Pane Vino, Rovinj
Pane Vino e Non Solo bills itself as “The real Italian cuisine with the finest Istrian product”. Was I happy with it?
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Hotel Eden, Rovinj
It is a very beautiful spring day here in Rovinj and I am well situated to enjoy it in the Hotel Eden, a four-star hotel a little outside of town in the Zlatni Rt Nature Park.
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I first set eyes on Dubrovnik on April 16, 1996. Although the last shell dropped on the pearly city in 1992, it could have been last week as far as the residents were concerned. The tourist business, which was the economic lifeblood of the town, had been moribund since the beginning of the Homeland War in 1991.  Before the war, Dubrovnik was welcoming some 4 million tourists a year. In 1995 numbers were down to about 120,000. “We’ll be happy if we can get 10% of our pre-war arrivals”, the tourist director explained to me in his office. “That’s quite … Continue reading →