April 23rd 2008
The critics have spoken and the verdict is: Opatija’s Plavi Podrum restaurant is in the top hundred of the world’s best restaurants. Restaurant magazine plus other professionals in the dining trade, put out an annual list of the 50 best restaurants in the world. Plavi Podrum didn’t quite make that cut but it was a runner up and was rated number 94 out of 100. It’s the first Croatian restaurant to make the list.
April 21st 2008
It’s taken a while but Jadrolinija has finally published the summer schedule for Croatia’s local ferries. There are not too many surprises but I was pleased to see a Split to Vis Island car ferry that allows a day trip, however long, out to Vis Island. That’s good news. Unfortunately, thePula-Mali Losinj-Zadar car ferry will not be resuscitated this year, or maybe not any year. That’s a shame because it provided a way to travel from Istria to Dalmatia entirely by boat.
April 15th 2008
Although this blog is dedicated to Croatia travel, I feel compelled to comment on the current furor surrounding guidebooks in general and Lonely Planet guidebooks in particular.
Thomas Kohnstamm’s new book has created a maelstrom of angst (in the guidebook industry) and publicity (for Thomas of course). Two key facts seem to have astonished the world: 1)guidebook writers don’t make much money and, 2) some people are sleazy. Continue Reading »
April 8th 2008
Good news for North American travellers looking for a direct flight to Croatia. Skyservice has announced that it will resume its popular Toronto-Zagreb flights starting May 28. Inaugurated last summer, this Canada-Croatia connection provides the only direct flights from North America to Croatia. Continue Reading »
April 7th 2008
Technically it’s the Croatia Boat Show but this annual event is so linked with Split, it’s impossible to separate the two. Anyway, the boat show opened on April 5 and will run through April 13. Continue Reading »
April 2nd 2008
From 2001 to 2006, Split saw an annual increase in tourism of 17% which makes it the European holiday destination enjoying the highest growth of visitors for that period. The European Cities Marketing Association reported that Split topped their survey of 93 locations across Europe. Continue Reading »
