Articles tagged ‘Articles’
Risnjak Park
By Peter | November 5th, 2007 |
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Risnjak National park is a hilly, wooded park of forests and mountains, much like the interior of Croatia and the Balkan region. Mountains define the inland area of Croatia as it stretches in toward Bosnia and Risnjak Park is one of the most popular places to enjoy those mountains.
Risnjak became a national park in [...]
Statistics belie plane truth in Croatia
By Peter | October 29th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Statistics tell us that flying is one of the safest modes of travel. Your chances of being killed in a plane hover around 1 in 11 million. The chances of being killed in a car are about 1 in 5,000. Maybe now we know why the disparity is so great.
On October 13th, as Tereza Batur, [...]
Reasons you should be in Croatia right now
By Peter | October 24th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
The Zagreb Film Festival runs all this week, October 21-27, featuring the best films of 2007 from Russia, Serbia, New Zealand, Israel, and of course, Croatia.
Like Cannes and Sundance, the festival features primarily art films and cerebral comedies, unlike Cannes and Sundance, the festival’s mascot is a Superman clone with pink briefs and cape.
The [...]
Are land mines still dangerous?
By Peter | October 22nd, 2007 | Add a Comment »
During the Croatian War of Independence, nearly two million land mines were laid down in the countryside by both sides in an effort to shore up their territory. Armies used land mines extensively throughout the former Yugoslavia during the 1990’s to compensate for their lack of infantry. With land mines placed along undefended front lines, [...]
10 Croatia “Fun Facts”
By Peter | October 17th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
Everyone loves little bits of trivia. You can commit them to memory for small-talk at parties, or use them to bring up your upcoming vacation among friends and coworkers. (”Your dog likes chasing tennis balls? That’s interesting because I’m going to Croatia and Croatian Goran Ivanisevic won Wimbledon in 2001 playing tennis.”) Here are 10 [...]
RyanAir pulls a fast one
By Peter | October 15th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The blogs were abuzz last summer when RyanAir, the Irish no-frills, low-fare airline announced service to Istria from London’s Stansted Airport. This would not only allow travelers to get from the U.K. into northern Croatia for next to nothing, but it would also provide a link for Croatian businesses to establish relationships with London clients.
Recently [...]
Croatia Camping
By Peter | October 10th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Croatia has been called “Europe’s number one camping destination,” but what motivates people to forego the comforts of home during their warm weather vacation?
To understand the appeal of camping in Croatia, you have to know something about the pleasure that can come from self-sufficiency; or at least, the illusion of self-sufficiency.
Croatia’s campgrounds are not outback [...]
Plitvice Lakes Photos
By Peter | October 8th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The beauty of Plitvice Lakes is hard to describe until you’ve been there. It’s like an adrenaline rush to your imagination. A “lushness” worthy of Eden. (Like “Fern Gully,” for any children of the 80’s out there.) Water pooling, rushing, sweeping down rock faces; a deluge of delight, gushing through lava tubes. I now give [...]
What’s this I hear about Tourist Tax?
By Peter | October 4th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Croatia recently began to enforce a little known “tourist tax,” so it seems it’s time to un-turn the blind eye this Logue has adopted and start letting travelers know that they are under a legal obligation to register and pay a euro per day for the duration of their stay.
Croatia still loves its tourists. The [...]
Empowering Croatian Vacations
By Peter | September 26th, 2007 | Add a Comment »
The folks over at smartertravel recently listed a fall Croatian vacation as one of ten “empowering trips for women” in a feature. Highlighting Croatia’s relaxed atmosphere and the red roofs that add charm to Dubrovnik’s coastline, the women-only trip hosted by Sights and Soul begins with in-depth cultural immersion and a lesson in the historical [...]
