From restaurant to konoba. Now in Croatia a little bit forgotten partially for years of a communistic mode primordial culinary traditions actively extend, numerous festivals of culinary art under ancient recipes will be organized, activity of regional specialists is in every possible way encouraged? Experts on local kitchens. Owners of the present restaurants (restoran) to allocate institutions among weight of restaurants of a fast food (restoran brze prehrane), is proud name the institutions? Name a snackbar or wine pogrebok (vinski podrum). As a rule, there submit simple and high-calorie food, including a fish prepared on a lattice (na gradele). It is widely widespread in Croatia and a category гостиона (gostiona), or гостионица (gostionica), - type of small small restaurant where dishes typical for the country submit, in particular? jela na zaru?? Meat and a fish on a grill. Fragrant coffee? Espresso, super cakes and ice-cream from any fruit and berries it is possible to try in slasticama. Cafe-ice-cream. Йеловник, or the Croatian menu. Owing to a fine ecological situation in the country the Croatian products are famous for the quality. The thin ham dried on air prsut and the cheese moistened in an olive oil from the sheep milk from island Pag (paski sir) - usual snack. Лангуст (jastog), lobsters (skampi), зубан (zubatac), a sea ruff (skarpina), a tuna (tuna), a squid (lignja), a mackerel (skusa), a sea mullet (cipal), an octopus (hobotnica), oysters (ostrige), mussels (dagnje), and also рижот (rizot) - rice with sea molluscs and spices - all this favourite sea delicacies. At coast traditionally the leaging role is played by a fish; in Slavonia to you охотнее will offer a sharp goulash with a potato, and also various dishes from a bird. At all coast and in mountain areas Faces very much love ягнятину (janjetina) which prepare in any kind with spices and submit with

Croatia extends from the furthest eastern edges of the Alps in the north-west to the Pannonian lowlands and the banks of the Danube in the east; its central region is covered by the Dinara mountain range, and its southern parts extend to the coast of the Adriatic Sea.
Surface: the mainland covers 56,594 km2; surface area of territorial waters totals 31,067 km2. Population: 4,437,460 inhabitants; composition of population: the majority of the population are Croats; national minorities are Serbs, Slovenes, Hungarians, Bosnians, Italians, Czechs and others.
Capital of Croatia a Zagreb (779,145 inhabitants), the economic, traffic, cultural and academic centre of the country.
Coastline: 5,835.3 km, of which 4,058 km comprise the coastlines of islands, solitary rocks and reefs. Number of islands, solitary rocks and reefs: 1,185; the largest islands are Cres and Krk; there are 47 inhabited islands.
Highest peak: Dinara: 1,831 m above sea level.
Croatia has three climate zones; the prevailing climate in the country’s interior is moderately rainy; on the highest peaks, a forest climate with snow falls, while the areas along the Adriatic coast have a pleasantly mild Mediterranean climate with a large number of sunny days; summers are dry and hot, winters mild and wet with significant precipitations.

Currency: kuna (1 kuna = 100 lipa). Foreign currency can be exchanged in banks, exchange offices, post offices, travel agencies, hotels, camps, marinas; cheques can be cashed in banks.