My Guide to Zadar in central Croatia is now available online. The guide introduces you to the city of Zadar and the surrounding Zadar county. Church of St Donat (left) Bascilica of St Stosija (right), Zadar city The area is now easily accessible with Ryanair flights from Edinburgh, Stansted, Dusseldorf, Pisa and Stockholm. Zadar would [...]
As you may know, Edinburgh is the City of Festivals. The calendar is literally bulging with various events most weekends during the year. There’s a slight lull in the late winter months, but as spring arrives (as it has here in Scotland), the festival calendar has sprang from the frozen ground and is getting its [...]
There’s an amazing sea organ on the Zadar promenade in Croatia. The “music” is created by the sea water pushing air into the thirty five tubes of varying lengths. The tubes are located beneath sea level and contain organ pipes. Zadar sea organ The sounds are emitted from openings along the steps. The sounds vary [...]
Show Scotland 2009 will be staging theit annual family fun events over the bank holiday weekend 1-4 May 2009. Ranging from daytime to late night openings, live entertainment, fun family activities and specially created arts performances will be enthralling you and yours in varied surroundings. Many of the events are free but need to be [...]
If you’d like to win a free night at a Hyatt hotel all you need to do is to leave a comment on the blog telling me why you deserve to be one of five winners of a one night free stay at any Hyatt hotel in the world (subject to availability). Mainz Hyatt Courtyard [...]
A recent BBC article about the preservation of Butrint heritage site in Albania caught my eye and it started me thinking seriously about Albania’s chances of becoming a major tourist destination. Heather recently gave us some reasons to visit in her post entitled “Why go to Abania?” and Karen picked up on the fact that [...]
Just a short day trip away from Athens is Sounion, home to the Temple of Poseidon which sits atop a slight hill surrounded by the Aegean Sea. Legend has it that it was at this spot that King Aegeus committed suicide by jumping into the sea which now bears his name. While this makes for an [...]
If you want your wish to come true you need only touch the big toe of Bishop Grgur sculpture in the royal town of Nin in Zadar region of Croatia. Me making my wish You’ll observe that his big toe is very shiny due to stroking by wish makers. Bishop Grgur from Nin fought for [...]
Imagine that ten minutes after landing you have cleared passport control, picked up your luggage, you’re sipping a complimentary drink, munching on local delicacies whilst being entertained by a band playing local folk music. This must be a dream? The welcome drinks and nibbles at Zadar airport Well that was the reality at Zadar airport [...]
I’ve got a Slovak friend from Bratislava visiting me at the moment, and when I complained to her there were still so many places in Slovakia I wanted to go back and see, she reminded me that she has never been to Cerveny Kamen, “And you’ve been there twice!” Which is true, but somehow I’d [...]
