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Omiš town is located at the mouth of Cetina River of Croatia from which water flows to Adriatic Sea. This section of Cetina River is encompassed by high cliffs on both banks......

 

OMIš Cetina confluence (Salvatore Mucciarone) wikimedia     Auf der Cetina nach Omis (Hedwig Storch) wikimedia

Left: Mouth of Cetina River © Salvatore Mucciarone / wikimedia;

Right: Beautiful Cetina River with mountain background © Hedwig Storch / wikimedia

EDEN here means "European Destinations of ExcelleNce", is a project promoting sustainable tourism development across 27 member state and candidate countries of European Union. In Croatia, so far, there are four EDENs......

 

Main entrance of old city of Nin (Igor Pisacic)     LEGENDA O PICOKIMA Durdevac (Đurđevac tourist Board)

Left Photo: Nin © Igor Pisačić; Right Photo: Đurđevac © Đurđevac tourist board

No matter you are looking for honeymoon, overseas brainstorming meeting, medieval living style as if ancient Roman or wine & white truffles tasting.....this stylist Stone Villa here is a good selection....it is located in northern-west coast region of Croatia where is at opposite bank of Venice. Amazing travel destination of Pula, Motovun, Rovinj and Poreč is nearby.....all of them are easy to reach from the Villa......

 

villa Damiana Croatia      villa Damiana Istria

Photos © Villa Damiana

In this green Vuglec Breg, guests here can look after sheep with sheep dog Riki as if shepherds, feed and groom the lovely ponies, and help working in vineyard especially reaping of grapes in autumn......

 

Croatia zagorje (Fraxinus) wikimedia   

photo: Landscape of Zagorje © Fraxinus / wikimedia

Located in the center of Croatia, Medvednica means "Bear" in Croatian as a mountain only 30 minutes' drive away from Zagreb. The summit of Medvednica is called Sljeme. In warm weather, Sljeme would be a good place for mountaineering and hiking. In winter, it will become a great skiing destination. Every year, a large international skiing championship "Snow Queen Trophy" is held here. One can see many things on the Medvednica Mountain ranging from the natural scenery to historical buildings ......

 

sljeme green scenery    Medvedgrad Croatia (Ex13) wkikmedia

Left Photo: Nature scenery of Sljeme;

Right Photo: Medvedgrad castle on the mountain © Ex13 / Wikimedia

As another graceful island in the Kvarner area of Croatia, the Lošinj Island has two main towns: Veli Lošinj and Mali Lošinj. In ancient times, the Lošinj Island was actually an archipelago connected to the Cres Island......

 

veli losinj Croatia      mali losinj Croatia

Left: Veli Lošinj;  Right: Mali Lošinj

A cute small town Đurđevac (Georgetown) is situated at the northwestern part of Croatia near Hungarian border. There is a local Legend of "Rooster town and people" is based on historical facts of real battle between Turks and local defenders......

 

St. George church (crkva Svetog Jurja) (Đurđevac tourist board)      Gallery Stari grad (Đurđevac tourist board)

Left: St. George church © Đurđevac tourist board;

Right: Old Town Gallery in Đurđevac © Đurđevac tourist board

In the greenery of Bilogora hills and in the peace of its forests in northern Croatia, away from ringing of the cell phones and everyday stress, with open hearts and homes, the inhabitants of the smallest Đurđevac suburbia, Sveta Ana, are awaiting for you. Their Zlevanka Cake is an original and well-known sweetmeat......

 

Đurđevac Sveta Ana (Elizabeta Milanovic)_1      Zlevanka Cake_ (Siniša Milašinović ) Association Svetojanke_1

Left Photo: Sveta Ana Village © Tourist board Đurđevac;

Right Photo: Making Zlevanka Cake ©  Siniša Milašinović / Association Svetojanke 

Those concerning about environmental protection and ecological conservation seem to especially like making research on the islands at the Kvarner Bay of Croatia, including the 'Adriatic Dolphin Project (ADP)' regarding ocean and dolphin conservation on the Lošinj Island, as well as the 'Eurasian Griffon'/ 'Gyps fulvus' Protection Project on the Cres Island......

 

Beli Cres Croatia      Eurasian Griffon

Left: Beli on Cres Island © Croq / wikimedia;

Right: Eurasian Griffon © Frank Wouters / wikimedia

Do you like horse? Have you heard Lippizaner, Croatian Cold-blood, Posavina or Mur Insulan? Well, they are all famous Croatian breeding horses. Actually, there are great traditions in relation to horses in Croatia......

 

Croatian cold blood horse     Lippizaner horse

Left Photo © Zeljko / wikimedia; Right Photo © Valeria Teo