Archive for December, 2006
December 19th, 2006 | 
Author: The long-awaited restoration of the HotelLav is finally complete and the hotel Le Meridien Lav is open for business. It’s thoroughly five star and no expense has been spared to make it the premier hotel in Split. Eight restaurants and bars,, 800m of beachfront, a watersports centre, spa & wellness centre, rock climbing, tennis, archery: there’s nothing you can think of that hasn’t been included on the premises. It is simply gorgeous. The opening rates are also stunningly low. Book the Meridien Lav now or see more options for Split hotels.
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Need a dentist? Come to Croatia
By Marko Kovac In Zagreb, Croatia
Dentistry in Croatia is much cheaper than in the UK. Croatia has decided to take an unconventional approach to tourism – with dentists taking a starring role.
With many questioning the future of mass tourism on the Adriatic Sea, the EU candidate country of 4.5 million has started promoting itself as a dental treatment destination.
Croatian dentists are offering treatments for a fraction of a price of those in Britain, Switzerland, Italy or the United States.
Read more.
And why not? But if something goes wrong, do you have medical insurance for your Croatian trip?
Croatia has produced a pretty good female skier in Janica Kostelic who won a record number of gold medals in the 2002 Olympics. Yet most people think of Croatia more as a summery kind of place rather than a winter destination. That’s about to change. Mount Sljeme, just outside Zagreb will play host to a women’s World Cup slalom on the evening of Jan. 4. About 70 of the world’s best female skiers will compete on these slopes just 30 minutes from the center of Zagreb. The race is the only one on the circuit that is held so close to a national capital. Go to article.
Everybody wants to get in on the action now. Flybe has just announced its summer timetable which includes two new routes from Birmingham to Split and Dubrovnik starting in May 2007.
Re-emerging as a popular leisure destination, this latest move into the south
eastern European country is of high strategic importance to the airline as it
continues to push its boundaries and grow across Europe
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Source: Flybe.com
All well and good but I really don’t see how busy and beautiful Dubrovnik is going to cope with the increase in visitors. They have plenty! Friends of mine just returned from a November jaunt to Dubrovnik. Naturally they were wowed but still found that it was hardly empty of tourists. Split is another matter, of course. People tend not to stay long in Split plus it’s much, much bigger.
See more on travel to Dubrovnik and travel to Split.
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