Ok, here is the tune first. Play it while reading. Get in the mood… Imagine sitting by the sea. In sleepy town called Jelsa. on Hvar Island. Dalmatia… The sound of the sea lightly touching the waterfront makes for perfect background music with all the easy, relaxing sounds of a typical Dalmatian town. And now…
Tag: dalmatian food
Winter, carnival and food traditions
Few days back I got a lovely invitation from my friend Domagoj to come join his family and friends for a special carnival menu. That was also an opportunity to meet Domagoj’s good friend and already quite famous Mr. Semir Osmanagić of the Bosnian Pyramid Foundation who had an interesting speech about his latest discoveries…
Dalmatian food traditions – Fall and Winter in Imotski
In the time of uniformed restaurant offer, it is always nice to find some authentic Dalmatian tastes. Problem is that most of the traditions are nearly gone and that you can get traditional meals at very few places. Steak, french fries, pizzas…are taking over and that is ok. People have the right to eat what…
Krupa River – the spring and the monastery
We try not to stay home on beautiful autumn weekends. So, few weeks back we invited wife’s cousins from Split to join us on a small “hiking expedition” to the spring of beautiful Krupa river. By some, this is the most beautiful river of Croatia. We took the small road from Benkovac to Medviđa and…
Secret Frmic Island
Numerous are places on our coast that were important in the past but are now completely forgotten. Probably the best example is the town of Osor between Cres and Losinj islands that was once a big city and nothing more than just a tiny hamlet today…with huge ruins. One of the places like that is…
Olive trees of Lun
This year I did not want to post any photos of my olive trees or anything “regular” happening up and down the coast in the season of olive picking. This year the destination was Lun… To anyone, even vaguely familiar with olive-growing traditions on the Croatian coast, even the very name of village of Lun…
Villa Dubrovnik, Dubrovnik – Romance forever
As the season ended, we are already getting ready for 2011 with site inspections, guide selection and some (slight) expansion of services. One of the nicest part of that process is definitely staying at nice hotels that we recommend to our clients. Each hotel is personally inspected at least once a year and we sleep…
Roman ball games in Dalmatia
One of the most interesting pieces of Roman art, in Dalmatia, is definitely a tomb monument of a Roman boy that can be seen as a wall decoration in Sinj. The monument represents a 7 year old Gaius Liberius holding a ball in his hand. It was excavated in the nearby Roman stronghold of Gardun…
River Grab and the famous mills
Every late summer weekend we try to spend outdoors. Not sipping coffee but walking and discovering new places and new people. Eating good food as well… This weekend, since we stayed in Split, we decided to visit beautiful Grab river near tiny Trilj town deep in Dalmatian hinterland. Just over an hour from Split, we…
Santa Maria restaurant in Vodice – something a bit different
Sometimes I get a call from my clients asking if they can have something different than the, for the most part, same menu all over the coast. One place I recommend, for those in Zadar and Šibenik area, is definitely a wonderful and unique Santa Maria in Vodice as one of my favorite restaurant. The…
Roski slap waterfalls in Krka National Park
Roski slap area in Krka National Park is surely one of the most beautiful destinations in Croatia. The holiday on the 5th of August – celebrating the liberation of Croatia in 1995 – was the prefect opportunity to go somewhere and relax. So, since I haven’t done there before, we decided to take the boat…
Villa Kaliopa Restaurant on Vis Island
Villa Kaliopa is one of those places that just stick to your mind and you idealize them more and more as the time passes. The palm trees seem taller, the garden more spacious and food gets better each time you just think of that place remembering summer, easy living on Vis, scented Adriatic breeze… So…
The Borelli house in Sv Filip Jakov
This blog proved to be a great place to meat very interesting folks! Few months back, when writing about the cave in Vrana, I got an email from Mrs. Vesna Borelli who was interested in finding more on the hundred years old graffiti in the cave that were done by her ancestors who owned the…
Imotski – Wine, food and mysteries
As the season is in full bloom, the posts on the blog are becoming rare… Not that I am not traveling or visiting, but the stories will have to wait for cooler months. But this story I have to share! So great! Just this Saturday I got invited by Mrs. Robyn Vulinovich of http://slow-tours.com.au/ to…
Grgur Ninski in Split
One of the most photographed and most visited places in Split are the Golden Gates of the Diocletian’s Palace along with the statue of Gregory of Nin or Grgur Ninski as locally called. The story of Gregory is a typical one for Croatian history as we always quarreled among us preventing any prospect. He was…