Top 5 Croatian Beaches

In the year 2012/2013 there was a big survey which is the best beach in Croatia. Survey took place with a lot of tourists in Croatia and the people answer the surveys on boarder crosses to neighbor countries and on the airport. Below you can find top 5 Beaches in various categories:

1. Top Party beach: Zrće (Pag - Novalja)
With unique location facing toward mainland and having pebble beach Zrće has gained reputation as a party beach. Less then 0,5 kilometer long beach with 4 night clubs is the place where party never stops. Day and Night you can listen to the beats of famous DJs from all around the world. Some of the visitors named this beach even the new Ibiza. It is less advisable to come here with car while there is often long line of cars waiting for parking, you can take bus from Novalja that takes you here for 5 croatian kunas and it takes around 10 minutes. Bus is also a good place to meet new people. Definetly a must destination for young people.

Zrće (Pag)

2. Best Family beach: Baška (Pag)
Baška beach is located in the Eastern part of the island Krk. Krk is the most northern island in Croatia and is  easiest reachable from northern countries: Slovenia, Austria, Italy and Hungary. The advantage of the beach is definitely that there is not any road in the nearby and there is a town close by. The only thing that there could be more is more trees. The beach is around 1,2 kilometers long and ideal for small kids. Beach is close to Punat which is also pretty popular for charter in Croatia. Good restaurants and other facilities available in Baška or Punat.

3. Best Naturist beach or FKK in Croatia: Lokrum (Dubrovnik)
If you prefer to visit naturist / nudist beach or FKK you should definitely go to Lokrum island which is close to Dubrovnik. Beach is famous for its beautiful nature and quietness. You can arrive to the island only with the boat from Dubrovnik. Here are not any families and you can find quiet spot only for you and your partner. Definitely a place to go if you like FKK sailing or nudist beach.

Golden Horn (Brač)

4. Top surfing/waking beach: Zlatni Rat- Golden Horn (Brač)
Southern part of island Brač, close to the town Bol you can find beach named Zlatni rat or in english Golden Horn. Beach is famous for its constant wind and beautiful pebbled ground. If you are a windsurfer or wakeboarder this is the place to be. In a camp nearby the beach is popular while you can be on a best place for not a lot of money. Pictures of the Horn are also one of the most used beach for promotion of Croatia. Is there a reason not to come here? No.

5. Best Adventurist beach: Kamenjak (Pula)
Kamenjak is a name of a Cape that comes from Istra. Kamenjak is natural park protected by the government of Croatia. And why is so special. You can have a various day trips around the natural park. On one site you have a quiet beach from pebble which is very popular for chartered sailboats on the other site you have a cliff where young people jumps from the 13 meters (40 feet) high cliffs. The beach that gives you a lot of adventures has even own bar in a adventurist nature: Safari bar located in the South-East of the cape.

This were the beaches selected by tourist visitors. Share your opinion and tell us what is you favorite beach?

Best Charter company and how to get best value for your money

 What are the issues that make a good charter company? Is price the only thing that matter when you are choosing the best charter company to hire a sailboat, yacht or a gullet? Do charter agencies have better prices then owner of the yacht?

Charter price is definitely the issue when you are choosing best boat for you. It does matter how much does it cost. When you decide what you want you try to get best deal for your money. If the boat is overpriced you would probably not take the boat or you will try to find someone that can offer similar boat for better price.

Nowadays service is getting more and more important. Not just service but the whole experience when you are renting out charter yacht. How you will get the offer and how will the charter company threat you during the process. And if you did not like something how will this comment be accepted or rejected. While charter company make everything that you will enjoy on your boat trip. And at the end will they ask customer how good it was threaten.

Beside price and data on the paper, how good is the boat maintain. There are boats that are completely new, old only 3-4 years but are not well maintained and have problems with some parts. And on the other part you have sailboats that are more then 10 years old and are maintained with care. So it depends on the charter company how good boat you can get.

How come charter agencies have better prices then owner of yachts? Actually this is pretty logical. Owner set the price for yacht and provision for agency. Owner rarely gets lower then this price so when agency lowers the price for client, client gets better price then at the owner.

To sum up: do not decide only on the price tag, of course the price is also important, but it is not everything. Be careful on service and maintenance of the yacht. Check the prices also by the agency and the owner. However do not put too much effort into research, rather enjoy your vacation.

