Archive for September, 2009
September 8th, 2009 | 
Author: I try to encourage my consultation clients to take a good look at Zagreb but to little avail. Most want to rush down to the Croatian coast as fast as possible. Yes the Istrian and Dalmatian coasts are dazzling but to experience the real Croatia you really have to experience Zagreb.
Fortunately the NYTimes travel section has given me good ammunition in the form of an article by Zagreb resident Alex Crevar. Titled “36 hours in Zagreb, Croatia”, the article does an excellent job compressing the Zagreb experience for hurried travellers. I love his recommendation of the Zagreb City Museum for an overview of Zagreb’s history and he hits all the right spots for coffee sipping, clubbing, dining, drinking and even a little excursion out of town to Medvednica Nature Park.
Only the two hotel recommendations–the Regent Esplanade and the Hotel Dubrovnik–hint at the downside of Zagreb. Accommodation is expensive! There are four and five-star hotels in Zagreb centre but most three-star Zagreb hotels are at least a tram-ride away. There’s little private accommodation in central Zagreb but there are a few, good, centrally-located hostels.
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While we wait with bated breath for all of Jadrolinija‘s low-season timetables, we can at least pore over the new coastal ferry schedule that is effect until the end of the year. You will find the new coastal ferry schedule here. Alert students of Jadrolinija (and why should you be one?) will notice that there is no change from last year’s schedule! And why should there be more than two coastal ferries a week? It’s now much faster to drive from Rijeka to Dubrovnik since the new highway whisks you from Rijeka to parts south of Split (where it ends) in about 5 hours.
The rest of the local ferry schedules should be released within the next few weeks. When they are, I’ll post here and you can download them as part of my pocket ferry guide.
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