ABOUT CROATIA
ABOUT CROATIA
ABOUT CROATIA: TRAVEL INFORMATION
After you have picked your boat from our charter offer there are some things that you should keep in mind before coming to Croatia. Hopefully here you can find some useful info.
Travel documentation: Passport or some other internationally recognised identification document is required. Tourists may remain in Croatia for up to three months. For more information, you can contact Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs of Republic of Croatia on link
Official Currency: Kuna (1 Kuna= 100 Lipa). There are 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 Lipa coins, 1,2 and 5 Kuna coins, and 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200, 500 and 1.000 Kuna banknotes.
Foreign currencies can be exchanged in banks, exchange office, post offices as well as in some travel agencies, hotels and marinas. Majority of hotels, restaurant, marinas and shops accept credit cards (American Express, Diners Club, MasterCard, Visa) but you should have in mind when visiting small isolated islands or settlements payment in cash will be your only option.
You can check the value of Croatian Kuna (HRK) to any other currency in any bank exchange rate list.
Working hours: Public services and companies are usually open between 8.00 and 16.00 hours from Monday to Friday. Some shopping stores are usually open all day (even on Saturdays and Sunday)- this is the case in larger tourist destinations especially in summer time. On national holidays most stores are closed or working shortly.
Electricity: 220 V, frequency 50 Hz (two-hole socket)
Water: Tap water is drinkable throughout Croatia
National Holidays:
January 1st – New Year’s Day
January 6th – Epiphany
March/ April changeable dates – Easter and Easter Monday
May 1st – Labour day
June 20th – Corpus Christi
June 22nd – Antifascist Resistance Day
June 25th – Statehood Day
August 5th – Victory and Homeland Thanksgiving Day
August 15th – Assumption of Mary
October 8th – Independence day
November 1st – All Saints’ Day
December 25th and 26th – Christmas and St Stephen’s Day
Dialling code for Croatia: 00 385
Important phone numbers:
-The unique European Emergency number 112
-Ambulance 194
-Fire-service 193
-Police 192
-Road Assistance 1987, more info on link HAK
-Traffic information 072 777 777, more info on link HAK
Mobile network operators: There are several companies that offer you possibilities to make voice calls, send messages, or use internet via your mobile phone:
-Hrvatski Telekom with prefixes +385 98 and +385 99 (and BonBon with prefix +385 97)
-A1 Hrvatska with prefix +385 91 (and Tomato with prefix +385 92)
-Tele 2 with prefix +385 95
Radio news in foreign languages during the tourist season: Traffic reports together with nautical news (provided by HAK - Croatian Auto Club) are broadcasted few times a day on Croatian Radio in foreign languages: English, Italian and German.
Arriving in Croatia: Now days when we all have become global travellers, and entire globe is well connected via air, road, railway or water, coming to Croatia makes no difference.
-By Airplane: Capital city Zagreb is well connected throughout the year with direct flights to other European cities. From there a regular transfer to all other parts of Croatia is possible. Other airports, especially costal ones such as Pula, Zadar, Split and Dubrovnik have direct flights to European cities as well during tourist season, while throughout the year they have regular flights to Zagreb.
-By Car: Coming to Croatia by car requires you to carry a valid driving licence, automobile registration and a green card. Tolls are collected on major motorways and some bridges/tunnels.
-By Train: Railway network makes it possible to come to Croatia from all neighbour countries
-By Boat: There are several shipping lines that have regular international ferry lines connecting Croatia and Italy, while the main Croatian shipping line holds domestic car ferry lines and fast speed shipping lines connecting mostly inhabited islands and the mainland, but as well islands with each other. Summer schedule of these lines is usually almost doubled in frequency during high season (from June till September)
Croatian pronunciation cheat sheet:
ć or Ä â€“ sounds like the “ch†in “chocolateâ€
ž – pronounced like the “s†in “treasure.â€
dž or Ä‘ – pronounced like “j†in “jacketâ€
Å¡ – sounds like “sh†in “shoeâ€