ACI Marinas in Croatia

 When you charter a luxury boat (Yacht, Sailboat or Gullet) in Croatia people would like also some good service when you visit marinas. This is why was in the year 1983 established first ACI Marina in Croatia and is still setting high standards for all other marinas.

Today there are 21 marinas from North (ACI marina Umag) till South (ACI marina Dubrovnik). ACI Marinas offer modern and safety berths close to the restaurant with local cosine – Mediterranean food. Quality of the marinas is regularly checked and are valued from helpfulness of the stuff till the appearance of marina.

ACI Marinas are valued as one of the best marinas not only in Croatia but around the whole world. All Marinas offer good infrastructure where you can refill fuel all do all necessary quick repairs. Marinas are located in center of bigger towns or in the untouched nature. This is why they are so popular when people are visiting Croatia with charter Yacht or Sailboat.

Team that took care of ACI marinas is regularly organizing various regattas and other events where you can check you knowledge of your sailing skills or test your yacht how fast can it go compare to the other boats.

ACI Marina is popular place also for charter companies. Although they are expensive compare to other marinas, ACI gives standard and deliver always what is promised.

All ACI marinas are: Umag, Rovinj, Pula, Pomer, Opatija, Cres, Supetarska Draga, Rab, Šimuni, Žut, Jezera, Vodice, Škradin, Trogir, Split, Milna, Vrboska, Palmizana, Korčula and Dubrovnik.

Charter Sailboat or Yacht? What is better for you?

 You have decided that you would like to spend your holidays on a boat, but you do not know what kind of boat would you took? Are you type for luxurious yacht or luxurious sailboat? Price can be similar but what about the experience?

Bigger the yacht or sailboat is more it has straight surfaces. If you need more surface it is better for you to chose yacht. Yacht have wider and straighter surfaces. While sailboats have surface made for leaning – most of the surfaces on sailboats become straighter when sailboat is leaned. Yachts are more appropriate for children while they can run on bigger surfaces.

You have to decide if you prefer speed and wind or even more speed and sound of powerful engine. Sailboats can achieve really fast speeds while sailing but are leaning when stronger winds fill sails. Sailboats are for people who prefer adrenaline and would like to try something new. With the sailboat you do not have any additional costs for driving it.

Other way is with the yacht. Sure it gives you a lot of power when you press the throttle and can achieve higher speeds but all this cost. All the fast driving in luxury it will cost you a lot in fuel. And when you need to refil a yacht this will consume also a lot of your time while reservoirs are extremly big in sailboats.

When you are thinking where you can get better price? Sailboats are a bit less expensive to rent then yacht. You can get a sailboat from 1000€ per week and all the way to 50.000€ (300.000€ for biggest sailboat – Maltese falcon) on the other hands you can get good yacht for 3000€ per week and for the top level yachts there are almost no limit for rent.

I advise you to rent a yacht and a sailboat for shorter period to see what is better for you. Some are for wind and other for the speed. If you chose sailboat do not forget about leaning.

World famous Croatian Beaches

Croatia is one of top 5 countries in Europe for summer tourist destination in Europe. A lot of popularity comes from coastal part of Croatia with all the beauty that you can get. In this post you will get to know the best beaches by it intention in Croatia. All of them have great access from water, so when you will charter a yacht or a sailboat do not forget to visit those places.

Best part beach: Zrće near Novalja, Pag

Zrće has become almost so popular as its rival Ibiza. Every year more and more people are going to Croatia because of party beach Zrće. Here you can find 4 big clubs across 800 meters long beach where party never stops. Even the day you can hear beats from clubs across whole beach. If you would like to party this is definitely the place for you.

Best surfing beach: Zlatni rat, Bol, island Brač

On this amazing pebble beach you can enjoy and lay down all day long. However this breach in a shape of horn (literate translation is Golden Horn) is famous beside its beauty also because of surfing site. A lot of Wind Surfers come from around the globe to this place to enjoy surfing. It is famous because of the constant wind that comes from mainland.

Best nudist beach/island: Lokrum island

In a close reach from Dubrovnik you can find a small island where a lot of nudist people find there peace and quiet. FKK beach is all around the island so if you prefer a bit more silence you just walk a few more minutes away from others. A lot of locals from Dubrovnik came here often.

Biggest yacht beach/place

Destination where you could find the most luxurious and expensive yacht is definitely island Hvar. Because of its beauty a lot of foreign people come here with there charter sailboats and yacht. If you would like to spot some famous celebrity and see one of the bigest yachts you should visit this beach.