CROATIA NEWS

Soar Away to the Sun with UK Croatia Holiday Flights

By Helen Lease, 22nd July 2020 Check out how you can fly from the UK & Ireland to your fabulous Croatia holiday villa with this run-down of Croatia holiday flights now operating from UK & Ireland airports (please do check flight availability before booking your Croatia villa or apartment): Belfast to Split – Saturdays e.g.
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Croatia Holidays on UK ‘Safe’ List & FCO Lifted from 4th July

By Helen Lease, 3rd July 2020 Croatia holidays are back on… The Uk government has now announced its full list of ‘safe’ quarantine-free destinations for England and it includes Croatia!
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Just 2 Free Weeks to Indulge Yourself at Fabulous Villa Opus

By Croatia Gems, 2oth June 2020 Just when you thought it wouldn’t be possible, two weeks become free at opulent Villa Opus on Korcula!
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Croatia Border Open to UK Citizens & Possible ‘Air Bridge’

By Helen Lease, 31st May 2020 This morning on BBC Breakfast, The Independent’s travel expert, Simon Calder said that British tourists were welcome in the Croatia and just required an accommodation booking to be in place.
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Croatia Flights Restarting 2020

By Helen Lease, 30th May 2020 Croatia Flights are restarting for 2020 with an array of airlines and airports advertising renewed flight schedules with flights to Croatia starting in June and July from the UK.
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Lockdown has led to a Clear Upswing of New Holiday Enquiries

By Helen Lease, 23rd April 2020 There has been a clear upswing of new holiday enquiries – According to Kuoni, and reported in Travel Weekly, new enquiries for worldwide holidays in 2021 have picked up in the past week.
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EASYJET PUTS EASTER 2021 FLIGHTS ON SALE

By Helen Lease, 22nd April 2020 According to the Evening Standard, signs that 2021 will be the best year of travel yet are signalled by budget airline easyJet releasing its Easter 2021 flight sale, five months ahead of schedule!
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Rock Star Villas: Cosmopolitan Magazine Luxuriates at Croatia Gems Villa Pugliesi In Dubrovnik

By Saron Lease, 7th March 2020 Cosmopolitan Magazine at Croatia Villa Pugliesi In Dubrovnik – One of Croatia Gem’s fabulous villas is currently featuring in the April 2020 issue of Cosmopolitan Magazine in a piece on “Holiday like an A-Lister – Rock Star villas”.
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Seaside Gem Rovinj – Recommended by Tripadvisor for your next Holiday

By Saron Lease, 23rd January 2020 Tripadvisor suggests that if you’re looking to spend some time on a European coast, one of the eight seaside towns they recommend as great places to start, is Rovinj in northern Croatia.
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Exciting New Croatia holiday Locations to jet off to this year

By Saron Lease, 2nd January 2020 The Evening Standard highlights two new Croatia holiday flight routes to take advantage of for your 2020 holiday.
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Make sure you taste these dishes on your Croatia holiday

By Saron Lease, 28th November 2019 According to The Telegraph, your visit to Croatia would be enhanced from sampling these authentic dishes.
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Croatia’s Istria region named in 12 Top Holiday Destinations for 2020

By Saron Lease, 4th December 2019 According to Yahoo, Istria in north west Croatia, is picked as one of 12 top holiday destinations for 2020.
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Contenders for the Most Beautiful Croatia Beaches

By Saron Lease, 28th November 2019 According to Town & Country, these Croatian beaches are the most beautiful for a whole range of qualities from location, views, privacy, etc. 
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Record Visitor Numbers for Croatia in 2019

By Saron Lease, 10th November 2019 According to the New York Times, Croatia reported a record 20 million people visited the Adriatic Sea country this year – a record for the number of arrivals recorded in one year in Croatia.
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The Best Things to do in Split

By Saron Lease, 7th September 2019 We at Croatia Gems agree with Conde Nasté Traveller that Split often gets overlooked for big-hitting Dubrovnik.
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Jet2 Announces New Croatia Flight Routes Manchester & Stanstead to Zadar for 2020

By Saron Lease, 1st December 2019 Jet2 is opening up two new routes for summer 2020.
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Croatia Christmas Market Magic: Zagreb voted one of World’s best

By Saron Lease, 20th November 2019 Croatia Week reports recently that Big 7 Travel has voted Zagreb at No.3
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UK Holidaymakers’ Love of Croatia Expected to Continue in 2020

