Mediterranean

Jul
30

Sea Help - peace of mind for yacht owners and charter boat users

Andrea|SailingInCroatia on July 30th, 2009


Sea Help emergency services - AA on sea
Sea Help offers emergency services to boat or yacht owners as well as to charter boat users, covering the Croatian Adriatic, as well as Italian northern Adriatic coast from Croatia and Slovenia to Venice, planning to expand into the Mediterranean (Italy, France and Spain).
Memberships for commercially used boats [...]

Continue reading about Sea Help - peace of mind for yacht owners and charter boat users

About Sailing in Croatia No comments »
Jun
18

Visit Vrboska on the Island of Hvar, Croatia

Andrea|SailingInCroatia on June 18th, 2009


If you had enough of the Jet-Set scene of the old town of Hvar, sail around to the northern side of Hvar Island and visit Vrboska. Or even better, set your course directly to this lovely town!

Vrboska is the smallest town on the sunny Island of Hvar and is special because of its geographical location, well [...]

Continue reading about Visit Vrboska on the Island of Hvar, Croatia

About Sailing in Croatia, Routes and Destinations No comments »
Mar
10

Croatian cuisine

Andrea|SailingInCroatia on March 10th, 2009

Croatian cuisine changes with the landscape and simply cannot be reduced to a single “typical” dish or menu. It is distinctly regional and sampling local specialities will add something exceptional to your journey. Roughly the Croatian cuisine can be labelled as Mediterranean or Continental; however there are many differences between specialities from one Island to [...]

Continue reading about Croatian cuisine

Gastronomy No comments »
Mar
7

Tea or Coffee?

Andrea|SailingInCroatia on March 7th, 2009


This is a very unlikely question to hear from your friendly waitress while spending holidays in Croatia.

Croats, as other Mediterranean’s, are passionate coffee drinkers and can go for a cup of coffee (Idemo na kavu?) at any time, day or night. Your average café bar will have a long list of coffees (kava) to choose [...]

Continue reading about Tea or Coffee?

Gastronomy No comments »
Feb
19

And what is the weather like in Croatia?

Andrea|SailingInCroatia on February 19th, 2009

The unavoidable weather question has a region-specific answer as Croatia’s climate is determined by its geography which is a mixture of a long littoral, high mountains and plains.
There are predominantly two climate regions with some variations: Continental and Mediterranean. A chain of high Dinaric Mountains separates the two and can also be separated as [...]

Continue reading about And what is the weather like in Croatia?

Climate No comments »