Last weekend we were in Rovinj inspecting hotels and restaurants and what kind of inspection would that be without including Monte restaurant? This place definitely needs more publicity although the folks who look for great culinary experiences know of it for a while now! Located just bellow the Rovinj’s church of Sv. Eufemia, this place…
Category: Tours in Croatia
Ghosts of Dvigrad
One of the places that was on my list of “must visit” for (too) long was Dvigrad in Istria. Finally, this morning, leaving Rovinj, I drove straight there. Visible from the highway high above the deep valley, Dvigrad is short drive from the turn to Rovinj. Actually, you look for signs to Kanfanar and then,…
Arboretum Trsteno near Dubrovnik – www.tours-in-croatia.com
For years I have been trying to find some time to stop at this place and enjoy the gardens. Arboretum Trsteno is located some 30 km north of Dubrovnik and it is the best known arboretum in Croatia. This is a place of incredible beauty but not as nearly as popular as the rest of…
Croatian wines – Plavac Mali of Hvar
Plavac Mali is one of Croatia’s best known grapes. Plavac Mali, is actually a cross between Crljenak Kastelanski (an ancestral Zinfandel) and Dobričić grapes, and it is the most popular red wine grape grown along the coast of Dalmatia in Croatia. Plavac grows and gives best results on the southern slopes of Hvar Island and…
Split Boat Show…some 100 years ago
The 12th Split Boat Show officially opened today and is another 7 days of luxury, glamor, happenings…right in down town Split. I covered the boat show last year so I was not interested in coming this time as most of the boats are similar or I have no interest in them. All that plastic does…
Secret Prevlaka peninsula
Few days back, while in Dubrovnik, we decided to go off the beaten path and see the southernmost point of Croatia. Most travelers in Dubrovnik simply “storm” the Old Town, enjoy the picturesque Cavtat and Konavle but we wanted something different: a place so remote that is rarely visited. Prevlaka met our expectations! Prevlaka is…
Babić of Primošten
Babić is almost a synonym for Primošten and there is hardly a person traveling south of Primošten that does not notice the remarkable vineyards at Bucavac near Kremik Marina. This lace of stone walls and patches of soil is one of the most memorable images of Dalmatia and stands as a symbol of our hard…
Towers of Dalmatia – Rakitnica fortress near Vodice
Rakitnica ruins near Vodice: a place known by few and visited by fewer… Located on a steep hill near the local road connecting Vodice and Gaćeleze village, this fortress is now just a set of ruined buildings and towers. So, as I have never been there before, I had to use this beautiful spring (Finally!!!)…
Stecak monuments – www.secretdalmatia.com
Some of the most mysterious monuments in Croatia are, by no doubt, stećak tombstones. Stećak [stechak] (for singular) or stećci (for plural) are not only found in Croatia but in the neighboring countries as well. Bosnia and Herzegovina is particularly famous for this tradition with an estimated 60 000 stećaks still standing! Although their look…
Best Croatian wines – Korak
For the past few days I was in Zagreb doing some inspections and meeting friends and partners. That time a year… Although I had a fairly planned schedule and knew what I was to expect, I was not prepared for Korak wines. I have to admit that my general knowledge of Croatian wines is limited…
Croatian Souvenirs at Delicium Nostrum, Trogir
In the past few years, the offer of our national souvenirs has taken a huge step forward! Wines, traditional alcoholic drinks and liquors, dry fig spreads and even chocolates are available in all better souvenir stores. However, the prices are sometime really high and preventing even better sales. One of the better stores in terms…
Hiking in Croatia – Kudin Most on Krupa river
This winter seems like it is not going to end any time soon and I already feel trapped at home for way too long. Luckily, we don’t have snow. Yet. Going through old photos is fun and planning visiting some beautiful places makes me even more nervous 🙂 One of Croatia’s prettiest rivers is probably…
Classic guidebooks on Croatia
Nearly all good and relevant publishers have guidebooks on Croatia and nearly all of them are written by foreigners who come here, spend some time and then return occasionally to update the books. And that is how the guide book publishing works, I guess… But prior to these, new guide books, Croatia has been covered…
Burnum – Croatia’s most recent Roman amphitheatre www.secretdalmatia.com
Probably some of you did not know where the image in the header of this blog was taken. It was back in the 2006 when I took my friend Miljenko Hegedić (a professional photographer whose portfolio can be seen here) on a photo shoot for my web sites. One of the sites I wanted to…
All hotels in Split, Croatia – www.thehotelsofsplit.com
Together with my friend Robert Aronson, we have realized that Croatia still lacks several web directories that would enable travelers easier access to relevant and updated information. So, this past summer we started developing a concept of The Croatia Travel Network with our first site being The Hotels of Split. The concept is straightforward: listing…