By Saron Lease, 10th November 2019 UK HOLIDAYMAKERS’ LOVE OF CROATIA  – Croatia’s Ministry of Tourism, when speaking at the World Travel Market’s (WMT) opening day in London this week, based on several recent announcements from the likes of EasyJet and other international airlines flying into Croatia, the Croatian Tourism Minister announced the country’s expectation that Britons will continue to enjoy holidaying there in 2020 and beyond. 
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Lovely Istria – Croatia’s Alternative to Tuscany

By Saron Lease, 7th November 2019 According to The Guardian, largely undiscovered Istria, is Croatia’s “affordable corner”, worthy of becoming the “millennials’ Tuscany” given its epicurian delights (truffles, wine, olive oils, sea food…..)
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Come and see the Croatia Film Locations of Award Winning Game of Thrones

By Saron Lease, 27th September 2019 USA Today says Visit Croatia.
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Peter Andre features Croatia and its Cuisine on ITV’s Lorraine show

By Saron Lease, 7th September 2019 ITV has announced that Peter Andre is returning to Lorraine in September 2019 for a new cooking series called Peter’s Family Food Adventure, in lovely Bol on Brac island.
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Plan that Autumn Getaway to Croatia

By Saron Lease, 27th August 2019 According to the Metro, there are many reasons why Croatia is a great location for that late holiday escape: It is a short haul flight, so doesn’t eat too much into your precious time off, making a long weekend more than possible.
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Jon Bon Jovi Holidays in Croatia This Year

By Saron Lease, 26th June 2019 According to Croatia Week, Rock star Jon Bon Jovi has managed to spend a few days holidaying in Croatia between tour dates in the UK and Germany before playing with his band in Spain, Switzerland, Poland, Belgium, Austria, Romania and Israel in July.
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Salma Hayek & Ryan Reynolds Filming in Rovinj

By Saron Lease, 14th April 2019 According to Croatia Week, Ryan Reynolds, Samuel L.
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Brexit Delay Spurs UK Frenzy for Summer Breaks in EU

By Saron Lease, 19th April 2019 According to Bloomberg, and backed up by Croatia Gems’ own hot telephone wires this week, many of those Brits that had been delaying booking holidays to Europe’s beach spots have been reassured by the latest delay for Brexit, meaning that there has been a surge in enquiries and bookings for European summer holiday destinations.
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Croatia’s 6 Best Islands to Visit in 2019 According to Good Housekeeping Magazine

By Saron Lease, 17th April 2019 Good Housekeeping Magazine has picked its 6 favourite islands to visit in 2019…

Ciovo Island

Connected to the Dalmatian town of Trogir by a bridge, Ciovo is a great spot for beach lovers with marine life for snorkelers to explore and fragrant pine forests offering shade.
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Best beaches in Croatia you’ll want to add to your bucket list right now

By Saron Lease, 19th April 2019 According to Julie Delahaye, Online Travel Writer for the Mirror, these are the best Croatian beaches you just have to visit: 1.
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Top tips to save money on your Croatia villa holiday

By Saron Lease, 27th March 2019 The Dubrovnik Times reminded us that there are ways to help that precious holiday money go further, whilst at the same time immersing yourselves more into Croatian life.
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Croatian restaurants awarded Michelin’s ‘Bib Gourmand’ rating

By Saron Lease, 23rd March 2019 According to The Dubrovnik Times, as well as new stars for restaurants Noel (Zagreb) and Draga di Lovrana (Lovran), taking the number of Croatian Michelin starred restaurants to five, Michelin has awarded its Bib Gourmand rating to a further four restaurants taking that number to eight.
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Try before you buy: Use your 2019 Croatia holiday to search for the ideal holiday home

By Saron Lease, 19th March 2019 ES Homes and Property suggests that if you’re planning a holiday home search this year, Croatia is one of the countries that has hot buys you should know about.
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Croatia Easily Beats UK in Global Finance’s Safest Country List

By Saron Lease, 13th March 2019 According to Global Finance, Croatia lies 22nd in its ‘2019 Global Finance ranking of safest countries in the world’  beating countries like the UK (38th), USA (65th), France (36th) and the Netherlands (31st).
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Bill Gates loves Croatia’s Skradin, near Sibenik and the National Parks

By Saron Lease, 9th March 2019 Croatia’s main hotspots of Dubrovnik and the islands are favourite holiday destinations for many of the rich and famous, but as the Dubrovnik Times reports, little known Skradin is the place much loved by philanthropist Bill Gates.
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Vis Island’s Stivina Beach makes it onto CNN’s Best Beaches list

