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Post by Robert1 on Jul 30, 2003 14:27:18 GMT 1
Yes, but still, there are 8% more tourists, inspite of "bad service and high prices". People must be mad.
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Post by Sameen on Aug 11, 2003 16:15:26 GMT 1
I'm avoiding croatia this year because I think the prices are getting high. I'm currently in Vienna and for someone in the UK, its actually much cheaper than Zagreb all-round aside from travelling in and out. The coast is nice value aside from taxes that you end up realising you are paying and others aren't.
They have a magnificent coastline and i feel priviledged to have seen it, and i'm sure others will too and i would advise doing so before it gets spoilt and bugged down and a oil pipeline runs through the adriatic coast and Bulgaria becomes bargain-basement alternatives to Spain. But so has Scotland this year.
I just can't be bothered to fight for beach space and screaming kids on the beach. I do recommend to you the Motovun Film Festival next year though and Istria rather than Dalmatia if you are going to Croatia for the first time.
do vid*enja x Sameen
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Post by Marija1 on Aug 11, 2003 19:13:15 GMT 1
Yes, Croatia is very busy this summer, busier than ever before. But why not wait until September and you have the place almost to yourself. At that time it is not so hot, no forest fires, everything is much cheaper and so on.
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Post by Graham - Bosmere on Aug 11, 2003 22:50:41 GMT 1
Sameen, you obviously have not found the beaches out on the islands where you can be alone even in high season. I can think of a few places where the only sign of life may be a wandering goat or the odd snake. If you want peace an quite do not go to the major tourist developments especially in Istria.
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Post by sameen on Aug 12, 2003 16:09:13 GMT 1
no, Graham, its ok, trust me, I can find them, I was fantastic at that. The trick is just normally to go as early as possible or be prepared to walk a bit of a distance. Thats not the islands though. Actually, I think I was out on Susak and that was full of kids (of all places!!). The problem with being out on islands, is that you get charged ridiculous amounts if you want to grab a coke, and opening hours, but i can understand that.
Even if you are somewhere mainstream, if you can afford to, you can normally take a trip to a private beach. There are normally boats on the pier that advertise.
I also was going to say, if you are afraid of snakes, don't go walking too far out.
I also do advise choosing Istria over Dalmatia if you are going first time to Croatia. i think that is a fair thing to say. The thing is that the first time someone would go, they have to get used to the atmosphere and knowing what to look for. It takes time. Dalmatia OTOH needs a lot of time to explore and find the magnificent spots otherwise you restrict yourself to the major tourist developments. I think that logic is fair. At this time, the Italians are all over the coast of Croatia. Or meant to be.
btw, I don't think that its true that Austrians and Germans are going to Croatia this year. I think thats croatians believing their own hype again. I think that the destination which seems to be hot is Hungary, which from what i gather seems better value. I think its more that more mainstream travel agents in France and the UK are booking for croatia.
I think in Croatia, if its possible, the place to go would either be Hvar or Zadar. I went to Hvar and think this summer will be better, Zadar i haven't but was recommended several times to me by croats.
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Post by Peter on Aug 12, 2003 21:47:31 GMT 1
I was in Istra last week and there were an awful lot of German registrations on cars. Heading down the Zagreb Rijecka motorway, Hungarians and Czechs were outnumbering local registrations 3 to 1. Most of Holland seemed to be down there, too. OTOH, we counted the number of UK registrations on the fingers of one hand! BTW, did you make it to the Motovun Film Festival Sameen? I only picked up on the Zagreb Uni Dept of Architecture Summer School there, the week after.
Bok
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