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This
page is the best source for organizing your trip to Croatia to get some
important facts about country:
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 Travel
information
(travel
documents)!
For an
up to three-month stay in Hrvatska, a valid passport is all you need if
you come from Europe, most of the American countries, Japan… (Please
check our list). Furthermore, there is a list of countries whose
citizens can enter Hrvatska by presenting their identity cards. For more
information on visas, please visit:
www.mvp.hr - Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of the Republic of
Hrvatska
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web site.
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 Genaral
facts on the country!
It is an
Adriatic and a Central European country. It streches in the form of an
arc from the Danube in the northeast to Istria in the west and Boka
Kotorska in the southeast. Its area is 56,538 sq.km., and the area of
the coastal sea about 31,900 sq.km. Geographically, it is situated on
the cross-roads between Central Europe and the Mediterranean.
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 The
best time to visit Hrvatska!
April
to September it’s for sure the best period to visit
Hrvatska. Although
you can not still enjoy swimming in April, you will certainly find warm
and shinny weather specially in Central and South Dalmatia.
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 Weather
in Hrvatska!
The
climate varies from Mediterranean along the Adriatic coast to
continental inland. The sunny coastal areas have hot, dry summers and
mild, rainy winters. The high coastal mountains help to shield the coast
from cold northerly winds, making for an early spring and a late autumn.
In Zagreb, average daily high temperatures peak at 27°C (80°F) in July
and drop to 2°C (35°F) in January.
The
warmest months are July and August when the air temperature is between
25° C and 35° C(77° F - 95° F) and the sea temperature reaches up to 28°
C (83° F). The rain is very rare. This is the time when most of the
tourists come.
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 History
Although
Hrvatska developed under the impact of many different cultures Greek,
Roman, Celtic, Illyrian, Austrian, Hungarian, Byzantine, Islamic , it
gave its own and unique imprint to the history of European civilization.
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Here are some history books about Hrvatska we highly recommend to our
visitors:
The most complete account of
Hrvatska
history is
Marcus Tanner's
A Nation Forged in War which covers it all, from the Slavic migration into the region until the
1990's war.
Journalist Mishy Glenny
has written extensively about the passions that tore
apart the Balkans. Try
Balkans Nationalism Great Powersto understand
Hrvatska
recent history.
Richard Holbrooke was the American officialy in charge of negotiating
the Dayton Accords which ended fighting in former Yugoslavia in 1995.
His book
To End a War
is a fascinating account of the personalities and politics involved in
the conflict and its resolution.
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Facts about
Hrvatska:
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Hrvatska destinations:
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 Country
environments
The
water on Croatian coast is clean, even the cleanest in Europe?! German
ADAC (car owners union) tested some Mediterranean and Adrian
water areas on the coast and all swimming waters in Hrvatska were "very
suitable for swimming"! There was no beach of bad quality water in
Hrvatska.
The
water in Croatian side is clean. One skipper from Zadar was joking (or
was it true?):"If you flush the toilet in Zadar, in four minutes
everything will be in Venice." The streams in the sea bring the dirt to
Italy; the only bad thing is that they take also fine sand to Italy.
Maybe that is the reason why most of the beaches in Hrvatska are stony.
The official bathing beaches are easy to walk but please be careful and
don’t step on a sea hedgehog. It is better to wear swimming shoes.
Normally the beaches are shallow and become deeper conveniently. On
rocky beaches it is deeper and it is possible to jump in to the sea.
Remember to check what is under the water before jumping!
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Maps and
guide books
Essential reading for your Croatian holiday, including guidebooks,
phrasebooks, travelogues, history, cookbooks and books about life in
Hrvatska.Read
more when to organize your trip to
Hrvatska
and
visit my Amazon
books and maps store.
When you try the delicious food in
Hrvatska, you may want to re-create
the pleasure. See
Croatian Cookbooks for my cookbook suggestions.
Travelogues
The mother of all regional travelogues is
Rebecca West's
marvellous
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
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an account of the great lady's journey through the countries of former
Yugoslavia before it was Yugoslavia (1936). It's a travel classic,
filled with wit, insight and the literate West's elegant, rolling
sentences.
In a completely different style, the inimitable
Paul Theroux recounts his journey through the
Mediterranean (including Hrvatska) in Pillars of Hercules.
Robert Kaplan's
Balkan Ghosts
is a travelogue with a decidedly different flavour, written just before
the war in former Yugoslavia exploded.
Novelist Josip
Novakovich explores his family's Croatian background in
Plum Brandy: Croatian JourneysBeautifully written and insightful, this Croatian-American writer
deserves to be read more widely.
Hrvatska
unique rural culture is fast disappearing. Fortunately
Tony Fabijancic
has given voice to Croatia's rural folk who recount their lives
and struggles in
Hrvatska:
Travels in Undiscovered Country.
Life in
Hrvatska
Croatian journalist Slavenka Drakulic
writes frequently (in English) about living in
Hrvatska
. Read
Cafe Europa: Life after Communismto find out what it's really like living in
Hrvatska.
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 Language
Croatian is a Slavic language
that arrived in the Balkans region with the migration of the Slavs in
the 6th or 7th century. The language eventually evolved into two
branches: East South Slavic and West South Slavic. Bulgarian and
Macedonian derive from the East South Slavic group and Slovene, Serbian
and Croatian are derived from the West South Slavic group. Later in
Hrvatska
eventful history a series of occupying powers - Ottoman,
Venetian, Hapsburg, Italian - enriched the language with new German,
Turkish and Italian words.
Croatian dictionaries with advanced linguistic
capabilities contain all you need to feel comfortable and assured abroad
or when communicating with your overseas business partners. Over 1,200
commonly used and emergency phrases on 12 topics and with over 500,000
words makes these dictioraries a must have travel compagnion.
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FAQ about Hrvatska
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find what you are looking for please do not hesitate to
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