As Morski writes on the 17th of August, 2019, on Saturday afternoon in front of Hotel Korčula, a beautiful yacht named “Petara”, owned by no less than Formula 1 owner Bernie Eccleston, was moored. The name of the yacht was taken from the names of Eccelston’s two daughters, Petra and Tamara. Bernie is otherwise listed … Read more
August 12, 2019 – Congratulations to Lumbarda, winners of this year’s Vecernji List Tourism Patrol award. A nice boost for tourism in Lumbarda on Korcula, which has won the prestigious Tourism Patrol award, Croatia’s oldest tourism award, organised by newspaper Vecernji List since 1975. Vecernji reporters visit all the major destinations incognito and assess the … Read more
For centuries, the town of Korčula has celebrated the feast day of St. Theodore, the co-patron saint of the town (the other patron saint is St. Mark, and the Korčula cathedral is dedicated to him) on July 29th. It’s the biggest celebration of the town in the year, and yesterday Korčula had the chance to … Read more
The no. 1 player on the ATP list, currently the best tennis player in the world and the recent winner of his fifth Wimbledon title, Novak Đoković, is taking his vacation to celebrate the title and his victory over Roger Federer in one of the greatest Wimbledon finals ever – in Croatia. On Korčula and … Read more
July 21, 2019 – Continuing our at Croatian tourist destinations almost 50 years ago, next up a visit to timeless Korcula Town. The latest in our look at destinations in Croatia almost 50 years ago through the video lenses of tourists at the time. We have already looked at how the Pearls of the Adriatic … Read more
July 4, 2019 – Two idyllic and historic stone towns on the Adriatic, but is Korcula really a ‘mini Dubrovnik’? The Dalmatian coast in the summer is a fascinating – and spectacular – place to be. Endless sunshine, divine beaches, the inviting water and plenty of historic towns to savour. From mass tourism to something … Read more
July 2, 2019 – Partnering with resident Lesic Dimitri chef Marko Gajski, Emanuele Donalisio put on a night to remember on Saturday’s JRE Chefs on Sea dinner on Korcula. Before we talk about the food, I have to tell you about the wind. For it is it one of the great unmarketed gems of life … Read more
We recently reported on the footage a German tourist sailing with his family near Makarska was lucky enough to capture of a large Mako shark doing his (or her) rounds on the lookout for lunch. While these sharks do exist in the Croatian Adriatic, they tend to stay out of the way of us and … Read more
As Poslovni Dnevnik/Marija Crnjak writes on the 7th of June, 2019, the hotel company HTP Korčula recently opened the new Korčula beach called Port 9, marking the biggest investment of this company in which a massive two million kuna was invested in just the very first phase. Korčul’as Port 9 is also the first beach … Read more
The 2nd International Conference on Diaspora Tourism took place in Split on May 17, 2019. TCN meets some of the returning diaspora who have made a success of life in Croatia. Next up, Domagoj Šain, who swapped life in Toronto to start his own business on the island of Korcula. 1. You are from Canada, … Read more
