Exploring Croatia With Darka

When you are visiting a historical place it is possible to find some interesting stories all around that place. So, I was walking the streets of the town of Sinj when suddenly attracted by two sculptures on the facade of the building and after I came closer, I was attracted again, that time by the smell from kitchen.  The whole complex  I immediately said, I was going to eat there. After enjoying the local gourmet food, I decided to look better the ambiance. The lady was glad about my interest and she brought me a kind of a brochure with photos and text about the building she inherited.  Postcard from the year 1899 It is beautiful to possess something that allows you to continue to be a part of the local community.   This interesting building was built by a wealthy Polish family Danek. The Danek family owned these two houses as well as the building up to the bend in the street that once housed the judicial prisons. It was later bought by the pharmacist Sever Varda. T...

Everyone can tell their own story about the Vranjača Cave. Mine started in 1985 when I was a tour guide for Dalmacijaturist-Regular Tour, coming there with tourists once a week. We were warmly welcomed by a friendly man who was all in one, a key keeper, caretaker and owner. The central gallery  We, the guides had our own story that began on the entrance plateau and then we went down following 360 steps into the fairytale world of colorful stalactites and stalagmites. We gave the halls names and from the formations stacked on the rocks we could see different shapes. Like a chameleon   All of this today is presented by the son of the same dear man, the inhabitant of the hamlet of Punde, who tells a story intertwined with the memories of his ancestors and the knowledge of various researchers who have proven it here. Vlado Punda and me Vranjača Cave is a real karst cave, located at 452m above the sea level. The canals go deep down, but the maximum depth we can reach is 107m. We kn...