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paulina

paulina has written 20 posts for Dubrovnik Travel Guide

Zagreb Events&Festivals

Zagreb is home to a host a numerous unique events which one might not expect to find in the area.  Many of these cater to specialty interests but can be enjoyed by people who are new to these specialties as well.  For example, as anime becomes an increasingly popular art form across the world, fans [...]

Tips/Warning

It is quite safe to travel all over Croatia and mugging and thefts are not a problem. You can walk in any town at night, but use your common sense, as always. In some coastal resorts, as is common all over the Mediterranean, single women may be approached or wolf whistled at. Say no firmly [...]

Tips

If you can, try to avoid traveling on one of notorious weekends during the summer. Traffic jams are the worst on weekend around July 15th, August 1st and August 15th. In fact, new motorways have enabled Croatians to reach the sea in 3-4 hours so many locals are taking short weekend breaks on Friday afternoon [...]

Be careful!

If you preper to go swimming in the Adriatic here’s a warning for you. There are hardly any sandy beaches but mostly pebbled (or even concrete) beaches. If you are a cry-baby when it comes to walking on big spiky pebbles, get yourself some swim shoes. No need to get them before you come here, [...]

Restaurants

On a whole you will never be deceived by Croatian restaurants. They will range from medium to good but, unless you have a good tip, you will seldom find a great variety of dishes, at least on coastal towns.
All restaurants will serve salads, grilled meat (very good and tasty) : raznici, cevapcici, plejskavica, etc… But [...]

Forecast

Zagreb

Tmin
Tmax
wind

Tuesday
15.12.2009.

-1 °C
30 °F
0 °C
32 °F

Wednesday
16.12.2009.

-9 °C
16 °F
-1 °C
30 °F

Thursday
17.12.2009.

-12 °C
10 °F
-2 °C
28 °F

Friday
18.12.2009.

-12 °C
10 °F
-2 °C
28 °F

Saturday
19.12.2009.

-13 °C
9 °F
-3 °C
27 °F

Sunday
20.12.2009.

-14 °C
7 °F
-5 °C
23 °F

Monday
21.12.2009.

-17 °C
1 °F
3 °C
37 °F

Rafting

If you want to feel wired all the time, this idea would be great for you. You adore this, moreover you will be pumped! We talking about rafting: “Rafting is a sport in which crew in [...]

Climbing in Croatia

Besides of scuba-diving you can also try climbing. But you should know that the peaks in Croatia are not higher than 2,000 meters, they are among the most beautiful in the world. The most of Croatian mountains belong to the Dinaric Mountain Range. The Dinaric Mountains are characteristic of the rocky relief, while the inland [...]

Plitvice Lakes ( Falling Lakes ) National Park

According to legend, the Plitvice Lakes were created after a long drought. The “Black Queen” took pity on the people and animals that cried for water. Heavy rain began to fall and continued until they formed the lakes we see today. It seems only natural then that this wonderland is filled with unique creatures and [...]

Diving

The Croatian sea attracts not only sailors, but many lovers of underwater life as well.
Diving is regulated by the Rule Book of Underwater Activities, issued by the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Transport and Communications. That’s way each diver has to possess a diver identification card, issued by the Croatian Diving Association, which can be bought [...]