Page 31 - (DK Eyewitness) Travel Guide - Croatia

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Average Daily Hours of Sunshine Sunshine
The Dalmatian coast is
Hours one of the sunniest parts
10
of Europe, and the island
8 of Hvar holds the record
with its 2,700 hours of
6 sun a year. The summers
along the coast are
4 hot and dry, while the
inland areas have a
2
continental climate
with hot summers and
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Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec cold winters.
Jan
Labin Art Republic, Labin (Jul–
Aug). Classical and folk concerts.
Musical Evenings in St Donat,
Zadar (mid-Jul–beginning Aug).
Church, theatre and
instrumental music.
Osor Music Festival, Osor (mid-
Jul–mid-Aug). Chamber music.
Split Summer (mid-Jul–mid-Aug).
A programme of opera,
concerts, dance, theatre and
performances of the first plays
written in the Croatian language.
Dubrovnik Summer Festival,
Dubrovnik (mid-Jul–end Aug). The
oldest international festival in
Croatia: music, theatre, folklore,
ballet, with performers from
Đakovački Vezovi, a folklore and embroidery festival in Đakovo many countries.
Krk Summer Events, Krk (Jul–
folk dancing in costume, medieval times, with craft Aug). Music and prose, concerts,
shows and exhibitions of displays, public preparation ballet, performances by young
regional produce. of traditional dishes and an artists and folklore.
Đakovački vezovi, Đakovo archery tournament. Concerts in the Basilica of
(mid-Jun–early Jul). Folklore International Jazz Festival, Euphrasius, Poreč (Jul–mid Sep).
displays and exhibition of Grožnjan (Jul). International jazz Performances of church and
local embroidery. artists participate in this festival secular music given by Croatian
Summer of Margherita, in the picturesque Istrian town and European musicians.
Bakar (Jun/Jul). Concerts and of Grožnjan.
performances in the local Summer Carnival, Novi
čakavski dialect. Vinodolski (Jul).
International Children’s International Festival of
Festival, Šibenik (end Theatre, Pula (Jul). Multimedia
Jun–beginning Jul). Festival festival with the participation
dedicated to the creativity of of other European groups.
the very young. Music, dance, St Theodore’s Day, Korčula
theatre and film. (29 Jul). Features the Moreška,
a dance re-enacting a battle
July between Christians and Muslims.
Summer Festival, Hvar International Tennis
(Jul). A fun festival of music, Tournament, Umag (end Jul).
theatre, folklore and dancing. International Folklore
Festival klapa, Omiš (Jul). Festival, Zagreb (end Jul).
Celebration of traditional Croatian music and dance
Dalmatian songs performed with international guests.
by groups of five to ten men. Pag Carnival, Pag (end Jul).
Rapska fjera, Rab (Jul). Traditional dancing, kolo, and
For three days the historic various shows with the local The Moreška dance, St Theodore’s
town of Rab is returned to people in traditional costumes. Day, Korčula

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