Theme Week Croatian Adriatic Coast – Krk Town

28 May 2016 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

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© Journey234

Krk is the main settlement of the island of Krk. It is located on the southwest coast of the island and is the historical seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Krk. On the opposite side of the bay of Punat, the community of Punat with one of the most famous marinas in the northern Adriatic, the Punat Marina, is located.   read more…

Theme Week Croatian Adriatic Coast – Hvar Town

27 May 2016 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  9 minutes

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© Maîtresse

Hvar is a city and port on the island of Hvar, part of Split-Dalmatia County. The municipality has a population of 4,300 while the city itself is inhabited by 3,800 people, making it the largest settlement on the island of Hvar. It is situated on a bay in the south coast of the island, opposite from the other nearby towns of Stari Grad and Jelsa.   read more…

Theme Week Croatian Adriatic Coast – Pag Town

26 May 2016 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  9 minutes

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© Taz666/cc-by-sa-3.0

Pag is the largest town on the island of Pag, with a population of 4,000. Medieval Pag emerged near the salterns where the abandoned Old Town used to be, 3 kilometres (2 miles) south of the present location. According to historical documents, the name Pag was mentioned for the first time in the 10th century. In 976, the Croatian king Stjepan Držislav took Pag from the Byzantine authority and appointed a Croatian district Prefect as the administrator of the town.   read more…

Theme Week Croatian Adriatic Coast – Korčula Town

25 May 2016 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

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© Cord Walter/cc-by-sa-3.0

Korčula is a historic fortified town on the protected east coast of the island of Korčula. The old city is surrounded by walls, and the streets are arranged in a herringbone pattern allowing free circulation of air but protecting against strong winds.   read more…

Theme Week Croatian Adriatic coast – Šibenik

24 May 2016 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  6 minutes

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© Tomaž Demšar/cc-by-sa-3.0

Šibenik is a historic city in Croatia, located in central Dalmatia where the river Krka flows into the Adriatic Sea. Šibenik is a political, educational, transport, industrial and tourist center of Šibenik–Knin County and also the 3rd largest city in the historic region of Dalmatia. It is the oldest native Croatian town on the shores of the sea.   read more…

Theme Week Croatian Adriatic coast

23 May 2016 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Preko on Ugljan and Galovac Island with Zadar in the background © AleXXw/cc-by-sa-3.0

Preko on Ugljan and Galovac Island with Zadar in the background © AleXXw/cc-by-sa-3.0

Croatia‘s Adriatic Sea coast contains more than a thousand islands. The Croatian Bureau of Statistics uses data from the Geographical Department of the Faculty of Science of the University of Zagreb, which classifies a total of 1,185 islands, rocks and reefs: 48 inhabited islands, 670 uninhabited islands, 389 rocks and 78 reefs.   read more…

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