Dobrodošli

Ambulance – 0-24 for emergency cases 94 or 022/570 033
Drug store -022/570 033 (7.30-13, 15-20)
Gas pump – business hours (6-22)
Post office – business hours (7-21) 022/571 039
Church – Parish church saint Roko, the mass is every day at 19h, on Sunday at 10h and 19h
Tourist Association of Primošten www.tz-primosten.hr

Important telephone numbers:

International telephone number for Croatia: +385
Telephone number for the district Šibenik-knin: (0)21
Police: 92
Fire department: 93
Ambulance: 94
Roadside assistance: 987 (if you are calling from other country or with a mobile phone dial ++3851 987)
Assistance at sea: 9155
General information: 981
Information about local and intercity telephone numbers: 988
Information about international telephone numbers: 902
Weather forecast and road conditions: 060 520 520

Croatian highways (HAC) www.hac.hr
Croatian automobile club (HAK) 01 4640 800 www.hak.hr
Croatian tourists association www.croatia.hr
Unique telephone number for tourist informations for the whole Croatia: 062 999 999
For calls from abroad dial: +385 62 999 999
Service is available in Croatian, English, German and Italian language from 23.03.-15.10.

Currency

The official currency of Croatia is Kuna (1 kuna = 100 lipa).
There are coins of 1,2,5,10,20 and 50 lipas, and 1,2,5, and 25 kunas, as well as paper money of 5,10,20,50,100,200,500 and 1000 kunas.
Foreign currency can be changed in banks, money exchange offices, post offices and in most tourist agencies, hotels and camps.
Eurocheques can be exchanged only in banks. Credit cards and other forms of Standard credit card payment – Eurocard/Mastercard, Diners, American Express and Visa is a common way of payment in Croatia.
All stores, restaurants, agencies, hotels and other selling places which take credit cards as a way of payment for goods and services have distinguished etiquettes or labels with the logotype of the credit card you can use.

You can pick up cash advance on your credit cards at the ATM machines. At the post office, you can pick up cash advances for Eurocard/Mastercard and Diners credit cards. With the cashing of passenger cheques there is a 2% commission. Eurocheques and other personal cheques from foreign banks can be cashed out in kunas at the money exchange offices or banks.

Electrical energy

Voltage of the city network – 220V, frequency is 50HZ

Water

Water from water-tap is drinkable in all parts of Croatia.

Time zones

GMT plus one hour at winter and GMT plus two hours at summer.

Travel documents

Passport or any other internationally recognized document.
Foreign citizens can stay in Croatia for 3 months.

Toll

Toll regulations of the Republic of Croatia are in synchronization with the standards of the European Union countries.
Foreign currency is freely exported and imported (in amounts up to 3000 euros); domestic currency up to 15000 kunas.
Valuable professional and technical equipment should be reported at the state border.
Dogs and cats, accompanied by the owner should have an International certificate from a registered veterinarian that at least 15 days have passed since vaccination against rabies but not more than six months.

Tax refund for goods purchased in over 500 kunas with a validated “Tax cheque” at departure from the country.

For more information: (tel 01 6102 333); Web: www.carina.hr

Post office and telecommunications

Post offices are opened from 7 – 19 hours during work day, in smaller places from 7 – 14 hours, and some work double shifts. In larger towns and tourist resorts, on duty post offices are open on Saturday and Sunday till 22 hours.

Stamps can also be purchased at the newspaper stands.

On all public phones, phone cards must be used. They are sold at the post offices and at newspaper stands.

Shopping

Traditional hand-made items are the best souvenir, and cover the whole range of items from knitting, crochet-work goods (table cloth, clothing) and lace, to silver jewelry and jewelry from sea coral or shellfish. Interesting items made of wood and ceramics, manually processed, can be found along the coast.

Banks

Usual work time: Monday – Friday from 8 to 19 hours, Saturday from 8 to 13 hours.
ATM machines can be found in larger cities and tourist centers.

Public holidays

January 1. – New Year
April 11. and 12. – Easter and Easter Monday
May 1. – Work holiday
June 10. – Corpus Christi
June 22. – Day of Antifascist struggle
June 25. – Statehood Day
August 5. – Assumption
October 8. – Independence Day
November 1. – All Saint’s Day
December 25. and 26.- Christmas holiday

Radio news in foreign languages during the tourist season

On program Second Croatian radio, along with regular news in English, HAK will give traffic reports in English, German and Italian, and information for boaters several times a day.
Each full hour, also on the program Second Croatian radio, alternating news and traffic reports are broadcasted directly from the studio of: Third Bavarian radio program, Third Austrian radio program, RAI Uno, British Virgin radio and Czech radio. Informations for boaters are broadcasted in English and Croatian language during the day.
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Geographical location

Croatia extends from the furthest eastern edges of the Alps in the northwest to the Pannonian lowlands and the banks of the Danube in the east, its central part covers the Dinara mountain range, and its southern part ends on the Adriatic coast.

Climate

Two climate zones exist in Croatia; temperate continental climate prevails in the interior, and partially mountainous, while pleasant Mediterranean climate with many sunny days prevails along the Adriatic coast; hot summers, mild and humid winters; average temperature in the interior: January 0 to 2˚C, August 19 to 23˚C; average temperature at the seaside: January 6 to 11˚C, August 21 to 27˚C; temperature of the sea in the winter is 12˚C, and about 25˚C at summer.

Surface

The continental part is 56.542 km2, and the surface of territorial sea 31.067 km2.

Population

4.437.460 inhabitants; ethnic composition: the majority of the population are Croats, ethnic minorities are Serbs, Slovenes, Hungarians, Bosnians, Italians, Czechs and others.

Government

Croatia is a multi-party parliamentary republic.

Capital

Zagreb (779.145 inhabitants), the economic, traffic, cultural and academic centre of the country.

Coastline

5835 km, of which 4058 km are coastlines of islands, rocks and reefs.

Number of islands, rocks and reefs

1185; the largest islands are Krk and Cres; there are 50 inhabited islands..