By Saron Lease, 7th March 2019 According to CNN Travel, you should make an effort to visit Croatia’s amazing Stivina Beach on tiny Vis island.
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The Telegraph’s Top 10 most Beautiful Seaside Towns in Croatia

By Saron Lease, 23rd February 2019 The Telegraph has put forward its choice of the top ten most beautiful Croatian seaside towns.
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City of Split features in Oscar Nominated film ‘Cold War’

By Saron Lease, 20th February 2019 The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has announced the 91st nomination of Oscars, and included are three for the film Cold War set in the stunning city of Split, beloved by so many for its vibrancy, history and culture.
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Croatia’s 3rd Michelin Star Restaurant Awarded in Sibenik

By Saron Lease, 18th February 2019 According to the Michelin Guide, the Pelegrini Restaurant in Sibenik on the Dalmatian Coast of Croatia, has been awarded a Michelin star.
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Croatia Reggae Music Festival Moves to Sibenik for 2019

By Saron Lease, 12th February 2019 According to TimeOut, the Seasplash Festival moves from Pula to Sibenik for its 17th year. 
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Visit Split’s new Interactive Museum of Senses

By Saron Lease, 15th February 2019 So what to see after you have immersed yourselves in the sights and sounds of Split’s Old Town and you need a rest from the beach?
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Abta reports a Promising Start to Holiday Bookings

By Saron Lease, 14th Febuary 2019 According to Travel Weekly, more than one in four consumers will spend more on their holidays this year, according to new figures from Abta.
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Dubrovnik – one of the World’s Most Romantic Places for Valentine’s Day according to Trip Advisor

By Saron Lease, 8th February 2019 TripAdvisor has voted Dubrovnik as one of just ten European places to make it into its long list of the most romantic destinations in the world for 2019.
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Croatia – one of Europe’s greatest travel success stories

By Saron Lease, 29th January 2019 According to The Evening Standard, Croatia is one of Europe’s great travel success stories.
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Head for affordable Croatia for your villa holiday

By Saron Lease, 28th January 2019 According to Under Scoop Fire, for those seeking to limit their holiday budget but who have the travel bug, Croatia is fast becoming a go-to destination.
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Croatia Cycling Holiday – Fancy a Cross-Border Bicycle Hike

By Saron Lease, 23rd January 2019 Croatia cycling holidays areon the up and National Geographic reports that the Trans Dinarica, a new cross-border cycling route, presently connects Slovenia, Croatia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, beginning in Slovenia’s Soča Valley, near Italy, then heading south along Croatia’s Adriatic coast, including Croatia’s stunning islands, before turning east and ending in Sarajevo, the Bosnian capital. 
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Head for Sibenik and Enjoy its Renaissance

By Saron Lease, 23rd January 2019 According to the Washington Post, (and we at Croatia Gems agree), sleepy Sibenik (pronounced she-be (like ‘be’ in bed)-nick) is having a renaissance, so now is the time to discover it.
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Croatian island of Vis nominated for European Film Location of the Year

By Saron Lease, 18th January 2019, According to Croatia Week, The European Film Commissions Network (EUFCN) has announced the finalists in the European Film Location Award for the best European location.
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CNN Hails Croatia’s Brac Island Beach Zlatni Rat a Great Place for Wind & Kite Surfers

By Saron Lease, 1st January 2019 According to CNN Travel, the movement of the wind on Zlatni Rat beach means that one side of the beach promontory takes the full impact, making it a great spot for wind and kite surfers.
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Croatia Flights – EasyJet Seat Sale On Until Midnight 10th January

By Saron Lease, 2nd January 2019 In order to ‘beat the post-Christmas blues by making some New Year’s travel resolutions’ easyJet is discounting up to 20% off 400,000 seats to some European destinations.
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Croatia Flights added from Zagreb – Dublin

By Saron Lease, 30th December 2018 According to Avioradar, Croatia Airlines, the Croatian national air carrier, has announced that it will boost the number of Croatia flights to Ireland on its Zagreb – Dublin line, which began flying at the beginning of May 2018.
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Aston Villa agree deal to sign Croatia goalkeeper in January 2019

By Saron Lease, 26th December 2018 According to the BBC, Championship side Aston Villa have agreed to sign Croatia football hero  goalkeeper Lovre Kalinic on a four-and-a-half-year deal.
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Zadar, Croatia in Top Ten Lonely Planet City Destinations For 2019

By Saron Lease 22nd December 2018 If you’re thinking of a city break, with flights to Croatia increasing outside of the summer holiday season, Croatian cities are getting more and more attention on the short stay destination map. 
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