Opatija on the map of Europe (image, 16 kB)

Croatia is a well known tourist country with extraordinary natural beauties. The Adriatic coast is a thousand miles long and surrounded by many beautiful islands.

Opatija is one of the most known tourist places on the coast, with 150 year of tradition in tourism (at the turn of the century Opatija was vacation resort of Austrian and other European emperors families). Opatija is a modern tourist resort with a long tradition, well known also a place of many national and international scientific and cultural meetings.
Opatija, a former Benedictine Abbey, started its tourist history in 1844, when a rich patrician from Rijeka, Iginio Scarpa, built his summer villa and named it after his wife "Villa Angiolina".
His friends and their friends started a new fashion, and very soon European royal families and men of distinction came to winter and rest in Opatija.
First a small fishermen village with an Abbey and a small church of St. Jacob, mentioned as early as 1449, came a serious rival to Nice, San Remo, Marienbad, Baden Baden etc. in the 19^th century.
Beautiful unspoiled surroundings with subtropical vegetation growing freely in the parks such as camellias, bamboos, magnolias, bananas and different palm trees, together with laurel and chestnut groves - this is Opatija today.
In over 20 hotels Opatija offers accommodation with 6000 beds and 15 meeting halls of different size with a total of 2.300 seats.
Fully, some of this history has given you a taste of the reasons why celebrities such as Kaiser Wilheim II, A.P. Chekhov, Isidora Duncan, other royalty and common people have chosen Opatija as their place of holiday and relaxation for over 150 years.

AIR, BUS AND TRAIN CONNECTIONS

Opatija is well situated between several international airports, close to a railway station and has good bus connections to the neighbouring cities and countries.

Opatija can be easily reached by air from 3 airports: Zagreb (180 km), Trieste (105 km), Ljubljana (135 km).

There are good train and bus connections from Zagreb (180 km), Ljubljana (135), and Trieste (70 km).
Opatija can be easily reached from all Alps-Adria regions in 5 to 6 hours by car.
For further information about transportation, you can contact the Congress Secretariat.

CONGRESS CENTER

The meeting will take place at the Congress Center of the "Adriatic" Hotel. There is great experience in the organization of international congresses and the Congress Center is located in the Grand Hotel Adriatic which is one of Opatija's finest modern hotels.
It guarantees pleasant accommodation, a rich gastronomic offering, excellent entertainment, shopping and many other amenities. And accompanied by its high quality service, the Grand Hotel Adriatic is the perfect venue for all types of conventions. It is located in the center of Opatija and easily accessible by both public and private transport. It has extensive parking facilities.

HOTEL ACCOMODATION

The city of Opatija has ample hotel accommodation available. There are major hotels within walking distance and a wide variety of smaller hotels in different categories and styles within easy reach by Congress Center. (Map of Opatija)

The main hall can accomodate 600 persons. In the "Adriatic", and in neighbouring hotels of the A and B category (within 100 meters), there are 5 additional lecture rooms for 50 to 150 participants, enabling the organization of parallel sessions.

HOTELS

Map of Opatija

The Organizing Committee will arrange the accommodation for participants of the Meeting through Tim Tours Agency at reduced prices. All prices are per person /per day in DEM. The accommodation registration will be available in the final announcement. A sufficient number of rooms at moderate prices have been booked in the Adriatic Hotel and other hotels of A and B category. The hotels indicated below are between 3 and 20 minutes walking distance from the Grand Hotel Adriatic.
However, due to the fact that the meeting will be held at the time of the high tourist season in Opatija, all participants are advised to make hotel reservation immediately upon receiving the registration form. Participants who require hotel reservation are requested to send the registration form together with the registration fee by August 15, 1998. Confirmation will be sent upon receipt of the registration fee. Hotel charges should be paid on the spot.

Category "A"
			Bed & breakfast			Half board
Adriatic	single		80,50	DEM		95,50	DEM
	double		45,50	DEM		60,50	DEM
Admiral	single		80,50	DEM		95,50	DEM
	double		45,50	DEM		60,50	DEM
Category "B" (with swimming pool)
Istra, Kristal	single		65,00	DEM		75,00	DEM
Palace-Bellevue	double		40,00	DEM		50,00	DEM

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