Talk:Croatia/Archive 2006-2010

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Removed from the main page, and copied here for community review. If considered neutral (to my POV it is not), please copy it back. (WT-en) I-am-neuron 12:24, 20 July 2008 (EDT)

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Research links
I'm unclear of the purpose to this section. I would think if people were contributing to the page, they would already have done research. These look like random commercial links.

The following links may assist contributors. -- (WT-en) Huttite 18:55, 7 Jan 2006 (EST)
 * another webside
 * Croatia Vacation Rentals
 * Apartments Telenta-Korcula island
 * Jobst house/apartments http://www.jobst.com.hr/ on Vela Luka and others in the edit history under external links.
 * Some information on Croatia and the region and sailing vacation stuff
 * Vacation Croatia
 * http://www.korcula-vacation.com/ Apartments Vera
 * http://korkyratours.com/ Private accommodation on the island of Korcula
 * http://www.apartmani-hvar.com/ Apartments HVAR
 * Accommodation Croatia Portal with large number of private accommodations, self catering, no agent fees apply.
 * Split Apartments Split apartment accommodation
 * Porec Croatia Information about Porec a popular Istrian tourist city
 * Pula Croatia Information about Pula, the sights in the city, including the roman arena
 * Medulin Croatia One of the most popular camping destinations in Croatia
 * Rovinj Croatia Rovinj a polular town on west coast of Istrian peninsula
 * Zadar Croatia info about the largest city in North dalmaltia

Linguistic relationships
is it, or not, the common language today? serbo-croatian i mean? cause in one place, the author said it is not the same, in the next paragraph he\she said "common language of serbs and croats" i am confused.


 * I believe this should now be resolved. To learn more about the linguistic relationship between Croatian and Serbian, please head over to Wikipedia. For the purposes of Wikivoyage, we use two separate phrasebooks, as the two use different alphabets and have some differences of note to a traveler. --(WT-en) Peter Talk 00:33, 31 October 2007 (EDT)

Vaccinations
"There are no vaccination required to enter Croatia." I believe this is not true for the Netherlands. Here they advise Hepatitis A and "Diphteria Tetanus Polio". Maybe change this? (WT-en) Globe-trotter 05:03, 8 August 2009 (EDT)

All those boat charters
A user has understandably asked why his camping link was deleted (quite correctly as it happens) when all these boat charter companies are listed? He has a point. I would like to see them all gone. A country guide is no place for a Yellow Pages type list of boat chartering companies. You could easily argue that with no addresses, no details, just a PageRank improving back-link, they do not belong anywhere at Wikivoyage. --(WT-en) Burmesedays 10:56, 10 January 2010 (EST)


 * I agree, should be listed in the city where they are based, if at all. --(WT-en) Stefan (sertmann) talk 11:33, 10 January 2010 (EST)

Cleaning up this guide
Boat charter companies removed from the article:


 * Acantho - Croatia Charter Holidays


 * Adriatic Classic Nautica


 * Blue Magic


 * Crewed Yacht Charter


 * Cro Yachting


 * Croatia Blue


 * Croatia Yachting Charter


 * Croatia Yachting


 * Croatian Yacht Charter


 * CROsail - Croatian Sailing Experience


 * DalmatiaVacation


 * Gulet Croatia


 * Vakance charter


 * Globe Charter


 * IzziYachtCharter


 * Master Charter
 * Gulet Croatia


 * Navigatio Europae


 * Navis Yacht Charter


 * Orvas Yachting


 * Istria accommodation


 * Plavetnilo


 * Pulena


 * Sailing Europe Charter


 * SM Mediteran


 * S/Y Cesarica III


 * Waypoint


 * Yacht Charter Croatia


 * Yacht Charter Dubrovnik


 * Yachts Croatia


 * Charter in Croatia


 * Gulet Charter Croatia


 * Istra Charter


 * All Yacht Charter in Croatia

Adventure holidays
A number of organizations run adventure holidays in Croatia:


 * Great Explorations offers cycling tours beginning in Dubrovnik visiting Mljet, Korcula, Hvar and Brac and finishing in Split. Staying in 3&4 star hotels, with private transfers between islands makes this a unique and comfortable way to experience the best of Croatia, actively. Custom trips are also available.


 * Huck Finn Adventures, . Kayaking, bicycling, hiking, diving, sailing in warm unspoiled rivers and lakes, mountains and in the Adriatic sea.


 * Croatia Adventures offers custom designed group travel programs & itineraries in the most attractive destinations for business and leisure trips. As a part of a wide range of destination management services, they provide various activities such as 4x4 offroad, sailing, cultural tours, scuba diving, horseback riding and canyoning.


 * Live aboard Croatia, . Live aboard scuba diving fleet for diving the Adriatic.

--(WT-en) Burmesedays 11:42, 10 January 2010 (EST)
 * Fish Croatia, Offers a range of  fishing experiences, including island-hopping cruises on the Adriatic and fly-fishing in well-stocked river valleys.

Other Destinations cleanup
The Other Destinations section was getting cluttered with small cities and whatnot that didn't belong there. I've removed these, but I don't know much about most of them -- if a more knowledgeable editor thinks any of them are proper entries, please restore them.


 * Ploče
 * Vrbovec, a small town near Zagreb
 * Dugi Rat
 * Ruskamen - most beautiful beaches on Adriatic.
 * Bol - island Brač (note: Brac is still listed)
 * Komarna
 * Omišalj
 * Omiš - coastal jewel built by the Pirates
 * Novalja - on the Island of Pag
 * Njivice - on the Island of Krk
 * Opatija

— (WT-en) D. Guillaime 17:40, 10 January 2010 (EST)

Balkans and Balkan Mountains
Balkan mountain is not in Croatia! The Dinaric Alps are dominant in Southern Europe (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinaric_Alps and http://www.euratlas.com/Atlasphys/Dinariques2.htm). The Balkan mountain range covers Bulgaria and Serbia (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balkan_Mountains and http://www.euratlas.com/Atlasphys/Balkan2.htm ).


 * Croatia (most of it anyway) is most definitely in the Balkans but not specifically in the Balkan Mountains. It is very clearly stated and explained here. I see no reason why we should not follow that. Not only Wikipedia, but more importantly English-speaking travelers, think of Croatia as a Balkan nation and that is what matters most here. If there are though references to Croatia specifically being the in the Balkan Mountains, then they should be deleted as that is incorrect. --(WT-en) Burmesedays 04:59, 5 February 2010 (EST)