Events Archive
April 2008.
8th ASPARAGUS FESTIVAL
The festival is held every year in the month of April.
During the Asparagus Festival, many restaurants and taverns will offer meals featuring asparagus and on the Final Events day, the traditional Asparagus Feast will be held, as well as the Liburnia Accordion Festival, planned music program and raffle. Later, in the evening, a Giant frittata will be made in a 2 m diameter frying pan with 1000 eggs and 30 kg of asparagus.
April 12, Trg Slobode
Final Party - Large fried eggs with wild asparagus
3rd Gathering of Liburnija Accordion Players
Boćalište Lovran
Bocce Tournament "Šparuga Cup"
March 2008.
Always new improvements and specialization are inevitable way how to be in trend of world happening and how to be able to fulfil more and more demanding needs of the clients and the market.
It will be place of encounter and exchange of knowledge in best interests of development of hairdresser's practise.
Specialisation seminar is consisting of several show - demonstration of trends in hairstyling, as promotion of new products and services of the saloons.
February 2008.
Final election for Miss Universe 2008 for Croatia is happening in famous Kristal hall, in Hotel Kvarner, in Opatija.
Donald J. Trump, NBC Universal and Paula M. Shugart, President of Miss Universe Organisation, already announced that final election for Miss Universe 2008 will be in Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa in Vietnam. This glamorous event will be in Crown Convetion Center...We will have a peace of that glamour here in Opatija!
January 2008.
BIG TRADITIONAL Carnival Parade in Lovran
From the Excelsior Hotel to Lovran port - 14.00h
Long tradition of carnival on beautiful Opatijska Rivijera goes from long 1511.year when the part of it, were so called “zvoncari” ,(one of the specificity of this carnival),dressed with sheep leather and the bell over their waists. With their ringing they were treadle all the bad things from the last year and invoke for a spring. From year to a year Opatija is in this period colourful and dancing stage, on which everybody is invited who is ready for a moment be someone else. All the places are hosting; hotels, terraces, tents, and city streets, and leaving their space for the masquerade troupes, concerts and dances under disguise. It’s important to say that city of carnival is neighboured city- Rijeka also, and it become part of European society of carnival cities.
In history, guests of Rijeka and Opatija Carnival were Austrian and Hungarian nobility, Russian princess, Germans barons, count and countess from whole Europe.
Final international procession in Rijeka’s Korzo, in last carnival Sunday, every year is hosting more and more groups from the whole world. So, don’t miss, everybody want’s at least sometimes put a mask and be someone else, put it one and join us and this year also in Opatija or in Rijeka!
Hotel Kvarner
New Year mayor toast to opatija guests
December 2007.
Cafe Hotel Imperial
New Year celebration (repeated 01.01.) - free entrance
November 2007.
Second Festival of chocolate , during that period all visitors will be able to enjoy in various desserts, with other "chocolate" and amusement program in all hotels in Opatija.
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