Earlier this week, the “pearl of the Adriatic” got polished by tornados! No, this is not normal weather in Dubrovnik. At least 12 little twisters swirled around the city as part of the ‘Cicero’ cyclone that wreaked havoc on Croatia weather. There was actually snow on Easter!It’s too bad because spring in Croatia can be marvellous.
Dubrovnik typically takes a breather in spring before the summer tourist onslaught. This year, hotels in Dubrovnik are getting ready for bikini season by undergoing extreme makeovers. As I previously reported, the five-star Hotel Excelsior is closed for renovation until May. Also closed for renovation are the Valamar Club Dubrovnik (formerly the Minceta), the Hotel President, the Hotel Tirena, the Hotel Park and the Hotel Lapad. No word yet on prospective re-opening dates but figure it will be sometime in May–at the latest.
Dubrovnik’s sleek & slick new hotels will be ready just in time to make Austrians happy. Austria Airlinesis adding ten flights a week to Dubrovnik and another ten to Split. That’s great news for travellers who want to fly into Split and out of Dubrovnik (see a suggested Split to Dubrovnik itinerary).
And there’s further good news for ‘green’ travellers, swimmers and anyone else who thinks that the waters of the Adriatic should stay crystal clear. Dubrovnik authorities are stationing a boat in Gruz harbour whose function will be monitoring the pollution in the water and cleaning it when necessary. The sheer quantity of cruise ships chugging into the harbour poses a threat that will be addressed by this new boat.
Posted in Croatia Travel, Dubrovnik
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March 27th, 2008
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Tags: Croatia Flights News, Croatia Travel, Dubrovnik [gpbadge]
My wife and I are intending holidaying in Croatia for about 7-8 days (end June early July 2008). We intend travelling by public transport (bus/train) and will appreciate your advice on the best options and some detail about trains/buses etc. – see our intended schedule below:
29June – travel from Venice to Plitvice lakes area and spend three days there. We would prefer a direct route fom Venice, via maybe Rijeka?? if possible and not go through Zagreb as we wil go there later on
2July – travel from Plitvice lakes to Split/Dubrovnik and spend 4 days there
6 July – leave for Zagreb en route to Slovenia (short visit to Lake Bled) and on to Frankfurt
We need to be back in Frankfurt mid -morning 8 July to catch our connecting flights back to South Africa.
I will be very grateful if you can advise me on what would be the best way to travel or put me in touch with some websites given your experience of the area.
thanx very much, Ivan
Hi Ivan,
I sure can recommend a website! See http://www.croatiatraveller.com which has tons of transport information.
Jeanne