25 February 2005

Traffic conditions in Dalmatia

The bridge over Neretva at Opuzen is under renovation and the road is closed.
To go between Opuzen and Ploce you have to take a long detour over the bridge in Metkovic.
If you come from Split on the motorway DO NOT GO DOWN TO MAKARSKA. Continue inland and go through Vrgorac and Mali Prolog to Metkovic.
The road is expected to re-open by 1. June


HAK Hrvatski Autoklub has a good homepage with references to up-to-date information.
    Weather forecast from Croatian Meteorological Service

    A1 High Way from Zagreb to Split

    Motorway extension to Vrgorac is expected to open in June. The last piece to Ploce (25 km) will be delayed 1-2 years due to the fact that it was decided to change it to a location where they can save some tunnels and bridges.

    Section to Split now open (26.06.2005)
    Next section to north of Makarska is open and one more section towards Ploce and Dubrovnik will open in 2008.

    A four lane speedway from Trogir to Omis is agreed with the Croatian Roads company. The project includes three road sections - the 11.1 kilometre-long section from Kastel Sucurac to Plano near Trogir, 13.9 kilometre-long speedway from Stobrec to Dugi Rat near Omis, and a six kilometre-long ring road which is the most demanding construction job given that it includes a five kilometre-long tunnel and a bridge over the river of Cetina.

    Now open: 230 km new motorway (A1) in Slovenia from Maribor to Koper.

    Road distances and Highway tolls and general information

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    23 February 2005

    News about the Neretva and Dubrovnik area

    Archaeological Museum in Vid open

    A new and interesting small museum is open at the historical site Narona.

    The museum is placed where the Augusteum was, the temple of Emperor Augustus, and displays the 16 status of Emperor Augustus, members of his family, and other Roman high officials and deities.

    http://www.vid.hr/prijevodi/narona-engleski.htm


    New Ferry between Peljesac and Mljet

    Two ferry lines will operate between the mainland and the Island of Mljet 4-5 times every day.
    One from Trstenik to Pomena – as usual - and one from a new ferry terminal that will open in Prapratno at the Peljesac peninsula in April 2006.
    The ferry between Prapratno and Sobra on Mljet can carry up to 300 passengers and up to 60 cars and the journey will last about 30 minutes.


    World Bank, Croatia sign modernization deal for Ploce Port

    Zagreb, 3 September: An agreement on 1.75 million dollars advance payment on a loan to be used for a project of modernisation of the southern port of Ploce was signed in that Adriatic town on Saturday.

    The entire project covering the construction of a container terminal and a bulk cargo terminal is worth between 60 and 75 million dollars.

    The biggest southern Croatian seaport is mainly used as a gateway by neighbouring Bosnia-Hercegovina for the export of its goods and import of raw materials.

    Source: BBC Monitoring / HINA news agency, Zagreb

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    ROME, Feb 22(Hina) - Croatia has a great future also because of its cultural heritage, the Holy See Secretary of State, Cardinal Angelo Sodano, said in the Vatican Museums on Tuesday evening at the opening of an exhibition on the August Shrine in the former Roman colony of Narona called "Augusteum from Narona - Rome on the other side of the Adriatic".

    Narona is an ancient town and the remains are located in the village Vid, 25 km from Komarna. There is more information on Komarna Holiday website.
    ... and more information here: http://www.ashmol.ox.ac.uk/ash/exhibitions/exh067.html

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    19 February 2005

    Budget Airlines to Split and Dubrovnik

    This post will monitor the airlines that operate at a reasonable price on Croatia, specifically Dubrovnik and Split. Over the next couple of month we will see more airlines beginning to offer cheap tickets.

    General: Some airlines offer consistently good prices to Croatia from many destinations.
    If your have the time for a bus travel from Ljubljana there can be much money saved by going there with EasyJet.
    From Norway:
    • Norwegian Very good prices from Oslo to Split and Dubrovnik and from Bergen to Dubrovnik. Unfortunately their flights from Stockholm and Copenhagen does not connect without an overnight stay in Oslo.
    From Ireland:
    • Aer Lingus has flights from Dublin at reasonable prices
    From Denmark:
    From Sweden:
    • Scandjet flyes from Stockholm, Göteborg and Malmö from late June
    From or via Germany:From Holland and Belgium :

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    11 February 2005

    Welcome to Komarna in South Dalmatia

    Welcome to the WebBlog for visitors and friends of Komarna on the cost of South Dalmatia in Croatia.

    Here I will post news and information that does not easily fit into our website
    www.komarna.com

    There are now two new websites dedicated to Komarna and Apartment Tedo:
    A site in English language:
    www.komarna.co.uk
    And a site in German language:
    www.komarna.de

    I hope that our guests, present and future, will make use this media to tell about their experience with holiday accommodation and apartment rental and give others some advice about what sightseeing and activities are worth to do and - maybe - what is not worth to do.
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    Self catering accommodation Croatia, Dubrovnik, Medjugorje



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