, taverns and nightclubs, as well as sports facilities for both children and adults are located in close proximity to the beach.
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In close proximity to Motovun, the luxury suites "Dvori od Skrapi" are located, host to visitors of the Istrian inland. The suite-complex features stone rustic villas intended for those who want to enjoy their solitude and luxury, as well as the typically Istrian tourist activities and offering, but without the crowds of well known tourist destinations. The luxury resort, 20 km away from Porec, 30 km away from Rovinj and 60 km away from Trieste, comprises four houses, each named after an Istrian culinary specialty: Sparug, Skute, Fritaj and Terana. "Dvori od skrapi" is open year-round. It offers its guests an interior design that respects the tradition but is also top-quality. The limit to the rich offering is set only by the visitors' imagination: a rich culinary offering, pools, organized trips around Istria… The hotel is in close proximity to the ancient Istrian town of Motovun, mentioned by the British Guardian and Observer as home to the Motovun film festival and an exceptionally beautiful town.
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Apart from its basic activity, the production of salt, the salt pans in Nin, near Zadar, are also devising tourism programs. A couple of years ago, the Nin salt pans became a sort of natural park with organized guided tours for visitors.The Nin salt pans, along with the ones in Ston, are the only ones of their kind on the Adriatic, where salt is manufactured in a traditional way, as was done thousands of years ago, with sea water perspiring from shallow pools. This is why a procedure has been launched to protect the entire area as a natural good, a protected landscape of flora and fauna, with the end goal being protecting the entire laguna area, partly through the UN project Natura 2000. The Nin salt pans are spread over 55 ha of the Nin Laguna, right next to the ancient Croatian city of Nin, in the Zadar County. The salt pans date back to the Roman era. Venice purchased the pans and closed it down in 1550 to maintain its monopoly in salt production and trade on the Adriatic. It was re-established four centuries later, in 1955.Numerous tourists visit the salt pans during the summer and buy interesting souvenirs made from salt. The salt is produced in an entirely natural way, with the sea water perspiring from the pools because of the sun and wind, and natural sea salt crystallising. Nin salt has a high concentration of Iodine because of the algae in the sea water, which gives it a special place on the market. It is also sold as scented bath salt, enriched with natural oils (lavender, rosemary, rose, lemon, sage), thus combining several characteristics of the Mediterranean.
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It is a well-known fact that Croatia is a country of top-quality athletes, documented by the many medals they have won around the world, thus becoming a role-model for many children. Thanks to the initiative of the Valamar tourist group, the manager of facilities in Porec, Pula, on the Island of Krk, in Rabac and Dubrovnik, their idols are now a bit closer to them. In July and August, famous athletes such as Franjo Arapovi, Slavko Goluza, Domagoj Duvnjak, Vlado Sola, Sanja Jovanovi and Petra and Dario Kliba will show the little ones the secrets of basketball, handball, swimming and sailing. The program includes everyday training, lunch and dinner with the athletes, and a photograph taken with them. Also the children will be able to enjoy a rich animation program. This is also an opportunity for the parents to spend their vacation according to their wishes. The training will be held until the end of August. Swimmer Sanja Jovanovi will be holding swimming lessons from August 10th to August 17th in the Valamar Club Dubrovnik, and Petra and Dario Kilba will be holding sailing lessons in the Valamar Club Tamaris from August 23rd to August 30th. The program is intended for children form the ages of seven to 15, and is open for both visitors and locals.
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